Mat Willmott named first Assistant Director for Open Access Agreements - July 27, 2022
CDL’s Mat Willmott has been appointed the first Assistant Director for Open Access Agreements, a position that is responsible for stewarding California Digital Library activities related to publisher agreements for open access, including analysis, data and financial modeling, negotiations, implementation, administration, and assessment. In this role, Mat… Read More
Dr Jocalyn Clark named new International Editor for The BMJ - July 27, 2022
Dr Jocalyn Clark, most recently of The Lancet, will be The BMJ‘s new international editor. Dr Clark has a passion for equity, diversity, and inclusion in medicine and global health, and will take up her post in August 2022. She has proven expertise and leadership in advancing… Read More
PLOS and OA Switchboard announce partnership - July 25, 2022
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and the OA Switchboard have announced a partnership that will enable PLOS to better manage its Open Access publishing agreements with institutions, while also providing greater transparency and metadata to stakeholders, including consortia, libraries and funders. PLOS… Read More
IOP Publishing offers authors discounted OA publishing across its journals - July 25, 2022
Researchers from countries with lower-middle income economies, as categorised by the World Bank, can now choose open access (OA) publishing in any of IOP Publishing’s (IOPP) journals for a flat charge of £500. The policy builds on IOPP’s existing approach that enables researchers from countries with low-income… Read More
The EUTOPIA European University and OpenAIRE partner to create a research portal for ten EUTOPIA universities - July 25, 2022
The EUTOPIA European University and OpenAIRE have announced a partnership. Under the deal, both will work together to create a research portal for the ten EUTOPIA universities. The aim is to increase the findability and accessibility of EUTOPIA research and to serve as a… Read More
Significant Impact Factor enhancements for IEEE Computer Society publications - July 22, 2022
The IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS), publisher of peer-reviewed magazines and journals covering all aspects of computer science, engineering, and technology, has announced that its publications earned high 2021 impact factors, as reported by Clarivate Analytics Journal Citation Reports (JCR). Many of the 2021 impact factors increased… Read More
