De Gruyter, independent scholarly publisher and founder of the University Press Library distribution model, is launching De Gruyter eBound, a not-for-profit foundation, in the United States. The initiative’s goal is to support the publishing, sustainability, and accessibility of mission-driven scholarly monographs for not-for-profit and Open Access publishers.
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The SNSF announced their decision to join cOAlition S. “Research thrives on collaboration. And by joining forces we research funders can also best achieve our shared goals, including open access to scholarly articles,” stated Research Council president Matthias Egger, adding that “cOAlition S has shown that it can drive this structural change”.
Respected global medical journal The Lancet will continue to reject papers with data from Africa that fail to acknowledge African collaborators, in the interest of building African research and of promoting integrity, equity and fairness in research collaboration.
Springer Nature has signed its largest institutional OA book deal with the Max Planck Society through the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL). The agreement covers all Springer Nature book imprints, across a broad range of disciplines, providing OA funding to affiliated authors from over 80 Max Planck Institutes.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has signed a participation agreement with CHORUS to expand public access to the results of its funded research. This agreement fortifies the relationship between CHORUS, its members, and NASA, in support of the NASA Plan for Increasing Access to the Results of Scientific Research.
Underline Science closes Pre-Series A round to further advance the growth of the digital video library.
COAR has been awarded a US$4 million grant from Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin. The 4 year grant will go towards the COAR Notify Project, which is developing and implementing a standard protocol for connecting the content in the distributed repository network with peer reviews and assessments in external services, using linked data notifications.
Research Square Company and the Medical Agency for Research and Statistics (MARS) have signed a collaboration agreement to support the success of clinical and regulatory scientists in the Middle East and North Africa.
Project MUSE have completed the migration of 90 journals from the JSTOR Hosting Program, which closed recently following a grace period ending February 28, 2022.
ACS, AIP, Elsevier, Frontiers and Wiley sign new deals.