Clear Skies and IEEE announce landmark integrity screening partnership
Oversight service provides reporting on journal submissions, peer review standards, and editorial workflows
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Springer Nature launches Nature Progress open access journal series
Nature Progress Oncology and Nature Progress Brain Health will open for submissions next month
JMIR Publications launches Karma Reviewer Rewards Program
Programme aims to introduce structured framework prioritising the quality and rigour of reviews over volume
ResearchGate and Taylor & Francis expand partnership
Enhancements "designed to strengthen connections between journals and their research communities"
Libraries on the frontline: protecting research integrity
In the fight to safeguard academic credibility, authentication infrastructure is a vital line of defence, says Jon Bentley
Jisc’s new licensing approach to support open research infrastructure
Institutions helped to adopt more cost-effective, collaborative and strategically aligned alternatives
GetFTR enables AI tools to check access rights
New capability allows AI-powered tools to verify user entitlements before directing researchers to full text
Researcher to Reader 2026: structure, debate, and community
Themes include research integrity, open science infrastructure, peer review reform, business models
New Clarivate tool “connects AI users to trusted academic resources”
Nexus integrates academic content and services into the AI tools increasingly used by students and researchers
Empowering researchers by bridging the AI trust gap
Purpose-built AI tools – that draw on trusted content, provide trust and transparency – are the way forward, writes Maxim Khan
Elsevier launches ‘research-grade AI-assisted workspace’
Publishers and societies join LeapSpace at launch, with 18+ million full-text research articles and books included
MDPI launches new ‘freemium’ model
Initiative hopes to help smaller journals, particularly those in underserved markets and global south, with growth and impact