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Wiley renews open access agreement with Big Ten Academic Alliance
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (201+ words) Wiley has renewed its open access publishing agreement with the Big Ten Academic Alliance, extending support for researchers at participating institutions through to 31 December 2027. The agreement enables corresponding authors at 16 flagship BTAA universities and 19 affiliated campuses across 11 US states to…...
Clarivate to close Research Professional News
8+ hour, 5+ min ago (211+ words) Clarivate has announced that it will discontinue publication of Research Professional News, with the final edition scheduled for 31 December 2026. In a statement to readers, Emmanuel Thiveaud said the decision reflects the company's strategic focus on its core research intelligence and…...
Elsevier signs first Czech ELib open access agreement
10+ hour, 9+ min ago (270+ words) Research Information Elsevier has signed its first agreement with the Czech ELib consortium, led by National Library of Technology of the Czech Republic. The publisher said the agreement marks an important milestone in its relationship with the Czech research community…...
Amsterdam University Press acquires ATF Press Publishing Group
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (294+ words) Research Information Amsterdam University Press (AUP) has acquired Australia's ATF Press Publishing Group, expanding its portfolio in theology, religious studies and social ethics. The acquisition includes ATF Press's backlist of more than 400 titles published over the past 34 years. The integration…...
Choice launches new AI micro-course for academic libraries
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (262+ words) Choice " a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Librarians " has launched an email-based micro-course designed to help academic library professionals navigate the implementation of artificial intelligence on campus. The three-module course builds on the organisation's 2025 programme, AI…...
UNESCO launches open-source platform to advance global open science
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (303+ words) UNESCO has officially launched its new Open Science Platform, an open-source resource designed to improve access to UNESCO-supported research and help countries monitor progress towards implementing the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science. The platform was unveiled during the UN Open…...
AIP Publishing and Jisc expand UK open access partnership
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (291+ words) Research Information AIP Publishing and Jisc have signed a new three-year AIP Fusion agreement designed to expand open access publishing opportunities for researchers across the UK while providing participating institutions with streamlined access to AIP Publishing's subscription content. The partners…...
Elsevier adds AI writing and evidence-checking agents to Leap Space
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (210+ words) Elsevier has announced a major expansion of Leap Space, its research-focused AI workspace, introducing a suite of agentic capabilities designed to help researchers complete a broader range of tasks across the research workflow. The latest enhancements aim to accelerate discovery,…...
MDPI rolls out AI integrity system to screen manuscripts submissions
2+ week, 1+ day ago (175+ words) MDPI has announced the full deployment of an in-house AI-powered research integrity system, Ethicality, which is now being used to automatically screen all manuscripts submitted to the publisher. The company says the rollout marks a significant expansion of its research…...
Clarivate releases Journal Citation Reports 2026
2+ week, 1+ day ago (264+ words) Clarivate has released the 2026 edition of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), providing journal-level metrics and insights across more than 22, 000 scholarly publications worldwide. Clarivate said the latest report reflects ongoing changes in the scholarly publishing ecosystem, particularly the increasing geographic diversity…...