Two-year pilot project to eliminate author/article processing charges in all PLOS journals - February 2, 2023
McMaster University Libraries are partnering with the Public Library of Science (PLOS) in a pilot project to remove financial barriers to publishing research. The two-year project will see the elimination of author/article processing charges (APCs) in all PLOS journals. Usually, authors incur APCs… Read More
The Fonds de recherche du Québec joins the ORCID-CA Consortium - February 2, 2023
The Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) has joined ORCID-CA, the Canadian consortium established to support the integration of ORCID identifiers in research-related information systems. ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) produces unique, persistent identifiers that researchers can use with multiple organizations to compile… Read More
De Gruyter acquires Mercury Learning - February 1, 2023
Academic publisher De Gruyter has announced the acquisition of publishing house Mercury Learning and Information. Mercury provides print and digital content in the areas of science, technology and computing, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) designed for the professional/ reference, trade, library, higher education, career… Read More
Integration between PLOS and the EarthArXiv preprint server is now live - February 1, 2023
The planned integration between PLOS and the EarthArXiv preprint server is now live. Authors submitting to PLOS Climate, PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, and PLOS Water will now have the option to… Read More
JAMA Network partners with Data Licensing Alliance for AI/ML - January 30, 2023
Data Licensing Alliance, Inc. (DLA), the first marketplace for licensing STEM data for artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) purposes, has announced the addition of the JAMA Network Open and JAMA Health Forum datasets on the DLA marketplace. The addition… Read More
Oilseeds and fats, Crops and Lipids (OCL) will now become a PCI-friendly journal - January 27, 2023
OCL - Oilseeds and fats, Crops and Lipids, a research journal published by EDP Sciences, has embraced transparent peer review and preprints by becoming a ’PCI-friendly’ journal, in partnership with Peer Community In (PCI). PCI is a non-profit, non-commercial platform that publishes recommendations of… Read More
OhioLINK and De Gruyter reach agreement for eBooks from 6 university presses - January 25, 2023
OhioLINK and De Gruyter have announced an agreement to provide OhioLINK’s 89 member libraries with newly published frontlist eBooks from University of California, Columbia, Harvard, Stanford, Toronto, and University of Pennsylvania Presses. Starting December 1, 2022, OhioLINK libraries have perpetual access to the 2023… Read More
Frontiers announces new partnership with the World Economic Forum - January 24, 2023
Frontiers has entered into a new partnership with the World Economic Forum (WEF). The gold open access publisher will join the WEF as a platform partner, formalizing a longstanding collaborative relationship between the two organizations. As part of the new agreement, Frontiers will… Read More
Digital Science acquires metaphacts - January 24, 2023
Digital Science has completed the acquisition of metaphacts. Based in Germany, metaphacts is a knowledge graph and decision intelligence software company. Its main product metaphactory is a platform that supports customers in accelerating their adoption of knowledge graphs and driving knowledge… Read More
Wolters Kluwer and Body Interact to support virtual training tools and resources for medical and physician assistant students - January 18, 2023
Wolters Kluwer, Health, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced a new collaboration with Take the Wind, the company behind the leading digital simulation platform Body Interact, to help expand virtual training tools and… Read More
