F1000 expands Open Research Africa publishing platform now open to all African Authors - April 7, 2026
Open Research Africa (ORA), a platform developed by F1000 and the Science for Africa Foundation, has expanded its submission eligibility to include articles with at least one author based in Africa regardless of funding source. Previously, submissions were limited to research supported by designated… Read More
NISO releases Transfer Code of Practice Version 5.0 to ensure journal access - April 1, 2026
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has published a revised version of the Transfer Code of Practice, releasing Version 5.0 as NISO RP-24-2026. The Transfer Code of Practice is a NISO Recommended Practice designed to support continuing access to journals when titles move from… Read More
De Gruyter Brill partners with AACB to publish The Clinical Biochemist Reviews - March 31, 2026
De Gruyter Brill and the Australasian Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine (AACB) have entered into a publishing partnership for The Clinical Biochemist Reviews (CBR), a peer-reviewed journal in clinical biochemistry across Australasia. Under the agreement, The Clinical Biochemist Reviews will be hosted… Read More
Tsinghua University Press launches Health Engineering Journal - March 31, 2026
Tsinghua University Press has launched Health Engineering, a new international open access journal focused on integrating engineering, biotechnology, and medical science to address global health challenges. The journal is designed to support research that applies engineering principles to improve health outcomes, enable early disease intervention, and advance… Read More
AIP Publishing launches APL Engineering Physics with first articles published online - March 26, 2026
AIP Publishing has announced that the first articles from APL Engineering Physics are now available online, marking the launch of the newest APL-branded journal. APL Engineering Physics is a gold open access journal focused on interdisciplinary research applying physics principles to engineering challenges and… Read More
China publishes global journal list for medicine and life sciences to support research evaluation - March 25, 2026
China has released a global high-quality journal list covering medicine and life sciences, marking a step toward developing an independent framework for academic journal evaluation. The list was jointly compiled by Dongbi Technology Data Co., Ltd., the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and Shanghai… Read More
ARC Alliance launches Environmental Health Advances, a new Diamond Open Access journal - March 19, 2026
The Academic Research Community (ARC) Alliance has launched Environmental Health Advances (EHA), a new Diamond Open Access journal focused on research related to toxicant-induced disease and environmental health. The journal aims to publish peer-reviewed research across environmental health disciplines, including exposure science, toxicology, environmental… Read More
Elsevier expands Check Integrity screening tool to strengthen research Integrity - March 18, 2026
Elsevier has extended its Check Integrity article submission screening tool to nearly 2,000 journals following the completion of a pilot phase, aiming to identify potential ethical concerns in research papers before publication. The Check Integrity tool is designed to identify potential violations of publishing ethics policies, including… Read More
STM releases discussion document on responsible use of research content in generative AI - March 18, 2026
STM has issued a discussion document titled Toward Responsible Use of Research Content in Generative AI, which presents considerations for the responsible use of research content in generative AI tools and invites participation from the research and generative AI development communities. The document outlines… Read More
The Company of Biologists launches perpetual journal archive with 34,000 articles - March 13, 2026
The Company of Biologists has launched a fully accessible journal archive that provides institutions with perpetual access to more than 34,000 articles published between 1853 and 2004. The archive covers the publisher’s three established journals — Development, Journal of Cell Science, and Journal of Experimental Biology. Together,… Read More
