Jisc and Wiley extend partnership
Jisc and Wiley have expanded their partnership with leading UK universities and the British Science Association (BSA) with the creation of a new digital…
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The fight against fake scientific news
Academic publishers are railing against inaccurate stories and asking the scientific community to do more, writes Matt McKay
CISPC 2020 – uncovering pandemic library strategies
Library strategies for coping with the Covid-19 pandemic will be the subject of a series of discussion workshops at Research Information’s conference, CISPC 2020
Interdisciplinary research community launched by Jisc
Jisc has announced the launch of a digital research community to explore how technology and innovation can help improve current research practices
OA 2020 – the transition towards open science
We've recently seen some positive and impactful changes to the way in which the OA landscape can work, writes Steven Inchcoombe
Nobel Laureate to headline new virtual conference
Nobel Laureate Sir Richard Roberts will be a keynote speaker at a new industry event – See the Future
Research Information editor to host open access debate
Tim Gillett will host a discussion panel tomorrow as part of International Open Access Week, with a transatlantic line-up of industry experts taking part…
APC-free open access agreements test alternative funding models
Researchers will be able to publish in PLOS journals without incurring article processing charges following a three-year agreement wth Jisc
Catalyst for change: virus could impact on research
Research has long been a vital part of how we advance human knowledge to better understand our world and improve lives, writes Andrew Plume
Free places for librarians and academics at event
The organisers of Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle (CISPC) 2020 are delighted to confirm that there will be a number of free places…
Towards a community-driven, open access university publisher
Alenka Prinčič and Frédérique Belliard describe how they influenced the change from traditional academic publisher to innovative and community-driven university press at TU Delft
Open letter calls for ‘investigation of academic publishing industry’
A group of UK-based academic librarians, researchers, university lecturers and students has called on the government to investigate the academic publishing industry over its…