“A more optimistic outlook for scholarly communication”
Cooperation and trust were key themes at the STM Frankfurt Conference 2026, writes Mithu Lucraft
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Digital Science appoints Charlesworth as strategic sales partner in China
Agreement builds on Charlesworth’s existing work with the Chinese scholarly publishing community
OPINION: Ten Priorities for Scholarly Publishing through 2027
Darrell Gunter sets out his wishes for publishers, societies, libraries, researchers, funders, and technology partners
Nandita Quaderi: curiosity, change and the responsibility of research
Tim Gillett meets Web of Science’s Editor-in-Chief for the fifth in our Women in Scholarly Communications series
Clarivate names 22 Citation Laureates for 2026
Laureates have been recognised across four broad areas: physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry and economics
When you cite yourself, you might be doing your job right
Marvin Starominski-Uehara explores how termite behaviour challenges assumptions on self-citation and academic misconduct
Altmetric adds Cassyni research talks to attention tracking
Papers referenced in a Cassyni talk will now display a seminar mention on their Altmetric badge
APE innovation award opens for 2027 nominations
Winner will receive €1,000, travel support and free attendance at the 22nd APE Conference in Berlin in January
Gaëlle Béquet: Building the infrastructure nobody sees
The Director of ISSN International Centre on the largely invisible systems that keep scholarly communication working
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