Global divide

Read-and-publish deals now cover 3,500 institutions worldwide, supporting more than 95,000 open access articles

Move "marks a shift toward a more comprehensive, transparent, and internationally aligned approach to research evaluation"

Initiative hopes to help smaller journals, particularly those in underserved markets and global south, with growth and impact

Deal to provide "strategic guidance, data and analytics, and skills development to align research outputs with national priorities"

Questionnaire aims to uncover recent trends and future priorities of the scholarly communications community

Cambridge Amplify Grant aims to help recipients to develop their first book manuscripts and provide developmental support

Clarivate report suggests widespread shifts in research excellence as international collaboration gains in importance

Paper argues that funders, governments and universities should intervene to prevent "draining of research"

Agreement to include access to protocols.io for scientists in more than 90 low-middle-income countries

Springer Nature research also shows open access articles are cited in policy nearly a year earlier than non-OA articles

Paper outlines biggest barriers to open access publishing and calls for a move "from aspiration to action"