Registrations now open for 7th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) has announced that registration is now open for the 7th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP) which will be held in … Continue reading →

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. launches six-month pilot program in partnership with F1000Research Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the launch of a six-month pilot program in partnership with F1000Research. The pilot offers authors whose articles do not … Continue reading →

Elsevier DirectCourse collaborates with CQL, The Council on Quality and Leadership STM publisher Elsevier will collaborate with CQL, The Council on Quality and Leadership, an international provider of training, accreditation, consultation and certification services for human service organizations. The collaboration … Continue reading →

Experts criticise a leading journal’s backtrack regarding policies on conflict of interest A group of former senior editors, writing in The BMJ, have criticised a ‘seriously flawed and inflammatory attack’ by The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on what … Continue reading →

Elsevier and People’s Medical Publishing House launch English edition of Healthy China 2020: Strategic Research Report STM publisher Elsevier and People’s Medical Publishing House (PMPH) has launched the English edition of Healthy China 2020: Strategic Research Report, an authoritative documentation … Continue reading →

SAGE acquires Pion Limited, strengthens geography and psychology portfolio Academic publisher SAGE has announced the purchase of Pion Limited, independent publisher of high quality academic journals founded by Adam Gelbtuch and John Ashby in 1959. The sale was announced jointly … Continue reading →

Open Access books slowly on the rise, says new PCG study Publishers and libraries are increasingly experimenting with Open Access (OA) books, according to a new survey by industry advisors, Publishers Communication Group (PCG). Books published under the so-called ‘author-pays,’ … Continue reading →

FBF acquires minority stake in IPR License Ltd The Frankfurt Book Fair (October 14-18, 2015) has announced a significant investment in IPR License, the global rights and licensing trading platform. The deal will see FBF take a minority shareholding in … Continue reading →