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Climate crisis, false news, and alcohol’s effects on health top the list of 2018’s most discussed research

Two of the UK’s leading technology not-for-profit organisations in the field of education, government and charities catering for both the public and private sector have agreed to merge, bringing together expertise in digital and data technology solutions.

We are thrilled to tell you that EmeraldOpen Research, our new open access platform, is now open for submissions.

Oxford University Press and the Max Planck Society are delighted to announce a new two-year deal, which includes a significant open access element, to provide access to OUP’s prestigious journal collection for all Max Planck Society members.

Springer Nature and Project DEAL of the Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany have made considerable progress in their negotiations on a groundbreaking model for publishing and reading scientific literature.

As part of SAGE Publishing’s commitment to ethical, transparent and fair peer review SAGE has signed the ORCID open letter along with other stakeholders. Committing to mandating ORCID in accordance with the best practice for publishers, this step ensures better recognition and accreditation for researchers as well as supporting author and researcher compliance with funding mandates.

The first ever ConTech conference took place last week at the Chelsea Harbour Hotel, London, UK. Attendees witnessed three first class and completely different keynotes, ground breaking speaker sessions as well as a pharma focused special session.

Kudos (www.growkudos.com), the award-winning service for maximizing the reach and impact of research, will develop and launch a new communications management system for researchers, after securing £2.2m investment in a round led by Mobeus Equity Partners.

Cambridge University Press has reached a major Open Access deal with higher education and research institutions in Sweden.

Clarivate Analytics names people with multiple papers ranking in the top 1% by citations for their field and year

Data science company and alternative metrics provider Altmetric today announced that its data have been integrated into Meta, allowing users of the platform to gain quick insights into how the community is sharing and discussing published research.

The European research project ROMSOC partners with PaperHive, a copyright-compliant scholarly collaboration network, to facilitate research collaboration and boost the visibility of research results. All articles emerging from the project will be available for discussion within PaperHive.