Tartan talking
City of Glasgow once again to host UKSG annual conference
Publishing news
INASP deal means manuscript checking won’t cost a Penny for Global South researchers
INASP’s AuthorAID project has formed a partnership with Penelope.ai, an automated manuscript checking service
APE 2018 conference report
More than 250 delegates gathered in Berlin for one of Europe’s most important gatherings on scholarly communication, writes Chris Armbruster
OUP joins Initiative for Open Citations
Oxford University Press has announced that it has joined the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC)
New CEO for Emerald Publishing
Emerald Publishing has appointed Vicky Williams as its new CEO
SAGE Publishing acquires journal portfolio from Wichtig
SAGE Publishing has acquired the full portfolio of journals from the STM publisher, Wichtig. The first issues with SAGE will publish January 2018
Ensuring the accessibility of all learning content
The accessibility of learning content is undergoing a dramatic change right now, writes Rick Johnson.
Springer Nature platform now holds a billion metadata statements
SciGraph, the linked open data (LOD) platform launched by Springer Nature in March, now holds more one billion metadata statements about content published by…
What is blockchain for research?
Jon Treadway (pictured) explains Digital Science's new report, Blockchain for Research: Perspectives on a New Paradigm for Scholarly Communication, exploring the impact the technology…
Digital Science releases ‘blockchain’ report
Digital Science has released a report titled: Blockchain for Research – Perspectives on a New Paradigm for Scholarly Communication
Researchers ‘overwhelmingly’ say Brexit effect will be negative
Brexit will have a negative impact on the research sector – while access to funding, free movement for researchers, and international collaboration are researchers’…
Does research evaluation in the sciences have a gender problem?
Stacy Konkiel wonders if altmetrics might help understand the influence of research in a more gender-balanced way