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JMIR Publications and University of California extend OA agreement
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (202+ words) JMIR Publications and the University of California (UC) have extended their institutional membership agreement, reinforcing their "shared commitment to advancing open science. Managed through the California Digital Library (CDL), the renewed partnership will now run until 31 December 2026. The agreement continues a…...
Research Gate and De Gruyter Brill expand partnership to 100 titles
22+ hour, 51+ min ago (408+ words) Research Information Research collaboration platform Research Gate and academic publisher De Gruyter Brill have announced a major expansion of their Journal Home partnership, extending coverage to 100 journals across a broad mix of open access, subscription and hybrid titles. Under the…...
Digital Science upgrades Dimensions Research Security
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (176+ words) Research Information Digital Science has announced a major upgrade to its Dimensions Research Security platform, replacing dynamic dashboards with a full workflow solution designed to help compliance teams screen, analyse and document research security risks. Built on Dimensions " described as…...
Imperial College London and Institute of Science Tokyo sign partnership
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (307+ words) Imperial College London and Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo) have signed a new five-year research and education partnership, marking a further strengthening of scientific collaboration between the UK and Japan. The agreement will initiate a new phase of closer…...
Springer Nature and Jisc renew open access agreement
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (374+ words) Springer Nature and Jisc have renewed their Open Access (OA) agreement, extending a long-running partnership aimed at expanding access to UK-led research. The renewed deal builds on more than a decade of collaboration between the two organisations. Since the introduction…...
CACTUS integrates Imagetwin to expand image integrity checks
1+ week, 2+ day ago (362+ words) Research Information Cactus Communications (CACTUS) has announced a partnership with Imagetwin to integrate automated image integrity checks across its research and publishing solutions. As part of this integration, Imagetwin is embedded within Paperpal Preflight, CACTUS" editorial integrity and workflow efficiencies…...
CAUL marks 100, 000 open access articles across Australasia
1+ week, 2+ day ago (223+ words) The Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) has announced a major milestone in the development of open access (OA) publishing across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, with the publication of its 100, 000th open access article through a consortium agreement. CAUL first…...
Frontiers, NSFC and CEPIEC sign strategic agreement
1+ week, 3+ day ago (424+ words) Research Information Frontiers, the Center for Science Communication and Achievement Transformation of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), and China Educational Publications Import & Export Corporation Ltd (CEPIEC) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing aimed at promoting…...
Digital Science launches Compass to track real-world publication impact
1+ week, 3+ day ago (211+ words) Digital Science has announced the launch of Compass by Dimensions, a new publication impact tracking solution designed for medical affairs teams. Compass " initially available to publication planners and medical affairs professionals in a beta " combines data from Dimensions and Altmetric…...
Stopping paper mills: practical strategies to protect research integrity
1+ week, 4+ day ago (249+ words) Paper mills are no longer a marginal issue. They are operating at scale " producing fraudulent research that is increasingly difficult to detect and increasingly costly to address. For publishers, this creates direct pressure on editorial workflows and reputation. For researchers,…...