New publishing MD for CABI
CABI has welcomed Andrew Robinson as its new managing director for publishing
Publishing news
Supporting journal publishing practices in the global south
Journals in the developing world face challenges in becoming known and respected in the international research landscape. Siân Harris describes Journal Publishing Practices and…
ALPSP awards finalists announced
The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers has announced the shortlist for the ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2018
‘Preprints with The Lancet’ launched on SSRN
SSRN, Elsevier’s preprint server and early stage research platform, has announced the launch of ‘Preprints with The Lancet’
Transcript enables PaperHive for open access book portfolio
Germany-based publisher Transcript has integrated PaperHive, a copyright-compliant scholarly collaboration network, with its newly launched publishing platform
Clarivate releases enhanced 2018 Journal Citation Reports
Clarivate Analytics has announced the 2018 update of its Journal Citation Reports, offering what it describes as richer, more detailed information to enhance users’…
Varied content types improves learning, say students
Faculty and students are depending on a wide variety of content types including primary sources, dissertations, videos, and more for success in research and…
Industry initiative on manuscript exchange gathers momentum
Members of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have approved the ‘Manuscript Exchange Common Approach’ (MECA) – a major new academic publishing initiative
UK research universities already ‘open doors’
Adam Tickell outlines the open access achievements UK research universities can be proud of and the next steps needed to remain a global leader…
UCL Press announces millionth OA download
UCL Press, the UK’s first fully open access university press, has announced that one million copies of its books have been downloaded around the…
OpenAthens chooses Google Cloud
Identity and federated access management provider OpenAthens has chosen Google Cloud Platform as its public cloud partner
Annotation in the scholar and publisher workflows
Heather Staines investigates data portability and flexible data creation