China leads the way in researching clean energy innovation to achieve net zero, reveals new Elsevier study - October 29, 2021
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, has unveiled a comprehensive study on the state of global clean energy research. The study reveals that China is leading the way in research to achieve net zero, with its funding agencies supporting the single largest… Read More
New Springer Nature white paper reveals Gold open access is best for authors and researchers - October 28, 2021
Springer Nature has published a new white paper that builds on the growing body of evidence that shows that Gold open access (OA) is best for authors and researchers. Springer Nature’s 2018 white paper, Assessing the open access effect for hybrid journals, highlighted ‘the OA effect’ and… Read More
2021 STM Report reveals significant publisher-driven growth in OA and continued dynamism in the scholarly communication ecosystem - October 20, 2021
The Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has today published the latest edition of ‘The STM Report’, the organization’s comprehensive overview of the scientific and scholarly publishing market. The revised report, which adopts a new supplement format to be issued in regular thematic updates, reveals… Read More
Clarivate’s annual G20 scorecard report measures research performance of the world’s leading economies - October 20, 2021
Clarivate Plc, a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, have launched a new report which examines the research performance of each of the member countries of the G20 with a visual comparative snapshot for each nation. It also includes… Read More
An Ex Libris–commissioned report sheds light on how research offices and libraries can better support researchers - October 7, 2021
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced the publication of its annual study on the challenges that academic researchers face, the priorities of research office leaders, and key opportunities for libraries and research offices to advance scholarship at their institution. Commissioned by Ex Libris, the study was… Read More
ARL, CNI, EDUCAUSE release final report on research libraries’ use of emerging technologies - October 4, 2021
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), and EDUCAUSE have released Crest or Trough? How Research Libraries Used Emerging Technologies to Survive the Pandemic, So Far by Scout Calvert, an ARL visiting program officer and data librarian at Michigan State University. … Read More
EBSCO’s Serials Price Projection Report for 2022 provides overall effective publisher price increases for academic and academic medical libraries - October 1, 2021
The 2022 Serials Price Projection Report from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is now available. The report projects that the overall effective publisher price increases for academic and academic medical libraries are expected to be (before any currency impact) in the range of three to five percent for… Read More
Reflections on promoting a sustainable and diverse OA market - September 27, 2021
Earlier in the year OASPA announced that it was undertaking some work with a wider group of stakeholders to explore the nature of the open access market and the perspectives of different stakeholder groups, with a view to gaining a better understanding of the forces in play… Read More
CME and visualization tools are hot properties in medical publishing M&A, reveals new report - September 21, 2021
An analysis of merger and acquisition activity in the medical publishing space since 2019 revealed strategic demand for continuing medical education (CME) and visualization tools that support health care education and training. This is according to Global Medical Publishing 2021-2025, the latest report from Simba Information. … Read More
Access Microbiology open research platform community survey results published - September 13, 2021
The Microbiology Society is converting its sound science journal, Access Microbiology, into an open research platform at the end of 2021. The platform will turn the peer review process of Access Microbiology inside out, so that all versions of the article, the peer reviews and the Editor’s… Read More
