Gaëlle Béquet: Building the infrastructure nobody sees
The Director of ISSN International Centre on the largely invisible systems that keep scholarly communication working
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Taylor & Francis integrates with OA Switchboard
Agreement will see publisher share standardised metadata for all newly published journal articles
Clarivate opens up library metadata with enhanced SkyRiver
Platform is designed to give libraries a more affordable way to source, manage and share bibliographic metadata
Springer Nature reports continued growth in TAs and OA publishing
Publisher signed 19 new transformative agreements and renewed 17 more during the year, bringing total to 101 agreements
Researcher to Reader 2027 opens call for papers
Organisers say they are particularly keen to receive proposals from researchers, editors, funders and librarians
Nine ways a paper tells you it won’t reproduce – before anyone tries
The remedy to the reproducibility problem lies in the hands of those who steward the record, writes Mayank Vadaliya
ISSN and DOAJ renew metadata partnership
Agreement aimed at strengthening collaboration on metadata exchange, interoperability and visibility
Digital Science unveils AI-powered research strategy platform
Platform "designed to help research institutions answer complex strategic questions"
Why scholarly publishing needs an independent certification authority
A universal certification framework would distinguish trusted publishers from bad actors, writes Darrell Gunter
Understanding ISSN-H – a smarter identifier
ISSN International Centre introduces a smarter identifier – improving publication discovery, metadata quality, and interoperability DOWNLOAD HERE! The ISSN International Centre is pleased to…
JSTOR stewardship initiative passes 50-participant milestone
Next phase of the programme will continue to focus on developing shared tools, practices and infrastructure
Why research impact needs libraries more than ever
58% of researchers use AI tools – yet only 22% believe they are trustworthy