First stakeholder survey of National Open Access Monitor Project “Defining Requirements” completed - April 13, 2023
The National Open Access Monitor Project has released the results of its first stakeholder survey, "Defining Requirements," aimed at collecting stakeholder input on the tender requirements for the National Open Access Monitor. The survey aimed to arrive at a community-agreed definition of open access at the national… Read More
The British Ecological Society highlights inequalities in academic publishing process in a three-year randomised trial - April 6, 2023
A three-year randomised trial comparing double and single-anonymous peer review methods, conducted by the British Ecological Society (BES), has found inequalities present in the academic publishing process. The BES conducted the trial to explore if hiding authors’ identities in addition to reviewers’ identities would reduce the potential… Read More
Springer Nature’s annual Sustainable Business Report shows increased support for sustainable development goals and action on climate in 2022 - April 5, 2023
Springer Nature Group, the global publisher of brands such as Nature and Scientific American, has launched its latest annual Sustainable Business Report, Driven by Discovery. The report highlights the publisher’s increased support for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and action on climate in 2022.… Read More
IGI Global invites all publishing stakeholders to participate in the Academic Publishing Trends & Open Access Survey - March 27, 2023
The publishing industry, and academia in general, has been forced to navigate quite a few tumultuous events in the past few years including a pandemic, new international initiatives, and a call for greater accessibility of research. As publishers continue to shift publishing models to accommodate researchers’ needs, more and more… Read More
New whitepaper to explore the current and future landscape of scholarly communications infrastructure - March 23, 2023
STM Solutions has provided sponsorship to enable Ithaka S+R, a not-for-profit higher education research and consulting organization, to research and produce a white paper that examines the shared and essential scholarly communications infrastructure. Work on the paper is to begin immediately. A draft will… Read More
ARL releases final report on Research Library Impact Framework pilot initiative - March 10, 2023
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released the final report for its Research Library Impact Framework (RLIF) pilot initiative. The report, entitled 'Building a Community of Assessment,' outlines the framework's purpose, research projects, findings, and lessons learned during the pilot… Read More
Nature Index 2023 Supplement reveals Japan’s STEM research bouncing back with impressive progress - March 9, 2023
Japanese STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) research is showing signs of bouncing back according to the latest data published by the Nature Index 2023 supplement, a supplement to Nature, which examines the policies and trends, opportunities and challenges that lie ahead of Japanese science. As… Read More
New study shows ChatGPT has the potential to revolutionize medical education - March 9, 2023
A recent study published on February 8, 2023, in JMIR Medical Education, a leading open-access journal on digital medical education, has evaluated the potential of ChatGPT, a natural language processing model, as a tool for medical education. The study, conducted by researchers from Yale… Read More
Open Science advocacy and capacity building for leadership in African Higher Education Institutions - March 7, 2023
The Association for African Universities (AAU), the Public Library of Science (PLOS), and the Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa) have shared the results of the first two of four regional policy workshops that they are hosting with Presidents, Vice Chancellors,… Read More
Knowledge Unlatched shares results of 2022 pledging - February 17, 2023
Knowledge Unlatched (KU), a Wiley brand, has shared the results of its 2022 pledging round, which ended in December 2022 and once again saw hundreds of libraries worldwide pledge support for OA book and journal collections offered by KU and its partners. Overall, about 283 books… Read More
