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MDPI renews Swiss open access agreement with CSAL
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (334+ words) MDPI has renewed its publishing agreement with the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries (CSAL) " providing researchers at 24 Swiss institutions with discounted open access publishing opportunities. The renewal comes as the publisher releases its 2025 Country Report for Switzerland, highlighting the country's…...
Australia secures access to Horizon Europe from 2027
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (352+ words) Research Information Australia has concluded negotiations to join Horizon Europe, the European Union's "93. 5 billion (79 billion) research and innovation programme. The European Commission and the Australian Government announced that negotiations on Australia's association to Horizon Europe had been successfully completed. Under…...
Clarivate and Benetech expand collaboration to improve library accessibility
1+ day, 39+ min ago (220+ words) The initiative brings together Clarivate's library software and content solutions with Benetech's accessibility expertise, including its Bookshare platform, to help academic and public libraries better connect users with accessible content and services. The partners said the collaboration is designed to…...
IOP Publishing automates IP updates to improve institutional access
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (269+ words) Research Information IOP Publishing (IOPP) has integrated the IPregistry. org API as part of its ongoing approach to delivering secure, accurate and streamlined access to published content. The new integration enables automated Internet Protocol (IP) address updates to flow directly…...
Biology Open paid peer review model cuts times to five working days
5+ day, 51+ min ago (247+ words) A paid-reviewer model trialled by The Company of Biologists on its Biology Open journal has reduced average peer review times from more than seven weeks to just over five working days. The results suggest a substantial improvement in review speed…...
The road to seamless digital access: progress, potholes and promise
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (377+ words) Not long after I joined Open Athens 11 years ago I was talking to a librarian who gave me one piece of advice: "You have to help improve user experience. That comment was repeated often by librarians in the days that…...
Turning Insight into Action: AI-Powered Research Intelligence to Inform Strategy
1+ week, 1+ day ago (256+ words) Following the launch of'Web of Science Research Intelligence, this session takes a closer look at how AI'driven research intelligence can be applied to real institutional challenges. In this launch follow'up webinar, we move beyond the initial introduction to explore how…...
Digital Science launches AI-powered profile curation for Symplectic Elements
1+ week, 2+ day ago (262+ words) Digital Science has introduced a new suite of AI-powered capabilities for its Symplectic Elements research information management platform, designed to simplify and accelerate the creation and maintenance of faculty profiles. The new feature, AI-Assisted Profile Curation, combines AI-Assisted Data Entry…...
Wikipedia launches researcher training as AI reliance grows
1+ week, 2+ day ago (259+ words) A new free online course designed to help researchers engage more effectively with Wikipedia has launched on Wiki Learn, the Wikimedia Foundation's learning platform. According to the course creators, this under-representation can have wider implications for research visibility and public…...
Nature expands Registered Reports to all research disciplines
1+ week, 5+ day ago (319+ words) Nature has announced guidelines that significantly expand the scope of its Registered Reports publishing format, opening it to all research disciplines covered by the journal and broadening the types of studies eligible for submission. Previously, Registered Reports were limited to…...