Taylor & Francis’ new practical well-being program “The Knowledge Retreat” offers an oasis from the pressures of scholarly writing - November 29, 2021
Over 1,000 researchers, librarians, and other members of the academic community have joined Taylor & Francis’ new program focusing on well-being when writing. The Knowledge Retreat offers free access to practical advice from academic experts on self-care, focus, and inspiration when writing. In… Read More
OpenAthens unveils MyAthens Plus with CORE open access - November 29, 2021
The newly redesigned OpenAthens’ library-owned information portal MyAthens Plus has just announced its integration with CORE, the world’s largest collection of open access full texts, which are used and referenced by people globally, including researchers, libraries, software developers, funders and many… Read More
Open Access Australasia and CAUL support the UNESCO recommendation on open science - November 24, 2021
The adoption of the UNESCO Open Science Recommendation at the 41st Session of its General Conference this week in Paris is a strong global signal of the importance of a coherent approach to open science. Open science is an inclusive and ambitious endeavour, needed for equitable access… Read More
OA content from Rockefeller University Press now available on the professional network for researchers, ResearchGate - November 24, 2021
ResearchGate and Rockefeller University Press (RUP) has announced the completion of the first phase of a content syndication pilot partnership. ResearchGate users can now find full-text Immediate OA articles and a subset of five years of archival content published in the Journal of Cell… Read More
Museum of New Zealand’s journal Tūhinga moves to Pensoft’s ARPHA publishing platform - November 24, 2021
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa has signed with scholarly publisher and technology provider Pensoft and its publishing platform ARPHA, to turn Tūhinga “into a 21st-century”, digital-native diamond open-access journal. As part of the agreement, not only is the… Read More
Scholarly publishers agree on standards for inclusion and diversity - November 22, 2021
As a signatory of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Joint Commitment for Action on Inclusion and Diversity in Publishing, PLOS has announced that the group has agreed to a set of standards to reduce bias within scholarly publishing. Last year, PLOS joined together with… Read More
