Dr. Venkataramana Gadhamshetty appointed Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Engineering Science - April 16, 2025
Environmental Engineering Science, a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancements in environmental engineering and science, has announced the appointment of Dr. Venkataramana Gadhamshetty as its new Editor-in-Chief. The journal, which serves as the official publication of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP), will benefit from… Read More
ACS Publications joins panel on open access and preprints at Researcher to Reader 2025 - April 15, 2025
A recording of the panel discussion titled “Open Access, Preprints, and the Future of Research Communication”, held at the 2025 Researcher to Reader conference, is now available on YouTube. The panel examined developments in open access, particularly the role of institutional agreements in facilitating uptake among authors over the past… Read More
OASPA launches ‘Next 50%’ initiative to advance the open access transition - April 15, 2025
The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) has launched a new initiative for 2025 titled the ‘Next 50%’, intended to convene publishing organizations with the stakeholders who finance, support, and invest in scholarly communication systems. Developed in collaboration with Research Consulting, the initiative aims… Read More
CWTS at Leiden University opens PhD position to advance understanding of paper mills with support from Wiley - April 15, 2025
The Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University has launched a new PhD position aimed at improving understanding of paper mills and addressing systematic manipulation in academic publishing. The project is being developed in partnership with the University of Sheffield and is supported by… Read More
Emerald Publishing and CAUL sign uncapped open access agreement across hybrid and gold journals - April 15, 2025
Emerald Publishing has established a new open access agreement with the Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL), aimed at expanding publishing opportunities for researchers in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The agreement eliminates caps on the number of articles eligible for open access publishing,… Read More
Biochemical Society and Vanderbilt University Libraries establish uncapped open access publishing agreement - April 15, 2025
The Biochemical Society and Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have formalized a new open access agreement that enables unrestricted, fee-free publishing for Vanderbilt researchers in all Biochemical Society journals, published by Portland Press. The arrangement also includes full read access to the… Read More
