ARL releases new resources from Machine Actionable Plans Pilot - September 10, 2025
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released a set of resources from the Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot, a project developed with the California Digital Library and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS LG-254861-OLS-23). The initiative… Read More
Tsinghua Science and Technology begins its next chapter on SciOpen - September 8, 2025
In August, the first issue of Volume 31 of Tsinghua Science and Technology was released on SciOpen, the academic publishing platform developed by Tsinghua University Press. This marked a new chapter for the journal’s independent operation. Tsinghua Science and Technology is the first English-language… Read More
BMJ expands Research to Publication program through Middle East outreach - September 4, 2025
BMJ Group has expanded the reach of its Research to Publication (RtoP) program with recent outreach activities in the Middle East, led by Dr. Sarah Abdi, the program’s editor. A workshop for the Emirates Society for Rheumatology trained 14 rheumatologists on research design, ethical considerations, manuscript preparation,… Read More
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
