SPIE acquires The Lens to strengthen access to patent and research data
Society says the acquisition of open-knowledge platform will expand access to patent information and support innovation
Business
Clarivate to sell Life Sciences & Healthcare business for $600m
Deal leaves the company focused on its Academia & Government (A&G) and Intellectual Property (IP) businesses
Guiding Cambridge through publishing’s AI revolution
An exclusive in-depth interview with Mandy Hill – managing director at Cambridge University Press
ResearchGate partners with Bioscientifica
Collaboration "delivers a practical and effective way to put our society publications in front of researchers"
MDPI acquires three Swiss medical journals from EMH
Journals will be available free to read, share and download via MDPI's open access publishing platform.
JMIR expands Jisc OA agreement with three UK institutions
University of St. Andrews, the University of York and the University of Surrey have joined the agreement
Wiley renews open access agreement with Big Ten Academic Alliance
Deal extends support for researchers at participating institutions through to 31 December 2027
Clarivate to close Research Professional News
Decision "reflects the company's strategic focus on its research intelligence and workflow businesses"
Elsevier signs first CzechELib open access agreement
Five-year agreement lets eligible authors publish open access in selected hybrid journals without APCs
Amsterdam University Press acquires ATF Press Publishing Group
Acquisition includes Australian publisher's backlist of more than 400 titles published over the past 34 years
Why scholarly publishing needs an independent certification authority
A universal certification framework would distinguish trusted publishers from bad actors, writes Darrell Gunter
China launches first English-language data journal
New publication Data Express aims to strengthen global scientific data sharing and support AI-driven research