STM and Ithaka S+R examine how AI agents access scholarly content - October 7, 2026
STM and Ithaka S+R have launched a new research project examining how scholarly content should be accessed and used by AI-powered research assistants and agentic systems. The initiative, titled “The Endpoint Question,” will investigate how AI agents discover, access, use, and attribute scholarly content.… Read More
Clarivate completes sale of Life Sciences and Healthcare Business to Altaris - October 7, 2026
Clarivate has completed the sale of its Life Sciences & Healthcare segment to Altaris, marking a significant step in the company's ongoing strategic transformation and portfolio simplification efforts. The transaction, valued at $600 million, was initially announced on July 6, 2026. Following the completion… Read More
AANS partners with Oxford University Press to publish Neurosurgery journals - October 7, 2026
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) has entered into a publishing partnership with Oxford University Press (OUP) for the Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG), effective January 1, 2027. Under the agreement, OUP will provide publishing, production, technology, and distribution… Read More
Canadian Science Publishing and Canadian Society of Zoologists expand publishing partnership - October 7, 2026
Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) and the Canadian Society of Zoologists (CSZ) have expanded their partnership through a new three-year memorandum of understanding aimed at supporting zoological research and the broader scientific community. The renewed agreement builds on more than five years of collaboration between… Read More
Japanese Society for Virology joins ASM Journal of Virology affiliation network - October 7, 2026
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has expanded the affiliation network of its Journal of Virology (JVI) through a new partnership with the Japanese Society for Virology (JSV). With the addition of JSV, the organization becomes the fifth affiliated partner in… Read More
Knowledgespeak Editorial – What Should an AI Sandbox Prove Before It Reaches Publishing Operations? - October 6, 2026
AI sandboxes in scholarly publishing serve radically different masters. Playground environments let teams benchmark retrieval settings and model outputs, while editorial prototypes invite staff to co-design submission tools. Technical testbeds allow developers to validate API connections without risking live author records. Yet despite their superficial overlap, these isolated sandboxes leave… Read More
