CRKN announces assessment guidelines for OA publishers - June 9, 2022
CRKN’s Content Strategy Committee (CSC) has shared its Assessment Guidelines for Open Access (OA) Publishers. These guidelines outline criteria for the financial sustainability, academic quality, and operational practices under which open access models and resources proposed by vendors and publishers will be assessed. The… Read More
STM welcomes Declaration of Marseille - March 11, 2022
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has welcomed this week’s initiative of the French Ministry of Research, as part of the Presidency of the European Union, for organizing a conference in Marseille, France, on a Comprehensive Approach to Research, Innovation, and Higher Education… Read More
Endocrine Society streamlines name change policy for journal authors - March 7, 2022
The Endocrine Society has introduced a policy to make it simpler for authors of articles published in its peer-reviewed journals to update their names following a name change. The policy is designed to support authors who are transgender or non-binary, as well as… Read More
FAIRsFAIR expands on Science Europe DMP Guidance - February 25, 2022
FAIRsFAIR has released its guidance document for making more FAIR Data Management Plans. The guidance is based on that of the January 2021 extended edition of Science Europe's Practical Guide to the International Alignment of Research Data Management, complemented with guidance from the FAIRAware tool developed by… Read More
Canadian Science Publishing announces new guidelines for reporting community-engaged research in manuscripts - February 3, 2022
Canadian Science Publishing has released guidelines to help researchers report community-engaged research (CER) in manuscripts. CER is a growing area that involves researchers and communities collaborating to advance community goals and science. With the rise in queries from authors and submissions across journals on… Read More
LIBER signs public statement on Digital Services Act - January 24, 2022
LIBER has signed a public statement alongside the university association CESAER and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), calling on the European Union to proactively recognise the importance of education and research digital infrastructures when devising digital-focussed… Read More
cOAlition S welcomes the landmark UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science - January 13, 2022
cOAlition S has welcomed the landmark UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science that was adopted at the 41st session of its General Conference in November 2021. The document provides an international framework where Open Science is viewed as a global public good, and where the… Read More
Open Access Australasia and CAUL support the UNESCO recommendation on open science - November 24, 2021
The adoption of the UNESCO Open Science Recommendation at the 41st Session of its General Conference this week in Paris is a strong global signal of the importance of a coherent approach to open science. Open science is an inclusive and ambitious endeavour, needed for equitable access… Read More
Scholarly publishers agree on standards for inclusion and diversity - November 22, 2021
As a signatory of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Joint Commitment for Action on Inclusion and Diversity in Publishing, PLOS has announced that the group has agreed to a set of standards to reduce bias within scholarly publishing. Last year, PLOS joined together with… Read More
INORMS Research Evaluation Group releases guide to SCOPE Framework for responsible research evaluation - November 22, 2021
The International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS) Research Evaluation Group (REG) has released an 18-page guide to their framework for responsible research evaluation called SCOPE, which has been designed by Emerald Publishing. Established in 2018, the INORMS REG has been working to… Read More
