Industry trends

A study analysing digital transformation in the publishing industry found that 25 per cent of publishers see themselves as 'lagging' behind the rest of the industry

ProQuest is working with Jisc to enable UK higher education institutions (HEIs) to build strong, user-centered research collections that better support their research focus areas and budgets

A website for monitoring open science worldwide has been launched as part of ongoing work for the European Commission

The share of women among researchers has increased between four and 11 percentage points over the last 20 years

The Copyright Licensing Agency has announced that its Digital Content Store (DCS), a content platform for higher education, has achieved 1,000,000 student downloads

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) has relaunched PharmacyLibrary.com, its pharmacy education and reference website, on Atypon’s Literatum online publishing platform

PubFactory has partnered with PaperHive, the co-working hub for collaborative reading. This partnership is aimed at enabling publishers hosted on PubFactory to increase user engagement and offer annotations, group discussions, and sharing capabilities to their readers.

All PubFactory publishers can opt to switch on the integration. PaperHive supports researcher collaboration, e-learning, and sharing by enabling public and private annotations on scholarly content.

Research Solutions has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Reprints Desk has partnered with The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA), enhancing copyright compliance and providing quick look-up of permissions for Reprints Desk customers with a CLA copyright license

IOP Publishing and the Council of Australian University Librarians have announced an agreement covering 31 universities in Australia and New Zealand