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
Wiley releases 2026 Mass Spectra of Designer Drugs database - March 12, 2026
Wiley has announced the 2026 release of Mass Spectra of Designer Drugs, GC-MS spectral database used by forensic laboratories worldwide for rapid identification of illicit substances. The company stated that the landscape of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) continues to evolve, with increasing numbers of… Read More
Emerald Publishing and PRME partner to launch two new journals on Responsible Management and AI - March 12, 2026
Emerald Publishing has announced a strategic collaboration with the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), an initiative of the United Nations Global Compact that promotes the integration of ethics, sustainability, and social responsibility into business and management education. Under the collaboration, Emerald Publishing will launch two PRME… Read More
DOAJ to introduce premium metadata services to support sustainable Open Infrastructure - March 10, 2026
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) will launch premium metadata services on March 17, 2026, introducing paid access to the most up-to-date metadata while maintaining open access to core metadata services. The initiative is intended to support the long-term sustainability of DOAJ’s open infrastructure while ensuring… Read More
