Karger Publishers opens submissions for sixth Vesalius Innovation Award - May 15, 2025
Karger Publishers has launched the call for applications for the 2025 Vesalius Innovation Award, which supports early-stage startups advancing innovation in health sciences and scholarly communication. Now in its sixth year, the award aims to recognize novel approaches to how scientific knowledge is communicated, evaluated, and applied—particularly… Read More
FACETS appoints Claire Jardine as new Co-Editor-in-Chief - May 15, 2025
FACETS, Canada’s only multidisciplinary open access science journal, has appointed Dr. Claire Jardine as co-Editor-in-Chief. She joins Dr. Fanie Pelletier in overseeing the journal’s editorial leadership. Dr. Jardine is a professor in the Department of Pathobiology at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, and serves as… Read More
Springer Healthcare and inScience Communications rebrand as Springer Health+ - May 14, 2025
Springer Healthcare and inScience Communications, medical communications and education providers within the Springer Nature portfolio, have announced a unified rebrand under the name Springer Health+. The new identity is intended to more accurately reflect the scope of services offered across the portfolio, which includes medical communications, educational… Read More
Frontiers to sponsor LIBER 2025 conference in Lausanne - May 14, 2025
Frontiers, an open access publisher headquartered in Lausanne, will serve as the main sponsor of the 2025 LIBER Conference, which will be held in the publisher’s home city. The sponsorship marks the beginning of a broader collaboration between Frontiers and the LIBER community, focusing… Read More
IOP Publishing adopts CRediT taxonomy across all journals - May 14, 2025
IOP Publishing is implementing the Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT) across its portfolio of proprietary journals to improve transparency and recognition of author contributions. The taxonomy provides a standardized framework for identifying the specific roles individuals play in the creation and publication of scholarly work. Authors will now… Read More
University of Notre Dame selects EBSCO-supported FOLIO system for library modernization - May 14, 2025
The Hesburgh Libraries at the University of Notre Dame will implement FOLIO as their new Library Services Platform (LSP), supported by EBSCO Information Services. The transition to the open-source system is expected to be completed by summer 2026.… Read More
