PLOS Earth Science authors embrace preprints for scientific advancement - September 8, 2023
PLOS, a pioneer in the field of open-access scientific publishing, is taking significant strides to provide researchers with accessible and community-driven preprint options across various research domains. Their commitment to facilitating preprint posting reflects their belief that empowering authors to control the dissemination of their scientific findings… Read More
STM Integrity Hub expands fraud detection with Clear Skies’ Papermill Alarm - September 4, 2023
STM Solutions and Clear Skies have jointly announced the integration of Clear Skies' Papermill Alarm with the STM Integrity Hub, a significant development aimed at enhancing the Hub's capacity to detect potentially fraudulent research manuscripts at the point of submission. The… Read More
Research4Life & STM rally behind Ukrainian science and research amid conflict - August 24, 2023
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine extends its heartfelt appreciation to STM’s publisher partners for their pivotal role in providing free access to an extensive repository of resources through the Research4Life program. This noble endeavor has facilitated access to more than 28,000… Read More
Editor-in-Chief of The BMJ calls for greater transparency on payments from medical industry - August 17, 2023
The BMJ's Editor-in-Chief, Kamran Abbasi, is urging the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and its member institutions to set a benchmark for transparently disclosing payments received from the medical and patient group industry. This appeal comes in response to a recent investigation conducted by… Read More
Wiley’s net-zero target validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative - July 31, 2023
Wiley, the global leader in research, publishing, and knowledge solutions, has taken a significant step towards combating climate change by setting science-based targets to achieve carbon net-zero status by 2040. The company's commitment to these ambitious goals has been validated by the prestigious Science Based Targets initiative… Read More
IOP Publishing expands scope of the reports on progress in physics journal - July 12, 2023
Scientific publisher IOP Publishing has announced significant changes to its esteemed journal, Reports on Progress in Physics™. These changes aim to modernize the title and position it at the pinnacle of the publisher's extensive physics portfolio. Reports on Progress in Physics has long… Read More
SSP calls for proposals for abstract management system to support the scholarly publishing community - June 29, 2023
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has announced its request for proposals (RFP) for an abstract management system to meet the organization's needs, starting in September 2023. The SSP is seeking to enter into an arrangement with a supplier that can provide abstract management services in exchange… Read More
American Chemical Society reaffirms its commitment to Chemical & Engineering News - December 21, 2022
In a joint statement from ACS Chair of the Board of Directors Paul W. Jagodzinski and ACS CEO Thomas Connelly Jr., the American Chemical Society (ACS) reaffirms its support of its independent news outlet, Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN). The recent reorganization of C&EN as described… Read More
Increasing visibility of research resources on bioRxiv and medRxiv - November 14, 2022
Identifiers for research resources are a new way to link papers and improve resource findability and reproducibility. A new project by SciScore, funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), will seek to implement a Resource table for each preprint. In scientific studies, key research resources such… Read More
Wolters Kluwer expert addresses CDC director’s new push for preprints - August 22, 2022
Among numerous measures announced to drive efficiency and restore public confidence in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the agency’s director, Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, proposed increasing the use of preprint research to ensure actionable new findings and data are available more quickly, instead of delaying until research… Read More
