COAR forms task force to address disruptive AI Bots in repositories - July 17, 2025
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has launched a new task force to address increasing disruptions caused by aggressive automated crawlers, often assumed to be AI bots collecting data for generative AI training. A COAR survey conducted in April 2025 revealed that 90% of survey respondents… Read More
JAMS to sponsor ISMTE’s 2025 North American Conference - July 17, 2025
JAMS (Journal and Article Management System), developed by MDPI, will sponsor the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE) Annual North American Conference, scheduled for August 5–8, 2025, in Montreal, Canada. The conference will bring together editorial professionals, publishers, and service providers from… Read More
Dr. Khurram Nasir appointed Editor-in-Chief of AJPC - July 17, 2025
The American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC) has named Dr. Khurram Nasir as the incoming Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology (AJPC), effective January 1, 2026. Dr. Nasir currently leads the cardiovascular prevention program at Houston Methodist and holds academic appointments at Weill Cornell and… Read More
Elsevier releases Clinician of the Future 2025 survey showing rising interest in AI alongside strong reservations about trust and governance - July 16, 2025
Elsevier’s Clinician of the Future 2025 survey, drawing on responses from 2,206 clinicians across 109 countries, reports growing optimism about the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, tempered by concerns about trustworthiness, governance, access, and training. Clinicians expect AI tools to become more prominent in the… Read More
Royal Devon NHS introduces UpToDate Enterprise edition to enhance clinical decision support - July 16, 2025
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has adopted Wolters Kluwer Health’s UpToDate® Enterprise Edition as its primary clinical decision support (CDS) tool. This marks the first deployment of the enterprise-level product within the NHS system. The Trust oversees two acute hospitals and seventeen community… Read More
MDPI signs first consortium agreement in North America with Canadian federal science libraries - July 16, 2025
The Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), a fully open access publisher, has signed its first North American consortium agreement with the Federal Science Libraries Network (FSLN) of Canada. The two-year agreement enables five Canadian federal agencies to participate in MDPI’s Institutional… Read More
