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In December 2020, the OA2020 Community met to reflect on the progress made toward the objective of transitioning today’s scholarly journals to open access.
Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has published the 2020 update to its book publishing subject codes, often referred to as BISAC Subject Headings.
John Wiley & Sons announced the acquisition of Hindawi Limited for a total purchase price of $298 million. The acquisition of Hindawi significantly increases Wiley’s position as a global leader in research by adding quality, scale and growth to the company’s open access publishing program.
The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the movement towards open research and open access publishing in scholarly journals, but after shrinking in the pre-COVID-19 period, open access books are not poised to capitalize according to the latest report from Simba Information
The Transfer Code of Practice has consistent guidelines to help publishers ensure that journal content remains easily accessible when there is a transfer between parties, and to ensure that the transfer process occurs with minimum disruption.
Nature Index Artificial Intelligence (AI) supplement investigates emerging trends in AI research output alongside an experiment in AI-powered curation
The new initiative will benefit researchers, institutions and funders by broadening engagement with research among diverse audiences, within and outside of academia.
The survey is a three-yearly wide-ranging survey of user behaviour, mapping the changing nature of how readers, from all over the world, find academic content, and has been running since 2005.
This project will enable the CLA to make content more accessible to their communities of scholars, religious leaders, and local churches, as well as enabling the sharing of collections with a wider audience around the globe.
SMAI awarded funding from Fonds national pour la science ouverte (FNSO) for Subscribe to Open maths journals published in partnership with EDP Sciences