Bloomsbury Open Collections seeks to spread the cost of open-access publications across multiple organizations while providing private benefits to participating libraries.
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Springer Nature has taken a further step forwards in its commitment to open science by requiring mandatory data availability statements (DAS) across its journals portfolio, and introducing its first unified data policy across the books portfolio.
Wiley and Aries Systems Corporation have formalized their partnership to deliver more robust support solutions and services for academic and scholarly publishers.
From 2024 on, all papers published in The EMBO Journal and EMBO Reports and the source data in all EMBO Press journals will be freely accessible with CC-BY licence
An Advisory Panel – comprising publishers, librarians, library consortia and funders – has been set up to help cOAlition S to further develop the Journal Comparision Service (JCS).
“Our third quarter results and revised full year outlook are clearly below our expectations,” said Brian Napack, President and CEO. “While our core business and markets are strong, we’ve been challenged this year by unpredictable market headwinds and an unplanned publishing pause at Hindawi. Looking ahead, we are now accelerating and expanding our work to create a more-focused Wiley that drives consistent growth with fewer moving parts and greater profitability.”
SAGE Publishing has acquired Epigeum, a provider of online courses for universities and colleges, from Oxford University Press. Founded in 2005 as a spin-out company from Imperial College London, Epigeum has established itself as a leading provider of peer-reviewed, high-quality, and innovative online courses.
De Gruyter will host and distribute the complete frontlist and backlist collections of over 2,000 titles from Manchester University Press
Stephen A. Carter, Group Chief Executive, Informa PLC, said: ”Informa is firmly back in growth. Growth in revenues, growth in profits, growth in cash flow and, importantly, growth in shareholder returns.”
Underlying sales growth of 5% but higher education down 4% due to "non-mainstream publishers"