Global Principles for Open Science Monitoring launched at UNESCO - September 3, 2025
A new Principles of Open Science Monitoring was launched on July 7, 2025, during a UNESCO-hosted Open Science: Monitoring Progress, Assessing Impact conference in Paris. The initiative, led by SPARC Europe in collaboration with an international panel of stakeholders, introduced a set of principles… Read More
ASM to launch new journal in food microbiology - September 3, 2025
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) will introduce a new title, ASM Food Microbiology, in early 2026. The journal will be ASM’s 17th peer-reviewed publication and its ninth open access title. The launch comes as demand for research on microbial safety, fermentation, probiotics, spoilage, and biotechnology innovations… Read More
Mass spectral database for drugs, poisons, and metabolites gains NIST format access - September 1, 2025
Wiley has announced that the second edition of the database titled “Maurer, Meyer, Helfer, Weber: LC-HR-MS/MS Library of Drugs, Poisons, and Their Metabolites” is now available in NIST format. This library comprises more than 5,500 high-resolution mass spectra, covering over 2,300 parent drugs or poisons and more… Read More
STM introduces a voluntary tool to support sustainability in digital publishing - August 28, 2025
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has launched the STM Digital Carbon Calculator, a free tool aimed at helping academic publishers measure and reduce the carbon footprint of their digital journal content. Developed using the DIMPACT methodology, the STM Digital… Read More
NIH releases plan to promote gold standard science - August 27, 2025
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a comprehensive plan to promote gold standard science across all agency operations. The plan aligns with the U.S. Government’s nine interlocking tenets of gold standard science and the Department of Health and Human Services’ implementation framework.… Read More
PLA transitions Project Outcome to support free, local use - August 27, 2025
The Public Library Association (PLA) has launched Outcome Measurement for Public Libraries from its Project Outcome toolkit, marking the culmination of a decade-long effort to support outcome measurement in public libraries. Originally funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2015, Project Outcome… Read More
Radcliffe launches Transcatheter Academy for interventional cardiology - August 27, 2025
Radcliffe Group has introduced Transcatheter Academy, a new online destination consolidating its educational resources for interventional cardiology. The platform combines Radcliffe’s structural heart and intervention content, including materials from Radcliffe Cardiology, under a single digital framework. The academy offers case-based learning, educational webinars, journal… Read More
APA Publishing releases new titles on psychotherapy and psychiatry - August 22, 2025
The American Psychiatric Association Publishing has released several new and updated titles in psychiatry and psychotherapy. Among them is the second edition of “Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Severe Mental Illness: An Illustrated Guide,” which includes new troubleshooting tools and expanded video demonstrations to assist clinicians in building therapeutic… Read More
Duke University Press to launch Anthropocene History in 2026 - August 22, 2025
Duke University Press has announced plans to launch Anthropocene History, the first scholarly journal dedicated to the historical study of the Anthropocene. Scheduled to debut in fall 2026, the platinum open-access journal will be fully funded for its first decade, ensuring free access for readers and no… Read More
Taylor & Francis Online adds multimedia features to enhance research visibility - August 21, 2025
Taylor & Francis, a global publisher of scholarly journals, has introduced new features on its online platform designed to increase the visibility of multimedia research content. The updates provide greater prominence to audio and video materials such as abstracts, podcasts, and video articles that increasingly accompany journal… Read More
