CISPC keynote speaker confirmed
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…
Publishing news
Cambridge University Press reports strong growth
Cambridge University Press says a continuing focus on digital products and services has helped deliver strong results while pursuing its mission to advance learning,…
Publons and ScholarOne join IOP on transparent peer review
Publons and ScholarOne have entered a partnership with IOP Publishing to introduce the industry’s first cross-publisher, scalable transparent peer review workflows
New ALPSP boss: academic publishing ‘could return to non-profit’
Academic publishing could be about to return to a not-for-profit enterprise
Challenges facing non-English speaking scholars
Vivek Mehra explains how the English language is dominating global communication and changing school structure
Liam Earney appointed JISC executive director for digital resources
Jisc has appointed Liam Earney as executive director for digital resources. From 1 August, Earney will lead on a portfolio of services containing licensing, library, content, discovery…
Elsevier signs pilot agreement to serve Hungary
Hungarian Electronic Information Service National Programme (EISZ) and Elsevier have signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Letter of Intent, as they move towards finalising…
OpenAthens launches new identity
Single sign-on provider OpenAthens has launched a new user-centred identity, intended to embody the software providers’ mission to make access to knowledge easy for…
Meta and Kopernio partner to provide easy access to full-text scientific articles
Millions of full-text scientific articles will soon be available through an easy copyright-compliant one-click process, thanks to a new partnership between Kopernio, part of…
Researcher to Reader 2020 – call for papers
The annual international scholarly communications conference, Researcher to Reader, will take place in London on 24 and 25 February 2020
Twin initiatives to help minorities
Two projects aimed at furthering the prospects of BAME professionals in academia have been launched
Keeping an eye on the horizon
Miles McNamee serves up some takeaways from HighWire’s digital disruption seminar