EBSCO Information Services releases 2021 Serials Price Projection Report - October 5, 2020
The 2021 Serials Price Projection Report from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is now available. The report projects that the overall effective publisher price increases for academic and academic medical libraries are expected to be (before any currency impact) in the range of… Read More
De Gruyter’s 10th open access book anniversary: call for submissions for OA publication - October 5, 2020
Under the headline ‘10 Topics, 10 Books, 10 Weeks’, De Gruyter celebrates its 10th open access book anniversary and invites scientists and scholars globally to submit their book projects for OA publication. The 10 winning titles will be published in 2021 by De Gruyter in OA… Read More
Queen’s University Belfast joins the Frontiers – JISC national open access deal - October 5, 2020
Queen’s University Belfast has joined the national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers. The landmark deal provides a simplified and streamlined route to open access publishing for researchers in the UK, who publish 7% of… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 5, 2020
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Micah Altman, Philip N. Cohen (Guest post — On clarifying the goals of a peer review taxonomy); Sarah Richardson (Making the news: Who’s tired of peer review? and COVID-19 round-up); Dr. Lilian Hunt (For academic publishing to be trans-inclusive, authors… Read More
Business Insider report lists Wolters Kluwer among healthcare artificial intelligence leaders targeting physician burnout - October 2, 2020
A new digital health research report from Business Insider Intelligence investigates physician burnout, which has increased dramatically in 2020, fueled by the stress of caring for patients with coronavirus. According to the report, AI in Healthcare Administration, the issue of fatigue impacted 40% of US… Read More
HHMI announces open access publishing policy - October 2, 2020
Advocating for broader immediate access to published scientific research, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has announced significant changes to its publishing policy. The new policy, which will take effect on January 1, 2022, will require all HHMI laboratory heads to publish in a manner that… Read More
