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The Spanish research community’s growing commitment to open access publishing has been bolstered by the announcement of a new agreement between the Consortium of Catalan University Services (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya, CSUC) and gold open access publisher Frontiers.

Research Square Company and the Medical Agency for Research and Statistics (MARS) have signed a collaboration agreement to support the success of clinical and regulatory scientists in the Middle East and North Africa. Through this joint agreement, Research Square Company will support MARS’ training and consulting efforts through discounted services to MARS trainees via the company’s American Journal Experts (AJE) division. These services include English-language editing and translation, manuscript formatting, webinars, and conferences. 

ScienceOpen is pleased to announce Genome Integrity as the newest addition to our journal discovery network. This fully open-access journal will be published by ScienceOpen, bringing to you high-quality research titles in the field, as well as the most recent advancements in the understanding of the processes that regulate genome integrity maintenance.

Three California consortia, representing nearly 60 academic and research institutions, and the Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) today announced the first-ever California-wide transformative open access agreement. It is also ACS’ first “read and publish” agreement in the U.S. composed of multiple consortia.

Cambridge University Press is to take on the publication of the highly-regarded psychology journal, Judgment and Decision Making. Co-owned by the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, and the European Association of Decision Making, the open access journal has made a name for itself through publishing high impact research and its dedication to author experience.

The information industry was already experiencing disruptive challenges when the global pandemic hit and accelerated the pace of change. With increased customer expectations, rapidly changing technology capabilities, and business model uncertainty it seems fair to say content markets can no longer be viewed as mature.

For the first time researchers, teachers and students can access digitally more than 90% of the British Association for the Advancement of Science - Collections on the History of Science (1830s-1970s).

Following on from several conversations with industry professionals and the awareness that there is a need we are excited to announce the launch of industry events focusing on the needs and challenges for scholarly API and widget integrations – The ConTech.Live Scholarly API Series.

CCC, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, has acquired Ringgold, a longstanding provider of persistent organization identifiers widely used by the scholarly communications community. With offices in the US and UK, Ringgold is now a wholly owned subsidiary of CCC.

Following an initial two-month consultation, 67 Bricks is delighted to announce a new partnership with Bone & Joint Publishing. The partnership will build on Bone & Joint Publishing’s vision to support orthopaedic surgeons throughout their careers with the best possible digital products and user experiences. 

The Company of Biologists is delighted to announce a three-year Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the Bibsam Consortium which runs from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024.

The East African Science and Technology Commission (EASTECO), the Public Library of Science (PLOS), and the Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa) today announced that they will collaborate in the implementation of Open Science and Open Access principles for EAC Partner States, which include Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.