Dr. Raymond Jacobson appointed Director of NIH Center for Scientific Review - June 12, 2026
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., has announced the appointment of Raymond H. Jacobson, Ph.D., as director of the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR). The center oversees the fair, independent, and expert evaluation of tens of thousands of grant applications submitted to NIH… Read More
AIP Publishing partners with Hum to enhance Quality Control for conference proceedings - June 12, 2026
AIP Publishing has announced a partnership with Hum to strengthen quality control for AIP Conference Proceedings. The collaboration introduces Alchemist Review, an AI‑assisted system designed to identify scientific, integrity, and publication‑readiness issues before articles are added to the published record. AIP Conference Proceedings publishes at scale, with… Read More
Nature Index expands to applied and social sciences with 2026 Research Leaders Tables - June 11, 2026
The Nature Index has broadened its disciplinary scope and refined its methodology with the release of the 2026 Research Leaders tables, based on full‑year 2025 data. This update marks a significant development in the database since its launch in 2014. The latest tables indicate that China continues… Read More
F1000’s VeriXiv introduces trust marker badges for preprint verification - June 11, 2026
Open research publisher F1000 has announced that its preprint server, VeriXiv, has introduced trust marker badges to confirm the verification checks each preprint undergoes before publication. This development makes VeriXiv the first major preprint platform to display comprehensive research integrity verification… Read More
MDPI and Swiss Consortium renew Institutional Open Access partnership - June 11, 2026
The Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries (CSAL) has renewed its publishing agreement with MDPI, extending access to the publisher’s Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) for 24 institutions across Switzerland. The year‑long partnership provides researchers with a 20% discount on article processing charges (APCs), supporting… Read More
OverDrive and EBSCO integrate to enhance discovery of digital resources in academic libraries - June 11, 2026
OverDrive and EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) have announced a new integration that connects OverDrive’s ebooks and audiobooks on Libby directly to the EBSCO Knowledge Base (KB) and EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS). The collaboration enables ongoing synchronization of digital library holdings within… Read More
