SSP launches mobile app for year-round community engagement - May 9, 2025
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has introduced SSP Engage, a new mobile application designed to facilitate continuous engagement within the scholarly communications community. The app is now available for iOS and Android platforms under the listing “SSP News and Events.” Developed to extend the functionality of… Read More
AGU and AMS launch special collection to advance climate research following disruption to National Climate Assessment - May 8, 2025
The American Geophysical Union (AGU), the largest international association of Earth and space scientists, and the American Meteorological Society (AMS), the leading U.S. organization for atmospheric and related sciences, have announced a collaborative initiative to support continued climate research in the United States. The… Read More
Wiley collaborates with AWS to launch AI literature search agent for life sciences - May 6, 2025
Wiley has announced a new collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to introduce a generative AI agent designed for scientific literature search. Set to debut at the 7th annual AWS Life Sciences Symposium in New York City on May 6, this initiative marks the… Read More
Nature to launch two new journals—Nature Health and Nature Sensors—in 2026 - May 6, 2025
Nature Portfolio will expand its journal offerings in January 2026 with the introduction of Nature Health and Nature Sensors, two titles aimed at supporting the growth of interdisciplinary research in health and applied science. The new journals are intended to provide… Read More
CAS introduces CAS Search Services to support scientific teams with limited capacity - April 30, 2025
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society focused on scientific knowledge management, has announced the launch of CAS Search Services℠, a new offering designed to assist CAS SciFinder® users with literature searches. The service aims to support research teams facing capacity constraints by… Read More
Preprints.org launches Reading List feature and community initiatives for World Book Day - April 25, 2025
Preprints.org, a multidisciplinary preprint platform operated by open-access publisher MDPI, has launched a new Reading List feature to coincide with World Book Day 2025. The new feature enables researchers, authors, and readers to curate and share collections of preprint articles—versions of scientific papers that… Read More
JMIR Aging introduces new section on advance care planning for older adults - April 25, 2025
JMIR Aging, an open access journal focused on digital health and aging, has announced the launch of a new section dedicated to “Advance Care Planning for Older Adults.” This addition is intended to provide a platform for research examining how digital health technologies can support older adults… Read More
SKINdeep, a new journal for translational dermatology, launches on ARPHA platform - April 24, 2025
The Austrian Academy of Sciences Press (AASP), in collaboration with SKINnovations-ÖGDV GmbH a subsidiary of the Austrian Society of Dermatology and Venereology has launched SKINdeep, a new international open-access journal focused on translational dermatology, clinical research, and related fields. The journal's… Read More
York University Libraries launches tool to streamline open access publishing - April 23, 2025
York University Libraries (YUL) has introduced SciFree, a search tool designed to help researchers identify open access (OA) journals that offer discounted or waived article processing charges (APCs) under existing institutional agreements. The tool aims to support York-affiliated authors in navigating the financial aspects… Read More
Emerald Publishing launches Sustainable Finance Review journal - April 17, 2025
Emerald Publishing has introduced a new academic journal, Sustainable Finance Review (SFR), focused on advancing research in financial strategies related to environmental sustainability and climate resilience. The journal will cover a broad range of topics including renewable energy finance, ESG, financial technology, decarbonization, carbon… Read More
