Academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group has announced the addition of open research publisher F1000 Research
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09 January 2020
Under a new name, the Open Athens conference returns to London rebranded as Access Lab
Rethink, reimagine, revolutionise
07 January 2020
The theme of revolution has been inspired by the rich history of SSP’s 2020 annual meeting host city of Boston
Elsevier Netherlands agreement 'major breakthrough for open science'
20 December 2019
A group of research institutions in the Netherlands have reached an agreement with Elsevier that is being hailed as a 'major breakthrough for open science'
Stephen Inchcoombe
Springer Nature warns cOAlition S over Transformative Journals
18 December 2019
Springer Nature has issued an appeal to cOAlition S not to 'lose the opportunity' that it says its Transformative Journals offer to accelerate the move to open access
Talking head research tops Altmetric chart
18 December 2019
A research paper on synthesising realistic video-sequences of speech and expressions to mimic a particular individual has become the most widely-shared in the Altmetric 100's seven-year history
Jisc steps up open access initatives
09 December 2019
Five UK-based society publishers have signed pilot transitional open access (OA) agreements with the not-for-profit organisation Jisc
OUP seals first 'read and publish' deal with US institution
03 December 2019
Oxford University Press has announced its first 'read and publish' deal with a US institution
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1.6 million geographical datasets opened up
21 November 2019
Academics and students are to be given access to more than 1.6 million geographical datasets, including the most comprehensive index of maps ever brought together
Prize draw: win a free ticket to top London conference!
13 November 2019
Research Information has teamed up with the Researcher to Reader event to give one of our readers a free ticket to the two-day conference in London
Final call for ConTech student bursary applications
12 November 2019
The final date for library students to apply for a bursary place at ConTech 2019 is approaching
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Better World Books affiliates with Internet Archive
06 November 2019
Better World Books, the socially conscious online bookseller, is now owned by Better World Libraries – a mission-aligned, not-for-profit organisation that is affiliated with longtime partner, the Internet Archive
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Single sign-on provider OpenAthens announced the winner of its inaugural best publisher user experience (UX) award for 2020 earlier this year
As scholarly publishing communities search for the meaning behind metrics, the need for context is becoming crystal clear, reports Rebecca Pool
In February 160 attendees gathered in London at BMA House for the Fifth Researcher to Reader Conference. Heather Staines reports
Tamir Borensztajn describes attempts to support an open research infrastructure
Mark Carden ponders: does the Covid-19 pandemic mean that the world has changed forever and nothing will be the same again?
Kim Eggleton
Kim Eggleton wonders: how do we solve the problem of diversity in peer review?
Publishing organisations should look to adopt modular infrastructure and modular business models so they can experiment, writes Brian Cody
The pandemic has demonstrated the importance of open access and open science, writes Rossana Morriello
