COAR launches open call for innovative COAR Notify protocol implementations - November 20, 2025
The COAR Notify Protocol is defined as a set of profiles, constraints, and conventions around the use of W3C Linked Data Notifications (LDN) to integrate repository systems with relevant services in a distributed, resilient, and web-native architecture. Through the COAR Notify Initiative, the community… Read More
Contaminants, Environment, and Society journal now open for submissions - November 19, 2025
Canadian Science Publishing has opened submissions for Contaminants, Environment, and Society, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to interdisciplinary research on environmental contaminants. The journal aims to support research addressing complex contamination challenges that require collective and interdisciplinary approaches. The journal is led by co-Editors-in-Chief… Read More
AIP Publishing introduces cost transparency with AIP Fusion to support open science - November 17, 2025
AIP Publishing has detailed the full 2024 cost of publishing a peer-reviewed article as part of its transition to a more transparent open science business model. It has integrated cost transparency into its new open science model, AIP Fusion, by outlining how it calculated its true cost… Read More
Updated scope expands focus of the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology - November 17, 2025
Canadian Science Publishing has introduced a new scope for the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (CJPP). Developed in collaboration with the Editorial Board and members of the scientific community, the updated focus reflects the evolving interests and priorities of today’s researchers. The revised… Read More
PLOS launches two new open access journals: PLOS Aging and Health and PLOS Ecosystems - November 14, 2025
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) has launched two new open access journals: PLOS Aging and Health and PLOS Ecosystems, with an aim to address pressing global challenges through cross-disciplinary research and open science principles. Both journals follow PLOS’s Flat Fee model, designed to remove financial barriers… Read More
Wiley showcases expert voices on science communication, academic societies, and AI in new series - November 13, 2025
Wiley has released a new season of its expert roundtable series examining how stronger science communication and evolving academic society strategies have supported public trust in research. Wiley has introduced the latest season of its award-winning thought leadership series, ‘The Conversations’, to address how research communities can… Read More
SPIE launches Advanced Quantum Catalyst, a new journal dedicated to applied quantum technology - November 13, 2025
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has launched its newest journal, Advanced Quantum Catalyst (AQC), announcing the initiative during the first SPIE Quantum Catalyst event in Boulder, Colorado. The organization plans to name the inaugural editor-in-chief and issue a call for papers in early 2026.… Read More
NISO opens draft CCLIP Recommended Practice for public comment through December 15, 2025 - November 12, 2025
The National Information Standards Organization announced public comment availability for the draft Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Infrastructure Project (CCLIP) Recommended Practice (NISO RP-46-202X) through December 15, 2025. The draft outlines approaches for more intentional and equitable collaboration across the collections lifecycle. Recommendations address collaboration levels… Read More
American Physiological Society launches nationwide campaign to support physiology’s role in biomedical discovery - November 10, 2025
The American Physiological Society (APS) has launched a nationwide campaign to highlight physiology’s essential role in biomedical discovery, public health, and scientific innovation. APS has introduced Physiology: The Science Life Depends On, a national effort that mobilizes scientists in academia and industry, federal decision-makers,… Read More
STM unveils Publishing Decoded to educate stakeholders on scholarly publishing infrastructure - October 31, 2025
The STM Association has launched Publishing Decoded as an educational resource to help audiences outside the publishing industry understand how scholarly publishing operates. Publishing Decoded highlights the extensive and often unseen infrastructure that scholarly publishers maintain to support today’s research ecosystem. The new microsite… Read More
