Journals in the developing world face challenges in becoming known and respected in the international research landscape. Siân Harris describes Journal Publishing Practices and Standards, established and managed by African Journals Online and INASP
The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers has announced the shortlist for the ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2018
SSRN, Elsevier’s preprint server and early stage research platform, has announced the launch of ‘Preprints with The Lancet’
Germany-based publisher Transcript has integrated PaperHive, a copyright-compliant scholarly collaboration network, with its newly launched publishing platform
Clarivate Analytics has announced the 2018 update of its Journal Citation Reports, offering what it describes as richer, more detailed information to enhance users’ understanding of journal performance.
Faculty and students are depending on a wide variety of content types including primary sources, dissertations, videos, and more for success in research and teaching
Members of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have approved the ‘Manuscript Exchange Common Approach’ (MECA) – a major new academic publishing initiative
Adam Tickell outlines the open access achievements UK research universities can be proud of and the next steps needed to remain a global leader in research
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 world
Identity and federated access management provider OpenAthens has chosen Google Cloud Platform as its public cloud partner
Ask Andrew Preston what impact his company, Publons, has had on the complex, changing world of peer review, and he quickly answers, ‘I don’t know if I am the right person to answer that question’.
