German institutions to benefit from first transformative agreement for Nature and Nature-branded journals – October 20, 2020
Springer Nature and the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) have agreed an approach that will deliver the first ever transformative agreement (TA) for Nature and Nature-branded journals. Building on the nationwide Projekt DEAL agreement concluded in January 2020 for Springer Nature journals,… Read More
Wiley’s Open Science Ambassador Program encourages scientific collaboration – October 20, 2020
John Wiley and Sons Inc., a leader in research and education, has introduced its Open Science Ambassador Program. The program acknowledges and supports Chinese thought leaders around the world who embrace open science principles and encourage a free exchange of ideas and… Read More
ARPHA and Pensoft launch one-stop preprint & journal submission in selected journals – October 20, 2020
With the rise of easily and publicly accessible digital knowledge in recent times, along with the emergence of global calamities, including the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, so is the demand for early scientific research and, particularly, preprints. To answer the growing need for faster dissemination of scientific… Read More
COAR and Jisc release new roadmap for OpenDOAR as an international, community-driven repository directory – October 20, 2020
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), and Jisc’s OpenDOAR service which is a global directory of academic open access repositories, have released a joint roadmap for the further development for OpenDOAR as an international, community-driven repository directory. The Read More
Full-text HTML articles now available on medRxiv – October 20, 2020
Scholarly publishing technology provider HighWire has announced that full-text HTML articles will be available to all readers of medRxiv, effective October 19, 2020. medRxiv, the preprint server for health sciences, is a collaboration between founding organisations Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, BMJ,… Read More
ICE Publishing Celebrates 13th annual Open Access week – October 20, 2020
Marking the 13th annual Open Access Week and in support of 2020’s theme of ‘open with purpose: taking action to build structural equity and inclusion’, ICE Publishing is celebrating the success of flagship Gold Open Access journal Geotechnical Research. Now in… Read More
Yewno Discover platform integrates with Ex Libris Primo to provide mutual users with unparalleled access to knowledge discovery – October 20, 2020
Yewno, a Silicon Valley-based AI provider with a mission to transform information into knowledge, has announced that their Yewno Discover platform integrates into the Ex Libris Primo discovery service to provide mutual users with unparalleled access to knowledge discovery. Read More
