(11 Mar 2026) Sage and the Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (JULAC) have announced a new open access (OA) publishing agreement intended to expand accessibility of research produced in Hong Kong. The organizations stated that the agreement is designed to increase the visibility and impact of work authored by researchers based in Hong Kong so that the research can…
(26 Feb 2026) Last year, the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) released an interactive visualization highlighting trends in the Highly Cited Researchers lists from 2014 to 2024. Following strong engagement from the academic community, we are pleased to share an updated version incorporating data from the 2015-2025 lists. Over this period, there have been several milestones in…
(5 Mar 2026) Wolters Kluwer Health today announced a collaboration with Microsoft that integrates UpToDate®, a leading clinical decision support (CDS) solution, with Microsoft Dragon Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Microsoft Teams. This will enable clinicians and care teams to access trusted, evidence‑based clinical intelligence directly within their documentation, communication, and collaboration workflows. Through healthcare agent…
(9 Mar 2026) IOP Publishing (IOPP) has expanded its article publication charge (APC) discount and waiver programme to make open access (OA) publishing more accessible to a wider global community of authors. The expansion covers IOPP’s entire proprietary portfolio of OA and hybrid journals and extends APC support to authors in 122 economies through a new three‑tier discount structure: 100% for authors…
(26 Feb 2026) Research Solutions announced the launch of Scite MCP, which enables researchers and developers to search scientific literature and evaluate the trustworthiness of research findings without leaving the AI tools they already use. The Scite MCP connects to ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, and any AI tool that supports the Model…
(23 Feb 2026) iGroup (Asia Pacific) Limited, the region’s leading academic information distributor, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Taiwan-based enterprise generative AI platform provider MaiAgent (Smai Intelligence). Under this agreement, iGroup will serve as the primary distribution partner for MaiAgent’s AI Agent platform across 18 Asia-Pacific markets, including Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan,…
(5 Mar 2026) As Springer Nature marks ten years of its Research Communities platform, the company has expanded this established environment for researcher engagement with the launch of an ECR Hub – a purpose-built community for early career researchers. Over the past decade, the Research Communities have grown into a trusted home for authors, editors, and researchers worldwide where they…
(17 Feb 2026) Cabells is launching Journalytics STEM, the latest in its suite of powerful and trusted database products to support researchers and institutions in optimizing decision-making for publications. With Journalytics STEM, Cabells has taken the successful formula it has developed with Journalytics Academic and Journalytics Medicine and applied it to the important disciplines within Engineering. This new database includes over…
(16 Feb 2026) The Royal Society is pleased to confirm that its eight world-class subscription journals will be published as open access in 2026 as libraries support its Subscribe to Open (S2O) strategy. This means new research published in leading journals like Proceedings of the Royal Society and Philosophical Transactions – the world’s oldest scientific…
(17 Feb 2026) BioOne is proud to report the achievement of a significant milestone in its mission to increase access to scientific research. BioOne’s Subscribe to Open (S2O) pilot has reached its sustainability threshold for 2026, thanks to the critical support of consortia and library partners around the world. This success ensures that the 2026 volumes of 71…