EU and Australia open exploratory talks on Horizon Europe association - September 12, 2025
The European Commission and the Australian Government have started exploratory discussions on Australia’s potential association with Horizon Europe, the EU’s research and innovation program. The talks, described as non-binding and technical, represent the first step toward a possible formal agreement that would give Australian researchers closer access… Read More
ResearchGate and IIAR announce Journal Home partnership - September 12, 2025
ResearchGate and the International Institute of Anticancer Research (IIAR) have established a Journal Home partnership to expand readership and engagement with IIAR’s open access journals. The agreement covers four titles—Anticancer Research, In Vivo, Cancer Genomics & Proteomics, and Cancer Diagnosis & Prognosis. Full-text articles… Read More
DOAJ and Latindex form partnership to enhance Ibero-American journal visibility - September 12, 2025
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and Latindex have launched a 12-month partnership to improve the discoverability of Ibero-American journals, most of which are published in Spanish and Portuguese. The collaboration has three goals: exchanging information on journals not yet indexed in either database, sharing information… Read More
University of the Balearic Islands partners with Frontiers to expand open access publishing - September 11, 2025
The University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) - Universitat de les Illes Balears - has entered into an institutional partnership with open-access publisher Frontiers to increase the availability of its research outputs. The agreement provides eligible UIB researchers with full coverage of article publishing… Read More
Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience joins Canadian Science Publishing portfolio - September 11, 2025
Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) has completed the acquisition of the Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (JPN) from CMA Impact Inc., effective September 2, 2025. With this integration, JPN becomes CSP’s 23rd title and its first journal dedicated to psychiatry and neuroscience. JPN holds an… Read More
COPE issues revised retraction guidelines addressing paper mills and third-party involvement - September 11, 2025
The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) has released new retraction guidelines designed to address growing challenges such as paper mill activity, fraudulent authorship, and undeclared third-party involvement. The new framework specifies that journals should retract work when authorship cannot be verified, when accountability is uncertain, or when… Read More
