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Cambridge journal aims for 'radical new approach'
19 September 2019
A journal from Cambridge University Press (CUP) is aiming for a 'radical new approach' to both publishing and peer reviewing research
Josh Nicholson of Scite, and Ann Michael
'A tireless volunteer and industry contributor'
19 September 2019
The winners of the 2019 ALPSP Awards were announced at the ALPSP Conference Dinner last week
Springer moves to ScholarOne
19 September 2019
Springer Publishing Company is moving its manuscript submission and peer review system to ScholarOne. The agreement covers all of Springer Publishing Company’s journals
Berlin deal ‘sets scene for world’s most comprehensive OA agreement’
22 August 2019
Springer Nature has signed a memorandum of understanding that it says will set the scene for the ‘world’s most comprehensive open access agreement’
CISPC 2019 team set to deliver
21 August 2019
Organisers of his year's CISPC event, entitled Delivering the Open Research Agenda, are delighted to have secured the services of a superb team of moderators
Researcher to Reader 2020 – final call for papers
19 August 2019
Organisers of the Researcher to Reader Conference in February have announced that the Call for Papers closes this Friday
BioOne teams up with Charlesworth Group on language editing services
14 August 2019
BioOne, a nonprofit publisher of more than 200 journals from scientific societies and independent presses, has selected Charlesworth Author Services as its partner to provide language editing services to publishing partners
Transparent peer review pilot announced
08 August 2019
The Web of Science Group has entered a partnership with Emerald Publishing to pilot the industry’s first cross-publisher, scalable and transparent peer review workflow
London Art House
A venue like no other
07 August 2019
This year's CISPC event, entitled Delivering the Open Research Agenda, returns to a conference venue like no other – London Art House
Packed programmes for 'twin' conferences
02 August 2019
Organisers of this year's Internet Librarian International (ILI) conference in London have once come up with a packed programme for the October event
Rachel Bruce
CISPC keynote speaker confirmed
30 July 2019
UKRI's head of open research, Rachel Bruce, has been confirmed as keynote speaker for Research Information's 2019 event, Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle (CISPC): Delivering the Open Research Agenda
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Wayne Sime discusses his hopes for the future of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
From bypassing aggregators to the influx of new university presses, the world of library-based publishing is changing fast, reports Rebecca Pool
Vivek Mehra explains how the English language is dominating global communication and changing school structure
Chris Smith
Chris Smith explains why they matter, and how publishers and universities can benefit
Rossana Morriello
Rossana Morriello assesses the ways in which librarians are supporting research in Italy
Nandita Quaderi – editor-in-chief of the Web of Science – champions objectivity, selectivity, and data integrity
This article was jointly written by Andrea Chiarelli (pictured), Juliane Kant and Birgit Schmidt on behalf of Knowledge Exchange. Andrea Chiarelli is a consultant at Research Consulting. Juliane Kant is partner representative for the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) in Knowledge Exchange. Birgit Schmidt is head of knowledge commons at Göttingen State and University Library.
Active engagement and collaboration are needed to deliver the promise of preprints, writes Andrea Chiarelli
