Cochrane appoints Catherine Spencer as new CEO - April 11, 2022
Cochrane’s Governing Board has announced the appointment of Catherine Spencer as Cochrane’s new Chief Executive Officer. Catherine joins Cochrane from The Seafarers’ Charity where she held the position of CEO. Prior to her role at The Seafarers’ Charity, Catherine was acting Chief Operating Officer and Director of… Read More
Learned Publishing appoints three new Associate Editors - April 11, 2022
Learned Publishing, the journal on the publication of scholarly information, has appointed Mathias Astell, Haseeb Irfanullah, and François van Schalkwyk as Associate Editors. Mathias Astell is Chief Journal Development & Marketing Officer at Open Access publisher Hindawi, working towards greater openness in research, removing the barriers to access, and striving… Read More
Elsevier announces free special issue to commemorate WHO’s World Health Day 2022 - April 7, 2022
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, has launched a free access special issue of curated content focused on environmental issues in recognition of the WHO’s World Health Day. Consisting of specially curated journal articles and book… Read More
Springer Nature Group establishes short-term goals to build on its carbon-neutral status - April 7, 2022
Springer Nature Group has launched its latest annual Sustainable Business Report, Unlocking Potential, with a special focus on climate action. The report features new short-term carbon targets, building on last year’s announcement that Springer Nature Group had become carbon neutral for emissions associated with its offices, fleets,… Read More
Wiley journal renewal now includes open access publishing options - April 7, 2022
As part of Washington State University Libraries’ renewal of their Wiley journal contract, WSU authors can now have articles published in roughly 1,400 different Wiley journals using an open-access license without paying an article processing charge (APC). The service is available until the end… Read More
ACM takes a significant step towards becoming a fully OA publisher - April 7, 2022
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), has announced that its first 50 years of publications, from 1951 through the end of 2000, are now open and freely available to view and download via the ACM Digital Library. ACM’s first 50 years backfile contains… Read More
