Clarivate

Policy to "pre-emptively guard against widespread distortions in the Journal Impact Factor"

Features "streamline tedious tasks and provide insights and recommendations that improve the research journey"

New development aims to accelerate productivity, save time for researchers, students and staff, and engage users

Agreement ensures long-term preservation of academic collection and will mean new books are added in the future

Company apologises for absence of consultation and is "committed to learning from this moment"

Company will also phase out one-time perpetual purchases of digital academic collections, print and digital books

"Modern, unified library system" to streamline existing infrastructure of multiple systems and data formats

U.S. institutions such as Harvard, Stanford, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology dominate list

Deal "will improve the experience of users and simplify library operations with a unified platform"

Library professionals asked to form "platform for collaboration and community-driven product development"