ASM appoints Editors-in-Chief for Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Journal of Bacteriology - February 9, 2021
ASM has appointed Dr. George O’Toole and Dr. Gemma Reguera as new Editors-in-Chief (EiCs) for Journal of Bacteriology (JB) and Applied and Environmental Microbiology (AEM), respectively. Dr. O’Toole and Dr. Reguera will begin terms as Editors-in-Chief on July 1, 2021. Dr. O’Toole is currently a professor… Read More
IMPORTANT: Knowledgespeak to be published weekly - February 9, 2021
Knowledgespeak has been a daily newsletter servicing the Scholarly Publishing industry for the past 15 years, delivering all relevant developments within the scientific, technical, and medical information industry. While we will continue to be your go-to resource to understand and respond to the Scholarly publishing industry's continuous challenges, the metronome… Read More
SAGE and the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries agree to support Swiss Researchers - February 8, 2021
Through a new transformative agreement, SAGE Publishing and the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries expand publishing opportunities for Swiss researchers. The deal, which began on January 1, 2021 and will last through 2022, provides researchers with unlimited open access publishing rights in SAGE’s over 900 hybrid journals… Read More
OUP reaches Read & Publish agreement with FinELib - February 8, 2021
Oxford University Press (OUP) and FinELib, a consortium of Finnish universities, research institutions, and public libraries, have reached an agreement for Read & Publish access to OUP’s journals collection. The agreement came into effect on January 1, 2021 and lasts for 3 years. It allows scholars at… Read More
BMJ signals its commitment to an open access future - February 8, 2021
Bibsam Consortium in Sweden, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek for German Academic Institutions, and Jisc have entered into a transitional agreement to provide researchers at member institutions the opportunity to publish all of their research articles open access in BMJ’s hybrid… Read More
Wellcome Open Research now becomes most used publishing venue for Wellcome funded researchers - February 8, 2021
Wellcome Open Research is now the single most used venue for Wellcome-funded researchers to publish their research findings. This has been achieved after only four years since the Platform’s conception. In 2020, 292 articles were published on Wellcome Open Research, a 40% increase compared to 2019. Much… Read More
