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Aries Systems and Ripeta partner to 'increase the quality of research reporting'
Partnership between Aries Systems and Ripeta aims to make publishing quality science easier for publishers and editors worldwide
CCC Marketplace features 'help publishers engage with medical communications professionals'
Hundreds of STM journals and other publications are now available to medical communications professionals for licensing through CCC Marketplace
EBSCO Information Services and Ex Libris integrate serials subscription renewal
Integration of the serials subscription renewal process between EBSCONET® Subscription Management and Alma, ExLibris’ library service platform, will support mutual customers and improve staff internal workflow
Springer Nature’s fully OA portfolio 'delivers greater benefits'
Analysis of publisher's portfolio 'shows benefits for authors and research communities'
ResearchGate and the IUCr announce content partnership
A new content partnership between ResearchGate and the International Union of Crystallography will facilitate the discovery of and access to new research in crystallography
Optimise your academic writing with new AI tool for researchers
To enhance the often challenging manuscript writing process, Paperpal has introduced a new Microsoft Word add-in that provides real-time writing assistance for researchers. The tool uses state-of-the-art machine learning (ML) and AI models to make grammar, punctuation, style and readability suggestions while the user writes, ensuring academics can deliver a high-quality research manuscript.
IOP Publishing extends open access publishing with three transformative agreements
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has signed three new transformative agreements (TAs) that will accelerate open access (OA) publishing and extend access to high quality research in the United States (US). The 3-year read and publish agreements with Princeton University, the University of Central Florida and Connecticut College offer unlimited publishing in all IOPP hybrid and gold OA journals.
AIP Publishing and 67 Bricks announce new partnership agreement
AIP Publishing (AIPP) and 67 Bricks are pleased to announce their partnership to engage in a series of data-driven experiments around best practices in the field of scholarly publishing. These experiments are grounded in data exploration and will tackle an array of subject areas, from operational improvements to customer experience enhancements to potential new product development.
Oxford University Press unlocks next step in digital-first publisher journey
Oxford University Press (OUP) has today announced the migration of its books content to Oxford Academic—the online platform for its academic research. The expansion of the platform to include books, as well as journals, will further the reach of academic resources from OUP and society partners. As it stands, more than 42,000 books and over 500,000 chapters have so far been uploaded to Oxford Academic, joining the 500 journals and approximately 3 million journal articles already hosted on the platform.
Springer Nature expands AI-driven digital editing services
Springer Nature has announced a new pilot with American Journal Experts (AJE),* which will see its AI-driven editing services being made available to book authors and editors. It will enable authors to have their manuscripts improved by grammatical errors being corrected as well as improving phrasing and word choice. The service will allow them to spend less time preparing their work for publication and have more time doing the research that drives society forwards.
IOP Publishing offers authors discounted open access publishing
The new policy is part of society publisher’s commitment to increase global equity and inclusion in open access publishing.
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Antonia Seymour, chief executive at IOP Publishing, and Andrew Barker, director of library services and learning development at Lancaster University, talk about hybrid working and re-thinking how we work
David Stuart writes: are new ways of measuring research are providing a more realistic picture of scholarly communication?
Siân Harris looks at what role cloud-based services play in libraries today, their benefits and limitations and what challenges remain
Kudos co-founder Charlie Rapple explains her passion for accelerating the dissemination – and impact – of science
Sowmya Swaminathan discusses the implications for publishers in helping to foster open research practices
Nandita Quaderi explains how Covid-19 continues to affect the citation network, and introduces a new kind of citation distortion
Oluchi Ojinamma Okere outlines how researchers in sub-Saharan countries are being hamstrung by economics
Helen Lippell explains why organisations should learn more about taxonomies, ontologies and metadata - and describes her love of a good quiz
Figshare founder Mark Hahnel describes the company's beginnings and raison d’être – and his wider hopes for scholarly communications
If scientists are successful, we are successful, writes Miriam Maus, publishing director at IOP Publishing