Clarivate and Iraq’s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research enter multi-year collaboration - January 16, 2026
Clarivate Plc has entered into a multi-year agreement with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Iraq aimed at advancing the country’s national research and innovation objectives. Under the agreement, the collaboration will provide strategic guidance, data and analytics, and skills development to help align… Read More
OpenAIRE and STARS EU Alliance partner to advance open science, research visibility, and evidence-based policy - January 14, 2026
OpenAIRE and the STARS EU University Alliance have entered into a collaboration to support Open Science practices, improve research visibility, and enable evidence-based decision-making across the alliance. The partnership provides STARS EU with a dedicated OpenAIRE CONNECT Gateway and MONITOR Dashboard to support a… Read More
WSU Libraries expand Cambridge University Press journal access with open access publishing - January 12, 2026
WSU Libraries has announced a significant expansion of Cambridge University Press journal access beginning this year, increasing journal subscriptions from 10 titles in 2025 to more than 420 titles. The expanded access is intended to support research and teaching across humanities, social sciences, and… Read More
Environmental Health Perspectives joins ACS Publications portfolio - January 9, 2026
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced that Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) has joined the ACS Publications portfolio. EHP is a respected journal with a long-standing reputation for publishing leading research at the intersection of environment and human health. Founded in 1972 by… Read More
ResearchGate partners with Unisa Press to expand access to South African open access journals - January 9, 2026
ResearchGate and Unisa Press have announced a new Journal Home partnership that will make all 10 of Unisa Press’ open access journals available on the ResearchGate platform, expanding global access to scholarly publications produced by the University of South Africa. The collaboration marks ResearchGate’s first partnership with… Read More
Taylor & Francis expands scope of PeerJ multidisciplinary journal - January 8, 2026
Taylor & Francis has announced an expansion in the scope of the multidisciplinary open access journal PeerJ, enabling submissions from a broader range of scientific disciplines. The expanded scope adds Chemistry, Materials Science, and selected fields of Engineering to the journal’s existing coverage of… Read More
EIFL renews publishing agreement with World Scientific - January 7, 2026
EIFL has renewed and expanded its agreement with World Scientific for one year, extending the arrangement through the end of 2026 and continuing support for open access publishing across a wide range of journals. Under the renewed agreement, corresponding authors from EIFL partner countries… Read More
Aptean and CAS expand collaboration with biosequence chemical modifications solution - December 22, 2025
Aptean, a provider of AI-powered enterprise software for industrial sectors, and CAS have expanded their collaboration to support life science patent research. The collaboration introduces a new Chemical Modifications module that combines Aptean GenomeQuest’s search experience with CAS biological sequence data. The module enables… Read More
Jisc and Taylor & Francis sign new UK open research agreement - December 22, 2025
Jisc and Taylor & Francis have signed a renewed and expanded agreement to support UK researchers in publishing open access articles and accessing licensed content. The renewed three-year agreement will support researchers at participating UK institutions to publish open access articles in more than… Read More
The Company of Biologists appoints Knowledge E as sole agent in the Middle East - December 19, 2025
The Company of Biologists has appointed Knowledge E as its sole regional agent in the Middle East, expanding representation for its publishing programs and subscription initiatives across the region. Under the agreement, Knowledge E will represent The Company of Biologists in Middle Eastern markets,… Read More
