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Johanna Anderson

ebooks

Librarians head to DfE headquarters to protest ebook pricing

29 June 2022

DfE is holding a roundtable 'stakeholder' meeting – but no #ebooksos representatives have been invited

Journals, Citation, Covid-19

Journal Citation Reports 2022 published by Clarivate

27 June 2022

Continued increase in citation impact for journals publishing Covid-19 research

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Open access, transformative agreements

Cambridge transformative journals see 70% leap in research published OA

27 June 2022

Publisher is 'building an open future, unlocking the potential of research'

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Research platform

Ground-breaking open research platform to launch

24 June 2022

Octopus aims to change the way research is published and improve its quality

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Collaboration

ResearchGate and Royal Society partner to increase accessibility

15 June 2022

Content syndication partnership that will see the addition of 5,000 open access articles

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Research

Jisc helps project to improve international research collaboration

15 June 2022

Consortium aims to bring a new level of security and transparency to UK research collaborations

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open science

Frontiers is first publisher to join ‘Stick to Science’ initiative 

08 June 2022

Campaign calls for open, inclusive, and collaborative research and innovation landscape in Europe, free from political barriers

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Open access, transformative journals

Springer Nature’s Transformative Journals OA content up 40%

01 June 2022

The articles were used on average 2.8 times more than subscription articles in the same journals

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Research trends

Remote collaboration 'leading to more scientific breakthroughs'

31 May 2022

Data analysis from Oxford University shows reversal of long-term trend

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Library budgets

Half of UK librarians 'won't meet users' needs'

25 May 2022

Three quarters (77 per cent) of respondents believe their library deserves a ‘significant budget increase’

REF 2021

REF 2021: UK university research ‘world-leading’

12 May 2022

The latest Research Excellence Framework (REF), detailing the results of a UK-wide assessment of university research, has been published.

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Industry trends

Bone & Joint Publishing signs partnership deal with 67 Bricks

10 May 2022

The partnership will facilitate core user-facing digital products, including a new journal content delivery platform, and develop and enhance the parties’ technical capabilities.

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