OpenAIRE supports Dutch research infrastructure through DURF and BROCCOLI projects - March 18, 2026
Open Science NL has awarded €35 million to 45 projects aimed at improving access to scholarly data, software, and publications in the Netherlands. OpenAIRE is collaborating with SURF in two of these four-year initiatives, DURF and BROCCOLI, which… Read More
Emerald Publishing announces global High Usage Awards 2026 - March 18, 2026
Emerald Publishing has announced the recipients of the High Usage Awards 2026, recognizing academic institutions with the highest usage of Emerald eJournal content during 2025. The awards, now in their fifteenth year, are based on total eJournal downloads, excluding EPS but including secondary content usage. The results… Read More
eLife receives Wellcome funding to advance open publishing infrastructure - March 18, 2026
eLife has received a £2.4 million grant from Wellcome to support the development of an open and collaborative publishing ecosystem through a new initiative, eLife Pathways. The funding will be provided over three years and includes coverage for indirect costs. Additional funding has been pledged by a… Read More
Knowledgespeak Editorial – Falling Creation Costs, Rising Evaluation Costs: The Real Constraint in Scholarly Publishing - March 17, 2026
Most publishers today are not asking how to attract submissions. That question has largely resolved itself. The more immediate concern is how to keep pace with what is already arriving. Across STM portfolios, submission growth has shifted from cyclical to structural. Global research output continues to expand, and AI-assisted tools… Read More
Elsevier and IReL launch three-year Read and Publish agreement supporting open access publishing - March 17, 2026
Elsevier and the Irish Research eLibrary (IReL), a consortium of Irish research libraries, have confirmed a new three-year Read and Publish collaboration to support open access publishing and continued access to scholarly literature for Ireland’s higher education and research community. The collaboration builds on… Read More
University of Phoenix scholars publish study on generative AI in higher education - March 17, 2026
University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies scholars Patricia Akojie, Ph.D., Marlene Blake, Ph.D., and Louise Underdahl, Ph.D., have published research examining the academic use of generative AI (GenAI) tools. Their article, Academic Applications of Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools: A Scoping Review, appears in the peer-reviewed International… Read More
