Peer Review Week 2026 to address capacity challenges in volume, speed, and quality - September 8, 2026
Peer Review Week (PRW) 2026 will be held from September 14–18, 2026, bringing together the global scholarly community to examine the theme “Peer Review Capacity: Volume, Speed, and Quality.” The theme reflects growing pressures across the research ecosystem. Rising submission volumes and expectations for faster decision‑making are… Read More
Gold open access reaches record share in 2025 - September 8, 2026
Gold open access (OA) reached its highest share in 2025, accounting for 44% of all global journal articles, reviews, and conference papers, according to the latest release of the STM Open Access Dashboard. Nearly two million research articles were published through gold OA that year, making it… Read More
Vanderbilt and Cambridge partner on open access book pilot - September 8, 2026
Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries and Cambridge University Press have established a new pilot program that expands Vanderbilt’s Evidence‑Based Acquisitions (EBA) ebook agreement to include open access book publishing opportunities for Vanderbilt authors. Cambridge’s EBA provides institutional access to its ebook collection… Read More
Open Research Europe enters new phase with CERN hosting - September 8, 2026
Open Research Europe (ORE), the scientific publishing platform originally created by the European Commission, is entering a new phase with a renewed technological infrastructure and a collaborative governance model involving 17 European funding agencies and research organizations. In Portugal, the initiative is supported by the Foundation for… Read More
APA appoints Muriel Clauson Closs as Executive Director of Center for Behavioral Science and AI - September 8, 2026
The American Psychological Association (APA) has named Muriel Clauson Closs, PhD, as the inaugural executive director of its newly established Center for Behavioral Science and AI. The center is designed to apply behavioral science both to inform the design of artificial intelligence (AI) systems and to assess… Read More
Springer Nature partnership strengthens open access options at Rice University - September 4, 2026
Springer Nature has entered into a four‑year transformative agreement with Rice University, expanding opportunities for affiliated researchers to publish Open Access in the Springer Nature hybrid portfolio. The agreement also provides Rice researchers with access to content from more than 2,000 journals, including titles… Read More
