NISO CREC recommended practice named finalist for 2026 SSP EPIC Awards - April 8, 2026
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced that its Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern (CREC) Recommended Practice (NISO RP-45-2024) has been selected as a finalist for the 2026 Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) EPIC Awards in the Research Integrity Tools… Read More
2026 EPIC Awards finalists announced across publishing, information technology, and communications categories - April 7, 2026
Finalists have been announced for the 2026 Excellence in Publishing, Information Technology, & Communications (EPIC) Awards. The awards, now in their second year, recognize contributions to scholarly publishing through creativity, collaboration, and innovation. Finalists were selected across five main categories, each with multiple subcategories. Winners will be… Read More
Sage Business Cases marks 10 years of global, inclusive case publishing - April 1, 2026
Sage is marking the 10th anniversary of Sage Business Cases (SBC), a milestone that reflects a decade of providing practice-ready teaching cases to libraries, faculty, and students worldwide. Launched in 2016 in response to feedback from librarians and faculty, the collection was created to… Read More
IOP Publishing announces 2025 Outstanding Reviewer Awards - March 27, 2026
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has announced the recipients of its Outstanding Reviewer Awards for 2025, recognizing researchers who have delivered peer review reports over the past year. The awards highlight the essential contribution reviewers make in maintaining the quality, integrity, and rigor of published research.… Read More
Wolters Kluwer UpToDate Expert AI now enables clinicians to earn CME credits - March 18, 2026
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that clinicians using UpToDate Expert AI can now earn Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit directly within their clinical workflow. When users ask clinical questions or engage in dialogue with UpToDate Expert AI, eligible activity can be captured for Continuing… Read More
Emerald Publishing announces global High Usage Awards 2026 - March 18, 2026
Emerald Publishing has announced the recipients of the High Usage Awards 2026, recognizing academic institutions with the highest usage of Emerald eJournal content during 2025. The awards, now in their fifteenth year, are based on total eJournal downloads, excluding EPS but including secondary content usage. The results… Read More
Research4Life marks 25 years expanding equitable access to scholarly research - March 17, 2026
Research4Life has marked 25 years of expanding access to trusted scholarly resources and increasing participation in global research. What began as a response to a call from the United Nations has evolved into a major public-private partnership aimed at improving research equity and broadening participation in the… Read More
ALPSP announces winners of 2026 University Press Rising Star Award - March 13, 2026
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers has announced the winners of the ALPSP University Press Rising Star Award 2026. The recipients are Grace Balfour-Harle, Senior Desk Editor at Edinburgh University Press; Heather Ramsay, Senior Marketing Executive at Edinburgh University Press; and Alice Tradewell, Books Marketing… Read More
JSTOR achieves 100% ASPIRE Gold rating for accessibility statement in 2026 review - March 12, 2026
JSTOR has retained a 100% ASPIRE Gold rating following a February 2026 review of the platform’s accessibility statement and related communications. The ASPIRE verification service evaluates accessibility statements across the publishing industry, assessing clarity, completeness, transparency, and usefulness for users seeking… Read More
Springer Nature launches Early Career Researcher (ECR) Hub as Research Communities platform reaches 100,000 users - March 6, 2026
Springer Nature has launched an Early Career Researcher (ECR) Hub as part of its Research Communities platform while marking the platform’s tenth anniversary and a milestone of more than 100,000 registered users. The hub is designed to support emerging researchers by… Read More
