Platforms/products

Agreement aimed at strengthening collaboration on metadata exchange, interoperability and visibility

Platform "designed to help research institutions answer complex strategic questions"

Journals will be available free to read, share and download via MDPI's open access publishing platform.

Deal extends support for researchers at participating institutions through to 31 December 2027

Acquisition includes Australian publisher's backlist of more than 400 titles published over the past 34 years

Platform is released as free and open-source software and is built on open technologies

Platform built on 20 million full-text articles and books, with content from more than 1,000 publishing partners

New publication Data Express aims to strengthen global scientific data sharing and support AI-driven research

Move part of a decision to focus on its core activities across research, health and education

Next phase of the programme will continue to focus on developing shared tools, practices and infrastructure

Publication will be "source of original research spanning science, technology, mathematics and the social sciences"