The invisible infrastructure: why metadata is now a C-level strategic asset
Why metadata as infrastructure is now pivotal for e-resources reliability, user trust, and ROI in higher education libraries
Platforms/products
F1000 extends Open Research Africa platform to all authors in Africa
Platform introduces operational updates, including editorial-led reviewer selection, intended to improve efficiency
Springer Nature reports growth in submissions, usage and OA publishing
Submissions increased by more than 30% to 3.1 million, with 539,000 primary research articles published
China launches Dongbi Index to challenge impact factor dominance
Rankings draw on more than 40,000 journals worldwide and were developed by Shenzhen-based Dongbi Data
“Crocodile” initiative keeps snapping up new sponsors
Project will now incorporate dedicated surveys of both publishers and librarians around "zero-click search"
Digital Science announces Altmetric Attention Digest
Tool generates concise, narrative summaries that interpret the attention and influence surrounding a piece of research
Digital Science acquires Virtual Knowledge Graph pioneer Ontopic
Acquisition aimed at strengthening technology company's capabilities in semantic data and enterprise AI
Taylor & Francis partners with Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Independent academic publisher specialises in monographs, edited collections and thesis-based works
AI “delivers efficiency gains and reshapes academic library workflows”
Clarivate study examines how AI is transforming key library processes while delivering operational benefits
arXiv moves to independence from Cornell University
Transition will allow arXiv to modernise its infrastructure, expand subject coverage, and deepen engagement
Wolters Kluwer expands American Heart Association journal partnership
Partnership will deliver research in cardiovascular and brain health through subscription and open access models
Elsevier expands Check Integrity tool across 2,000 journals
Tool designed to find breaches of ethics policies, such as unauthorised authorship changes and editorial conflicts of interest