CRKN announces assessment guidelines for OA publishers - June 9, 2022
CRKN’s Content Strategy Committee (CSC) has shared its Assessment Guidelines for Open Access (OA) Publishers. These guidelines outline criteria for the financial sustainability, academic quality, and operational practices under which open access models and resources proposed by vendors and publishers will be assessed. The… Read More
ResearchGate and Royal Society partnership to increase accessibility of research - June 9, 2022
The Royal Society, the UK’s national science academy, and ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, have announced a content syndication partnership that will see the addition of 5,000 open access (OA) articles from journals Open Biology and Royal Society Open Science to ResearchGate. … Read More
Clinical Decisions Product Suite from EBSCO earns recognition from Frost & Sullivan - June 9, 2022
Based on its recent analysis of the clinical decision support systems (CDSS) industry, Frost & Sullivan has recognized EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and specifically its Clinical Decisions products with the 2022 North America Product Leadership Award for delivering forward-thinking products that… Read More
Methods in Ecology and Evolution set to become a fully open access journal - June 9, 2022
The British Ecological Society has announced that one of its youngest journals, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, will become a fully open access publication from January 2023. Methods in Ecology and Evolution (MEE) publishes methodological papers in all areas of ecology and evolutionary biology,… Read More
Nature Masterclasses online training made free to access for researchers in lower-income nations - June 8, 2022
Springer Nature has made Nature Masterclasses on-demand online training content free to access for researchers in lower-income countries through Research4Life. Nature Masterclasses offers highly targeted courses designed to enhance the skills and boost the confidence of early career researchers, with over… Read More
Transformative agreement between SAGE Publishing and the University of California to expand the reach of UC Research - June 8, 2022
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing and the University of California (UC) have announced an agreement to expand open access publishing opportunities for researchers at all 10 UC campuses. Running through 2024, the agreement will provide funding for UC researchers to make their SAGE research articles… Read More