OUP reaches new milestone – more than 25,000 academic books now available online - February 1, 2021
OUP has reached a new milestone in digital publishing - more than 25,000 of academic research books are now available online. Now, subscribing students and researchers have immediate access to more than 850 average library shelves worth of academic content from across all disciplines via various online… Read More
Bentham Science launches three subscription-based journals - February 1, 2021
Bentham Science has announced the launch of subscription-based journals, The Chinese Journal of Artificial Intelligence, Journal of Environmental Materials and Sustainable Energy, and Current Probiotics. The first issue of the journals will be available online in 2021. … Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 1, 2021
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Bryan W. Roberts and David Teira (Publishing philosophy open access without a particle collider); Haseeb Irfanullah (Open Access and Global South: It is more than a matter of inclusion); Ada Hagan (Opinion: Peer-review study compromises response to gender bias); Richard… Read More
Springer Nature Group signed up to The Valuable 500 - January 29, 2021
Springer Nature Group has signed up to The Valuable 500, a global movement working to put disability inclusion on the business leadership agenda, marking another step in the development of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategy. The Valuable 500 is the only global CEO community… Read More
NISO published Recommended Practice on Reproducibility Badging and Definitions - January 29, 2021
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the publication of its Recommended Practice, RP-31-2021, Reproducibility Badging and Definitions. Developed by the NISO Taxonomy, Definitions, and Recognition Badging Scheme Working Group, the new Recommended Practice provides a set of recognition standards… Read More
SPARC Europe publishes new strategy 2021-2024 - January 29, 2021
SPARC Europe’s new strategy continues to strive to make Open research and education the default for the Higher Education community, research, education, industry, and society as a whole. SPARC seeks to develop a more equitable, diverse, sustainable and Open Science and Education ecosystem. SPARC will expand… Read More