(9 Nov 2023) The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the National Science and Technology Council’s (NSTC) Natural Science Library Service Project: Chemistry Division are pleased to announce a new “read and publish” agreement supporting open access publishing at a consortium of 25 academic institutions for 2024-26, the first of its kind in…
(1 Nov 2023) Turnitin, a leading provider of technology solutions in academic integrity, today announced the launch of iThenticate 2.0 and a newly redesigned Similarity Report across its core integrity products. iThenticate 2.0 checks more than 14 million documents annually and is used by over 1500 top publishers globally to screen scholarly works and manuscripts against…
(23 Oct 2023) Sage has unveiled a literary resource hub aimed at countering the rise of online misinformation, disinformation, and deceptive content. The newly launched Literacy Information Microsite is dedicated to addressing the issues of mis-, dis-, and malinformation that are prevalent in the digital realm. This platform offers open-access research articles on vital topics…
(19 Oct 2023) Springer Nature has agreed a Transformative Agreement (TA) in Hong Kong with all member libraries of the Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (JULAC). This is the publisher’s first TA in this important region and, with over 700 articles published OA each year, will be the region’s largest TA. With China now leading the…
(13 Oct 2023) Springer Nature today announced a new AI-powered in-house writing assistant to support researchers, particularly those whose first language is not English, in their scientific writing. Global research shows that it takes non-native English speaking scientists 51% more time to write a paper. This creates an unequal divide in research, limiting the advancement…
(17 Oct 2023) Elsevier today announced that it is piloting Geographical Pricing for Open Access (GPOA) across 142 of its Gold Open Access journals to make open access article publishing charges (APCs) more affordable for authors in low- and middle-income countries. The GPOA model, a publishing industry first, is set to take effect from January…
(11 Oct 2023) EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has published the 2024 Serials Price Projection Report. This year’s report projects that the overall effective publisher price increases for academic and academic medical libraries are expected to be (before any currency impact) in the range of three to four percent for individual e-journal titles, two to three percent…
(25 Sep 2023) Getty Images, a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, today announced the launch of Generative AI by Getty Images, a new tool that pairs the company’s best‑in‑class creative content with the latest AI technology for a commercially safe generative AI tool. Generative AI by Getty Images is trained on the state‑of‑the‑art…
(5 Oct 2023) Preprints are now searchable on Scopus upon performing a document search, according to a announcement made by Elsevier. As of June 2023, there are 1.8M preprint records in Scopus from the following seven preprint servers in total: arXiv ChemRxiv bioRxiv medRxiv SSRN TechRxiv Research Square Find out more here.
(12 Oct 2023) De Gruyter and Brill jointly announce they have reached agreement to form De Gruyter Brill through a recommended all-cash public offer by De Gruyter for all Brill securities at an offer price of EUR 27.50 per security (cum dividend), representing a total consideration of approx. EUR 51.5 million. The transaction creates the…