The MIT Press announces shift+OPEN, new initiative to flip existing subscription-based journals to diamond OA publishing model - February 2, 2023
The MIT Press has introduced shift+OPEN in line with its goal and long-standing dedication to enhancing access to scholarship. This new initiative aims to convert existing subscription-based journals to a diamond open access publishing model. The MIT Press welcomes submissions for English-language journals… Read More
ResearchGate and De Gruyter announce content syndication partnership - February 2, 2023
Academic publisher De Gruyter and ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, have announced a content syndication partnership that will see content from 437 of De Gruyter’s journals added to ResearchGate. With approximately 114,000 articles being syndicated on launch, representing all open-access content from… Read More
Two-year pilot project to eliminate author/article processing charges in all PLOS journals - February 2, 2023
McMaster University Libraries are partnering with the Public Library of Science (PLOS) in a pilot project to remove financial barriers to publishing research. The two-year project will see the elimination of author/article processing charges (APCs) in all PLOS journals. Usually, authors incur APCs… Read More
New Features within DynaMedex™ mobile app aimed to enhance clinical decision support anytime, anywhere - February 2, 2023
DynaMedex™, a clinical decision support solution for clinical care teams that combines DynaMed® disease evidence from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Micromedex® drug evidence from Merative™, has released new features and functionality in the DynaMedex… Read More
The Fonds de recherche du Québec joins the ORCID-CA Consortium - February 2, 2023
The Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) has joined ORCID-CA, the Canadian consortium established to support the integration of ORCID identifiers in research-related information systems. ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) produces unique, persistent identifiers that researchers can use with multiple organizations to compile… Read More
The Microbiology Society and The Big Ten Academic Alliance consortium sign open publishing agreement - February 1, 2023
The Microbiology Society and the Big Ten Academic Alliance have announced a three-year open publishing agreement from 2023. Researchers from participating institutions at 15 universities will have full read access to the Society's journals portfolio and will now be able to publish an unlimited number of Open… Read More
