French research organisations and universities and SpringerNature unable to reach consensus for access to journals; publisher continues access while talks continue - April 2, 2018
French research organisations and universities have reportedly cancelled their subscriptions to Springer journals. The move is the result of an impasse in fee negotiations between the publisher and Couperin.org, a national consortium representing over 250 academic institutions in France. After more… Read More
Journals access negotiations with universities in the Netherlands, the Royal Society of Chemistry responds - March 19, 2018
The Royal Society of Chemistry has issued a statement in response to a recent VSNU statement earlier last week announcing the failure to reach a new agreement on access to scientific journals from the Society. The Society, in the statement notes… Read More
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing call for evidence on how to maintain a world-leading publishing sector - February 16, 2018
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Publishing has called for evidence into how to maintain a world-leading publishing sector in the UK. The publishing industry generates up to £7.8bn gross value added (GVA) for the wider economy and supports more than 70,000 jobs directly and indirectly. It is also… Read More
AIP Publishing eliminates publication page charges across all journals - January 8, 2018
AIP Publishing, a wholly owned not-for-profit subsidiary of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), has announced the elimination of publication page charges and colour charges, as of January 1, 2018, for all of the organisation's journals, including Physics of Plasmas, Review of Scientific Instruments, and 10… Read More
Universities in Germany win temporary access to Elsevier journals after refusing to pay fees - January 5, 2018
Dutch publishing giant Elsevier has reportedly granted uninterrupted access to its paywalled journals for researchers at around 200 German universities and research institutes that had refused to renew their individual subscriptions at the end of 2017. The institutions had formed a… Read More
One billion metadata facts now on Springer Nature SciGraph - December 19, 2017
SciGraph, the Linked Open Data (LOD) platform launched by Springer Nature in March 2017, now holds over one billion metadata statements about content published by Springer Nature and links to established external datasets. The LOD platform aggregates data sources from content published across Springer Nature covering… Read More
German universities may lose access to Elsevier journals with still no sign of a deal to allow continued access - December 7, 2017
About 200 universities in Germany will reportedly lose their subscriptions to Elsevier journals. According to Nature News reports, negotiations have failed to end a long-term contract dispute. Academics in the country lost access to Elsevier content briefly earlier this year, but it… Read More
AMA, Harvard Health Publishing sever ties with Outcome Health - November 21, 2017
The American Medical Association and Harvard Health Publishing have reportedly suspended their partnerships with Outcome Health amid speculations that the Chicago-based tech and advertising startup misled advertisers. According to reports in The Wall Street Journal, the organisations have decided to 'pause' their partnerships with Outcome Health… Read More
American Medical Informatics Association outlines priorities for data science research - November 3, 2017
Nation's health and biomedical informatics professionals have urged the National Library of Medicine to lead Data Science efforts across the National Institutes of Health. In comments submitted recently, the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) offered numerous suggestions on how the National Library of Medicine (NLM)… Read More
Springer Nature blocks access to at least 1,000 articles in China - November 2, 2017
Springer Nature, which owns Nature magazine and Palgrave Macmillan books, and produces periodicals such as Scientific American, has reportedly pulled access to a small number of articles in China to comply with regulations. The publisher has viewed the move as regrettable but… Read More
