Deal will evaluate UK journal subscriptions
30 March 2021
Jisc will use analytics dashboard Unsub to scrutinise agreements between publishers and universities
James Gray assesses the situation and how it can be addressed
Open access
Jisc toolkit helps university presses publish OA
25 March 2021
Some 21 new university presses have become operational in the last five years
UC Berkeley Library History Room
Springer Nature and UC Berkeley sign OA books deal
24 March 2021
Agreement ‘will increase reach and impact of future publications’
Chris Banks
‘OA should be the default’
22 March 2021
Transition to open access must be made as smooth as possible, writes Chris Banks
'More support for immediate gold OA’
22 February 2021
Researchers prefer version of record to accepted manuscript and preprint
BMJ and Jisc collaborate to support open access publishing
9 February 2021
A transitional agreement between the BMJ and Jisc has been hailed as a way to make UK research more accessible and sustainable
Company of Biologists agrees new OA deal with Max Planck Digital Library
21 January 2021
The Company of Biologists has announced a three-year read and publish open access agreement with the Max Planck Digital Library
Jisc and Springer Nature extend open access commitment
20 January 2021
Jisc and Springer Nature have extended the UK Compact agreement by including the prestigious Academic Journals on nature.com
Wiley announces Hindawi acquisition
5 January 2021
Wiley says the purchase adds 'quality, scale and growth to the company’s open access publishing program'
Open access needs to be equitable
5 January 2021
There is no easy answer, but some routes through the maze are becoming visible, writes Tasha Mellins-Cohen
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Matt Balara explains how an established publisher, De Gruyter, completed an extraordinary transformation
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From rapid disease information to a way to promote and share regional knowledge in multiple languages, preprints have come into their own in recent years. Siân Harris finds out more
Céline Richard
Céline Richard explains what the Large Hadron Collider has taught us about the importance of open access research
Ivy Cavendish
Ivy Cavendish tells the inspirational tale behind the formation of a writing tool for researchers, TooWrite
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There is a continuing need for the sorts of insights and judgements that only a person can bring, writes David Stuart
Tasha Mellins-Cohen
COUNTER reports have an integral role to play in our wider scholarly communication system, writes Tasha Mellins-Cohen
Tony Roche
Emerald Publishing CEO Tony Roche talks of his career in scholarly publishing and a love of eastern cuisine
Alicia Wise
Alicia Wise, CLOCKSS executive director, reflects on her career and explains the importance of robustly preserving academic resources
Heather Staines
Heather Staines sums up proceedings at this year's Researcher to Reader conference
