Scholarly publishing’s great leap
Darrell Gunter explains why the industry must embrace compute-ready documents to survive the AI era
Publishing models
Jisc’s new licensing approach to support open research infrastructure
Institutions helped to adopt more cost-effective, collaborative and strategically aligned alternatives
Turkish higher education council adopts Scopus
Move "marks a shift toward a more comprehensive, transparent, and internationally aligned approach to research evaluation"
Open Journals Collective launches to give libraries ‘exit ramp’ from big deals
Libraries invited to back a "sustainable, community-led alternative to commercial scholarly publishing models"
Open Library of Humanities publishes community-informed AI policy
Authors will be required to declare substantial and known uses of generative AI that form part of research
AIP Publishing signs three-year agreement with Irish Research eLibrary
Agreement covers eight participating Irish institutions and expands access to AIP Publishing’s portfolio
10th edition of State of Open Data report released
Study into open research practices shows strong adoption, yet recognition gaps and regional variations remain
Researcher to Reader 2026: structure, debate, and community
Themes include research integrity, open science infrastructure, peer review reform, business models
The power of collective action: 32 books made Open Access with library commitment
Taylor & Francis’ Pledge to Open celebrates a successful second year, write James Watson and Maria Angelaki
IGI Global launches read and publish licensing model
Agreement includes more than 10,000 scholarly e-Books and over 200,000 peer-reviewed chapters
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