STM Publishing – December 2022
Springer Nature acquires Analysis Sq. Firm
Springer Nature has elevated its funding in Analysis Sq. Firm to take full possession of each American Journal Consultants, supplier of digital enhancing instruments, and the multi-disciplinary preprint platform Analysis Sq., finishing a course of that start with collaboration between Nature and AJE in 2008, and continued with Springer investing in AJE in 2016, turning into minority proprietor of Analysis Sq. in 2018, after which assuming majority possession of each AJE and Analysis Sq. in 2020.
IEEE commits to remodeling hybrid journals
IEEE has dedicated to changing its complete portfolio of greater than 160 hybrid journals to grow to be Plan S-compliant transformative journals, guaranteeing that each one researchers funded by cOAlition S will probably be compliant with Plan S necessities when publishing in these journals.
New mentoring initiative at Springer
Springer Nature has launched a brand new mentoring partnership as a part of its dedication to the brand new Era Beneficial initiative, which goals to develop the following technology of leaders with disabilities. The primary mentee, Jude Robinson, International Head of Entrance Finish Improvement, is a key contributor to accessibility on the firm, having based the Accessibility Steering Group and led the workforce that developed the Pa11y accessibility software program. Robinson will meet repeatedly over the following 12 months with Chief Industrial Officer Carolyn Honour whereas contributing to a ‘Blueprint for Motion’ informing the corporate’s strategy to incapacity inclusion.
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Particle physics consortium launches open entry e book pilot with 100 titles
The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Entry Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP³), the world’s largest disciplinary open entry initiative, has launched a brand new programme to make books on particle physics – and neighbouring disciplines – accessible by open entry. Publishers together with Oxford College Press, Cambridge College Press, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, and World Scientific will probably be making a couple of hundred monographs and textbooks brazenly accessible; sixty are already accessible by way of the OAPEN Library SCOAP³ Assortment, with extra to return. Funding for the pilot programme has been supplied by greater than 100 of the establishments forming the consortium.
Transformative and open entry agreements
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) has introduced a one-year cope with The Universidad Nacional Autonoma Mexico (UNAM) which is able to allow researchers there to publish in PLOS One and chosen different PLOS journals with out incurring article processing fees (APCs). Springer Nature has additionally agreed a lifeless with the Mexican college, working for the following two years. Affiliated researchers will acquire learn entry to greater than 2,300 journals throughout the Springer, Adis, and Nature portfolios, in addition to the chance to publish open entry in 1900 Springer Nature journals. The deal is anticipated to outcome within the publication of 1,000 articles.
Wiley has signed a brand new three-year transformative open entry settlement with Tulane College Libraries, energetic from 1 January 2023. Researchers affiliated with the New Orleans non-public analysis establishment can have full entry to the writer’s full portfolio of journals whereas additionally with the ability to publish APC-free in any of just about 2,000 hybrid and open entry journals, together with these revealed by Hindawi.
IOP Publishing has agreed a three-year limitless open publishing settlement with the US Massive Ten Tutorial Alliance (BTAA) consortium. The deal, which begins initially of subsequent 12 months, will allow affiliated researchers to publish limitless numbers of open entry papers with having to pay APCs, in addition to offering continued entry to the IOP Science Further assortment.
SAGE Publishing has struck a three-year cope with the Council of Australian College Librarians (CAUL), the negotiating physique that represents universities in Australia and New Zealand. Starting on 1 January 2023, the deal will present affiliated researchers with limitless open entry publishing rights in additional than 900 SAGE hybrid journals, a reduction on APCS for greater than 150 Gold open entry journals, and studying rights to the writer’s journals within the STM, social and behavioural sciences.
Wiley has concluded a three-year settlement with the Portuguese consortium The Biblioteca do Conhecimento On-line (b-on), offering researchers on the 64 taking part establishments with entry to the whole lot of the writer’s subscription content material and the power to publish accepted articles open entry in all of Wiley’s hybrid open entry journals.
New and bought journals and platforms
Wiley has launched a brand new open entry journal – Cochrane Proof Synthesis and Strategies – in partnership with Cochrane, the unbiased international organisation devoted to producing proof to tell well being and care choice making.
Oxford College Press has partnered with the worldwide well being and humanitarian reduction organisation Mission HOPE to publish a brand new worldwide open entry journal. Well being Affairs Scholar will probably be devoted to analysis in well being coverage and rising well being providers, constructing upon the organisation’s current subscription journal, Well being Affairs.
Springer Nature has acquired the Cureus Journal of Medical Science, which publishes open entry peer-reviewed articles by medical professionals with out entry to analysis grant funding.
Taylor & Francis has acquired the Molecular and Mobile Biology (MCB) journal from The American Society for Microbiology (ASM), one of many world’s oldest and largest single life science membership societies. The month-to-month journal was established in 1981 and can be a part of the writer’s massive portfolio of journals in life sciences and drugs.
F1000 has launched Well being Open Analysis, an growth of the prevailing Affiliation of Medical Analysis Charities (AMRC) Open Analysis platform which allowed researchers funded by AMRC member charities to share their work brazenly and transparently. The expanded platform will probably be open to all researchers working in well being, drugs, and social care, and to well being analysis organisations the world over. It should additionally host all of the articles, assessment reviews, and different outputs beforehand revealed on its predecessor.
Briefly
Oxford College Press has added Altmetric badges to its e book content material. Badges already seem on all OUP journals and can now be included on e book content material following its migration to the Oxford Tutorial platform.
Cambridge College Press has appointed its first international director for local weather schooling. Christine Ozden took up the function in September having beforehand served for 4 years as chief govt of Cambridge Evaluation Worldwide Training.
Alastair Horne is a lecturer in publishing research on the College of Stirling.
Alastair writes our STM Publishing and our Tutorial Publishing Newsletters.
