Citing some 20 percent of its workforce being based in India, Springer Nature chooses the state of Meghalaya for its tree-planting project.
Open Access: Germany’s Knowledge Unlatched Acquired by Wiley
Announcing its acquisition of Knowledge Unlatched, Wiley stresses the need to simplify open-access transactions for both libraries and publishers.
The Open Access Race: Springer Nature Announces One Million Articles
Saying 34 percent of all its articles and 16 percent of its primary research is published under open access, Springer Nature proclaims leadership in the field.
A Frankfurt Masterclass: PLOS, CCC, and How Open Is Open Access?
PLOS’ Niamh O’Connor tells CCC’s Christopher Kenneally that in open access, ‘We need to keep asking ourselves open for whom?’
Elsevier’s Scopus Now Includes Preprints from Its SSRN Research Platform
Driven by interest in access to preprints in recent years, Elsevier says, it’s now making SSRN preprints available through the Scopus system.
The UK’s IOP Publishing Opens Three ‘Environmental Research’ Journals
As COP26 approaches, England’s IOP Publishing is opening three new journals in its ‘Environmental Research’ series.
Get the Jump on Frankfurt: A Concise Preparation for Academic Publishing
Know before you go: The Frankfurt Conference tracks on Monday and Tuesday will orient you quickly and efficiently to Buchmesse 2021.
Germany’s Knowledge Unlatched Partners with Canada’s JMIR and Iowa State
The newly opened pilot with Iowa State and Knowledge Unlatched will monitor funds and administer Iowa State University Library’s payments.
Richard Charkin: An Heretical View of Academic Publishing
Ahead of October’s Frankfurt Conference, Richard Charkin looks at open access: ‘Let us not write off the traditional subscription model.’
Taiwan’s National Health Research Institutes in Open Access Deal With Frontiers
The Frontiers platform’s open-access arrangement with Taiwan’s National Health Research Institutes is the publisher’s first of its kind in Asia.