NIH appoints Jonathan M. Green as CEO - April 28, 2026
Jonathan M. Green, M.D., MBA, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, the world’s largest hospital dedicated to clinical research. He will assume the role on May 17, 2026. Announcing the appointment, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D., noted… Read More
ResearchGate and The Company of Biologists form Journal Home partnership - April 28, 2026
ResearchGate and The Company of Biologists, a not‑for‑profit publisher supporting the biological sciences community, have announced a new Journal Home partnership covering the publisher’s full portfolio of peer‑reviewed biology journals. The partnership also launches with the Open Access Agreement Upgrade (OAAU). Open access is… Read More
Three projects strengthen no‑fee open access journals in Africa - April 28, 2026
Reports have been released from three projects aimed at improving the quality and sustainability of no‑fee open access (OA) publishing in Africa. Together, the initiatives support seven journals—five in Ghana and two in South Africa. The projects are part of the three‑year program 'Collaboration for Sustainable Open… Read More
CHORUS Forum examines Trust and Integrity in scholarly publishing - April 28, 2026
The CHORUS Forum on Trust and Integrity, moderated by Scott Delman, Director of Publications at the Association for Computing Machinery, focused on challenges to trust in scholarly publishing and the role of AI in research misconduct. Speakers addressed threats, opportunities, and potential solutions through policies, guidelines, and… Read More
Asian Journal on Perspectives in Education indexed in 16 databases - April 28, 2026
The Asian Journal on Perspectives in Education (AJPE), a peer‑reviewed open‑access journal published by Far Eastern University (FEU), has been indexed and abstracted in 16 national and international databases. AJPE was already included in platforms such as Google Scholar, EBSCOhost, ResearchBib Academic Resource Index,… Read More
Springer Nature and Jisc renew UK open access agreement for 2026–2028 - April 24, 2026
Springer Nature and Jisc have renewed their Open Access (OA) agreement, extending a partnership that began in 2016 and has contributed to significant growth in UK‑authored OA publishing. Since the first agreement, OA uptake among UK researchers has risen to nearly 80% in 2025.… Read More
