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At the Microbiology Society, our vision is a world in which the science of microbiology provides maximum benefit to society. Reflecting the vast diversity of microbes, the wide array of fields of microbiology research intersect with many other disciplines across the natural and social sciences.

MDPI, the world’s largest fully open-access publisher, today announced the renewal of its national partnership agreement with Sweden’s Bibsam Consortium. Notably, 22 institutions will receive partner benefits under MDPI’s Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), including substantial discounts on article processing charges (APCs) for affiliated authors.

A new AI tool to identify irrelevant references in submitted manuscripts has been launched for use across Springer Nature’s journals and books. The tool is the latest AI-driven tool that has been developed in-house at Springer Nature to weed out problematic submissions and ensure the veracity of the publication record.

Every article published in the 2025 volume of three Taylor & Francis journals will be made open access (OA), following a successful launch of the publisher’s Subscribe to Open (S2O) pilot. Taylor & Francis has confirmed that enough institutions have renewed or confirmed the renewal of their subscriptions for each journal to reach the required S2O threshold.

The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and the Society of China University Journals (CUJS) today announced a 3-year strategic partnership between the organizations to work together on topics and content related to open access, open science, scientific integrity and scientific evaluation.

IGI Global Scientific Publishing, dedicated to "Publishing Tomorrow's Research Today" since 1988, and ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, are pleased to announce the expanded coverage of IGI Global Scientific Publishing journals through Journal Home.

IOP Publishing (IOPP) is strengthening its support for open science by requiring authors publicly share the research data underpinning articles in two of its journals: Environmental Research: Food Systems (ERFS) and Environmental Research: Climate (ERCL). Papers submitted with data inaccessible will only be accepted if there is compelling legal or ethical justification. The new policy represents a pilot aimed at fostering greater access to research data, with potential expansion across other journals in IOPP’s Environmental Research series.

Open Research Africa (ORA), the pioneering platform from F1000 and the Science for Africa Foundation, has announced a significant expansion of its author eligibility criteria. All articles with an author based in Africa can now be submitted, regardless of their funder. Previously, only work supported by an ORA partnering research funder could be published on the platform.

As the national academy of science for the UK, the Royal Society supports open access and open science to maximise the dissemination and re-use of research outputs. Looking back on the Royal Society journals’ progress over 2024, I am pleased to report that we have increased our open access output from 66% in 2023 to 71% across the research journals.

Following a program of rigorous testing, Taylor & Francis has announced plans to use AI translation tools to publish books that would otherwise be unavailable to English-language readers, bringing the latest knowledge to a vastly expanded readership.

Silverchair and Hum have announced a strategic partnership that integrates Hum's recently launched Alchemist Review with ScholarOne Manuscripts. This collaboration builds on the existing Silverchair Universe partnership between the two organizations and will allow publishers, editors, and reviewers to access Alchemist Review’s key manuscript insights including central claims, methodology, citation integrity, and research originality.

Charlesworth, an Enago company, a leading STM publishing solutions provider, is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Journal of Medical Insight (JOMI), a globally renowned provider of innovative video-based surgical education. The partnership will harness Charlesworth's extensive expertise and sales network to make JOMI’s peer-reviewed surgical video journal accessible to a wider range of medical professionals across China.