Theme for Open Access Week 2022: Open for Climate Justice - June 10, 2022
“Open for Climate Justice” is the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week (October 24-30). Climate Justice is an explicit acknowledgment that the climate crisis has far-reaching effects, and the impacts are “not being borne equally or fairly, between rich and poor, women and men,… Read More
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology names Dr. Lorrie A. Kirshenbaum as new Co-Editor-in-Chief - June 10, 2022
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (CJPP) and its publisher, Canadian Science Publishing (CSP), have announced the appointment of Dr. Lorrie Kirshenbaum as the journal’s new Co-Editor-in-Chief. Dr. Kirshenbaum will be joined by former Editors and now Consulting Editors Drs. Ghassan Bkaily and Pedro… Read More
Elsevier closes Interfolio acquisition - June 9, 2022
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, and part of RELX, has closed the acquisition of Interfolio, a provider of advanced faculty information solutions for higher education, headquartered in Washington DC, US. For over 20 years, Interfolio… Read More
First national survey on research integrity in Australia found 73% of researchers want research integrity training to be mandatory - June 9, 2022
The results of the first national survey to investigate research integrity in Australia, a collaboration between the Australian Academy of Science and publisher Springer Nature, indicate broad support for mandatory research integrity training. The survey found that while 68% of respondents stated that their… Read More
CRKN announces assessment guidelines for OA publishers - June 9, 2022
CRKN’s Content Strategy Committee (CSC) has shared its Assessment Guidelines for Open Access (OA) Publishers. These guidelines outline criteria for the financial sustainability, academic quality, and operational practices under which open access models and resources proposed by vendors and publishers will be assessed. The… Read More
ResearchGate and Royal Society partnership to increase accessibility of research - June 9, 2022
The Royal Society, the UK’s national science academy, and ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, have announced a content syndication partnership that will see the addition of 5,000 open access (OA) articles from journals Open Biology and Royal Society Open Science to ResearchGate. … Read More
