Publishers Association unveils industry-wide Inclusivity Action Plan - February 1, 2023
The Publishers Association has released an updated version of their 'Inclusion Action Plan' to encourage diversity, equity, and inclusion in the publishing industry's workforce. The strategy, which was developed in collaboration with the industry's foremost social enterprise dedicated to diversity and inclusion, Creative Access,… 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
IntechOpen to accelerate progress to achieve SDGs by 2030 - August 24, 2022
As a signatory of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Publishers Compact, IntechOpen works to accelerate progress towards achieving the SDGs by 2030. Since the beginning of 2022, IntechOpen has published books and launched journals to inform, develop and inspire sustainable practices with the goals in focus.… 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
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
