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Project COUNTER have opened up their survey to everyone, whether a member or not. It shouldn't take more than a few minutes to complete and will help shape COUNTER's tools and services for the future.
Thomas Telford Limited (TTL), the commercial arm of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has today sold the majority of TTL's book catalogue (excluding the NEC Guides) and all journal titles and related publishing assets to Emerald Publishing Limited. The sale comprises 35 peer-reviewed journals, over 1,500 eBooks and 36,000 research articles dating back to 1836.
Funding supports continued UK investment and global expansion plans
Academic & Professional revenue growth of 28% to £75.7 million (2021/22: £59.3 million) and profit before taxation and highlighted items up 37% to £12.4 million (2021/22: £9.1 million), with prior year acquisitions contributing £21.5 million revenue (2021/22: £8.4 million)
Government has approved a €23.8M per year scheme to make all publicly-funded research free to access as soon as it is published
The international research publisher’s platform has achieved the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) recommendations at a high level (AA), confirming it meets the requirements of users with a disability.
Taylor & Francis confirms it will continue to be part of SCOAP3 for Books, as the scheme moves from its pilot phase to an ongoing program of making new eBook releases available to everyone.
The 2023 version is global and open to everyone who works at publishers, service providers, and across the spectrum of related organizations, companies, and consultancies in scholarly publishing
By integrating Prophys Referee Finder into Aries' Editorial Manager, the partnership hopes to enhance the process of finding reviewers for publishers.
ResearchGate and Frontiers have announced a partnership that will see 10 of Frontiers’ open access journals get a presence on ResearchGate through its new Journal Home offering as part of an initial trial phase.