Springer Nature reports strong start to 2025
Springer Nature, a leading global publisher of research, today released strong results for the first three months of its financial year 2025. Revenue grew to €450 million, representing a 6% increase on an underlying1 basis compared to the same period last year. Adjusted operating profit reached €108 million, equating to underlying1 growth of 11%, which was mainly the result of positive revenue development during the quarter.
Sage named Academic and Professional Publisher of the Year at the Independent Publishing Awards
Sage has won the ProQuest Academic and Professional Publisher of the Year award at the Independent Publishing Awards, which recognizes outstanding publishing organizations that demonstrate quality and success across key areas, including strategy, commissioning, design, sustainability, DEI, customer & market knowledge, and innovation.
Emerald Publishing acquires now publishers
Founded in 2004, now publishers is a leading source of academic content, publishing research monographs, journals and Foundations and Trends® (FnT) with strengths in the areas of Business, Economics, Computer Science and Engineering. The sale comprises over 50 books, 14 peer-reviewed journals and 28 Foundations and Trends® serials.
Wiley Announces Collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to Integrate Scientific Content into Life...
Wiley, one of the world’s largest publishers and a trusted leader in research and learning, today announces a new collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to launch a generative AI agent for scientific literature search on AWS. The first of its kind from a publisher on AWS, the AI agent will be unveiled at the 7th annual AWS Life Sciences Symposium in New York City on May 6.
Journals in Taylor & Francis collective funding pilot reach target for full open access...
Taylor & Francis has confirmed both journals in its innovative pilot, Collective Pathway to Open Publishing (CPOP), will be converted to open access (OA) for 2025. Announced in November 2024, CPOP has been devised as an alternative OA model for Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) journals, particularly those focused on regions with a high uptake of OA agreements.
New STM Draft Report: Classifying AI Use in Manuscript Preparation
STM has released a new draft report, Recommendations for a Classification of AI Use in Academic Manuscript Preparation, developed by the STM Association’s Task & Finish Group on AI Labelling Terminology. This draft is now open for community consultation.
Announcing OASPA’s ‘Next 50%’ project: a different conversation about the open access transition
OASPA is launching a major new project for 2025, bringing together publishing organisations with those who pay for, fund and invest in scholarly communications. We’re delighted to be partnering with Research Consulting in delivering this work over the coming months.
Springer Nature’s 50% OA milestone
In 2021, we set a bold target: publish 50% of our primary research open access (OA) by the end of 2024. This goal was driven by the need to make research widely accessible, enabling global researchers to build on existing knowledge and tackle pressing challenges. I'm thrilled to report that we met this target, as highlighted in our recent Annual Report. But how did we do it, and what did we learn?
Taylor & Francis celebrates 15 years of unique scheme supporting researchers in resource-constrained countries
Global research publisher Taylor & Francis is marking 15 years of STAR (Special Terms for Authors and Researchers). This important initiative helps individual researchers who are not currently affiliated with an institution or research organization by providing access to the latest research.
Springer Nature’s first annual report as a public company shows growth in open access...
Following the strong financial performance of Springer Nature released on 18 March, the company today issues its first annual report showing how Springer Nature is delivering on its mission to be part of progress. In 2024, research was made more visible for authors, more freely available and more trusted for all, with better value for money delivered for customers.
Library Copyright Alliance Champions Fair Use Rights in Comments on US AI Action Plan
In comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) encouraged the administration to safeguard fair use principles and prevent licensing restrictions from undermining these rights in a national “AI Action Plan.”
MDPI in 2024: Research Integrity, Expanding Global Reach, and Strengthening Open Access
MDPI has released its 2024 Achievements Report, highlighting key milestones in its commitment to open access publishing. Over the past year, MDPI tripled the size of its research integrity team, expanded its global workforce by 750 to reach 6,650 staff across 21 offices, and published 238,000 peer-reviewed open-access articles.