Academic publishers announce key action on diversity data collection - April 18, 2022
An international group aiming to eliminate bias and discrimination in academic publishing has published guidance for the collection of author data that can work between different publishers – an issue that has long been a challenge for the global scientific community. The Joint… Read More
PLOS launches new ‘Accessible Data’ feature to promote data sharing and access - March 28, 2022
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) is testing a new experimental open science feature intended to promote data sharing and reuse across the PLOS journal portfolio. A subset of PLOS articles that link to shared research data in a repository will now display a prominent visual cue… Read More
Journal Comparison Service: cOAlition S extends the deadline for publisher registrations - March 24, 2022
cOAlition S is set to launch the Journal Comparison Service (JCS) in the Summer of 2022. JCS is a secure online platform that will help registered users from the research community better understand if the publishing fees they pay are commensurate with the services… Read More
Future-proofing ex-CASRAI assets – CODATA, euroCRIS, and NISO issue joint statement - March 23, 2022
CODATA, euroCRIS, and NISO have confirmed arrangements for the future of selected key resources from the former CASRAI organization. CASRAI as an organization has ceased to exist. Before the organization was closed down, CODATA, euroCRIS, and NISO were each approached to… Read More
SAGE Publishing Founder Sara Miller McCune transfers control of SAGE to the SAGE-SMM Trust - December 8, 2021
SAGE Publishing founder and owner Sara Miller McCune has signed over her voting shares and control of the company to the independent SAGE-SMM Trust. The move takes an irrevocable step towards her long-standing estate plan goal of ensuring SAGE remains an independent company focused on its mission… Read More
OpenOrgs: the OpenAIRE service for bridging registries of research organisations - October 11, 2021
Organisations appear all over the Research & Innovation ecosystem in different shapes and formats: the same organization may appear with different names (e.g., full legal name, short or alternative names, acronym) and different metadata fields in different data sources. Persistent identifiers may be of no help when different data sources… Read More
Joint statement on access to e-book and e-textbook content - October 6, 2021
Together with other representatives and sector bodies, Jisc has pledged to help students and teachers in UK higher and further education to gain equitable and sustainable access to e-books, e-textbooks and related teaching content. Economic and technological changes in the current publishing market have led to… Read More
eLife’s Communities team to promote openness, integrity, and equity, diversity and inclusion in science and medicine - September 14, 2021
eLife has set up a new Communities team to oversee and drive forward its work in all areas of research culture, including the promotion of equity, diversity and inclusion, and efforts to increase openness and integrity in science and medicine. The team is headed up by… Read More
Elsevier becomes signatory to internationally recognized Climate Pledge, commits to Net Zero carbon emissions by 2040 - July 14, 2021
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, has announced its commitment to becoming net zero by 2040, signing the Climate Pledge together with parent company RELX, to reach the target at least a decade ahead of the Paris Climate Agreement’s goal of 2050. … Read More
ALPSP unveils new Mentorship Scheme for the scholarly publishing community - July 12, 2021
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has announced the launch of its Mentorship Scheme, following the successful pilot which ran from February to July 2021. The new scheme aims to connect early career and mid-career scholarly publishers with a wider network… Read More
