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The OaMetrix matching engine automatically notifies authors if an OA deal is in place between their institution and The Geological Society of London. OaMetrix automatically applies discounts, waivers and tokens when institutions and authors generate a self-service invoice.

This new project aims to address some of the technical issues by making linking between data and other research objects with their associated literature both easier and more consistent.

Following a successful pilot, Springer Nature has now deployed DeepL AI to fill a critical gap and seamlessly integrated auto-translation into its book publishing process.

A new white paper published today from Springer Nature builds on the growing body of evidence that shows that Gold open access (OA) is "best for authors and researchers".

IOP Publishing (IOPP) has joined the Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA), a collaboration between publishers, infrastructure organisations, librarians, and researchers to promote the open availability of abstracts.

STM (the Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers) has today published the latest edition of ‘The STM Report’, the organization’s comprehensive overview of the scientific and scholarly publishing market. The revised report, which adopts a new supplement format to be issued in regular thematic updates, reveals significant publisher-driven growth in Open Access (OA) and continued dynamism in the scholarly communication ecosystem.

ResearchGate and Hindawi Limited have announced a new agreement that will make all articles published in Hindawi’s open access journals available directly on the ResearchGate platform upon publication.

Following Springer Nature’s transformative agreements (TAs) in Europe and North America, the company has announced its first TA in the Asia-Pacific region. The agreement with the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) will give members of the CAUL consortium the ability to publish their research open access (OA) in over 2000 journals, making it CAUL’s largest TA to date.

An Ex Libris–commissioned report reveals effects of COVID-19 on STEM and non-STEM funding and uncovers a greater institutional focus on showcasing research expertise, an increased emphasis on societal impact, and growing researcher expectations for support with administrative tasks