IOP Publishing implements co-review policy for entire journal portfolio, emphasizing supportive review process - June 22, 2023
IOP Publishing (IOPP) is rolling out a new co-review policy across its entire owned journal portfolio as part of its commitment to ensuring an inclusive and supportive review process. Early career researchers (ECRs) often support more experienced academics by contributing ideas or comments to peer review… Read More
OpenAIRE Guidelines: advancing interoperability, FAIRness and EOSC - June 7, 2023
The landscape of Open Science is continuously evolving, driven by technological advancements and updates in mandates and standards. In line with this evolution, OpenAIRE is committed to consistently improving and optimizing its guidelines, leading to increased interoperability and compatibility. As a gateway to the global Research and… Read More
Mathematics journals embrace transparency: new data policy encourages research data sharing - June 2, 2023
EDP Sciences, a leading scientific publisher, has announced that five mathematics journals published in partnership with the Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles (SMAI) have adopted a new Data Policy to promote transparency and encourage the sharing of research data. While EDP Sciences already encourages authors to… Read More
COAR seeks input on managing non-English and multilingual content in repositories - June 1, 2023
June 6, 2023 - The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) is inviting the research community and stakeholders to provide their valuable input on 16 draft recommendations for effectively managing non-English and multilingual content in repositories. These recommendations, developed by a COAR Task Force,… Read More
Taylor & Francis achieves gold standard for web accessibility on eBooks platform - May 24, 2023
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis has announced the successful completion of a comprehensive testing and development program to ensure its eBooks website, TaylorFrancis.com, is fully inclusive and meets the highest standards of web accessibility. The platform has achieved the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)… Read More
PLOS embraces new authorship standards to enhance inclusivity and transparency - May 11, 2023
In an ongoing commitment to foster openness and inclusivity in scientific publishing, PLOS (Public Library of Science) announced a significant update to its Authorship policy on May 10, 2023. This policy change aims to align authorship practices across disciplines and ensure a fair and… Read More
Digital Preservation Policy Toolkit 2.0 now available - March 27, 2023
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) has released a new version of the Digital Preservation Policy Toolkit to coincide with its Relaunch Roadshow in Australasia. Now freely available for anyone within the digital preservation community to use and designed for organizations… Read More
AIP Publishing expands APC Waiver and Discount Policy - March 24, 2023
AIP Publishing has expanded its article processing charge (APC) Waiver and Discount Policy, making Gold Open Access (OA) publishing more accessible to and equitable to researchers from lower- and lower-middle-income countries. Researchers publishing from these regions will automatically receive their APC waivers or discounts at the… Read More
Springer Nature unifies data policy across all journals and books to encourage open research practices - March 23, 2023
Springer Nature has taken a further step towards its commitment to open science by requiring mandatory data availability statements (DAS) across its journals portfolio and introducing its first unified data policy across the books portfolio. This means that authors submitting manuscripts to Springer Nature journals must provide… Read More
Cambridge University Press launches AI ethics policy for research publishing - March 14, 2023
Cambridge University Press has launched its AI ethics policy to help researchers use generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, while upholding academic standards around transparency, plagiarism, accuracy, and originality. The guidelines include a ban on AI being treated as an author of academic papers… Read More
