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Cassyni, the platform for research seminars, and Springer Nature, a global research publisher, today announced the expansion of their partnership to enable more journals to build engagement with their research communities through online seminars.

Springer Healthcare and inScience Communications, global providers of medical communications and education within the Springer Nature portfolio, are together rebranding as Springer Health+. The rebrand aims to better reflect the portfolio’s offerings to a global medical community, including its longstanding reputation for providing innovative, high-quality medical communications solutions, education initiatives, and specialised training programs for the life science industry.

After three years of strategic planning and collaborative effort, the Government of India has officially launched the One Nation, One Subscription (ONOS)initiative—an ambitious program designed to expand access to academic and scientific knowledge across the country. By centralizing and funding subscriptions to major academic publishers at the national level, ONOS ensures that researchers, students, and institutions can access a vast repository of high-quality scholarly content without individual licensing barriers.

Cactus Communications (CACTUS), a leader in AI-powered solutions for the scholarly publishing ecosystem, has announced a strategic partnership with Silverchair, a leading independent platform partner for academic and professional publishers. This collaboration is focused on bringing quality and efficiency to editorial workflows in ScholarOne manuscripts by equipping journal editors with advanced tools to assess research integrity risks, technical compliance, and language quality.

New indicators have been introduced to the references section of Taylor & Francis journal articles to inform readers when cited research has been retracted or updated. Using GetFTR’s retraction and errata service, Taylor & Francis Online is one of the first journal platforms to offer this functionality.

Kudos, the platform for showcasing research, is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Baxter as Managing Director, effective May 19, 2025. Richard succeeds Melinda Kenneway, co-founder and CEO for the past 12 years, who will continue to be actively involved in the company as it enters its next phase of growth.

ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, and Hogrefe Publishing, the leading European academic publisher in psychology, psychotherapy, and psychiatry, today announced a new Journal Home partnership to expand the global visibility and reach of 15 English-language Hogrefe Publishing psychology journals, spanning both fully open access and hybrid publications.

It is with heavy hearts that we inform you that Dr. Einar Fredriksson passed away unexpectedly on the 30th of April 2025, at the age of 82. Einar, a native of Sweden, earned his PhD in mathematics in Poland, specializing in mathematical logic and related topics. He later became an honorary member of the Polish Mathematical Society.

We are excited to announce the launch of SSP Engage, a dynamic new mobile app designed to keep the scholarly communications community connected, informed, and engaged—365 days a year. Available now for iOS and Android devices, the free SSP Engage app brings together the latest SSP news, content from The Scholarly Kitchen, event updates, and interactive features to support connection and collaboration within the SSP community. Simply search for “SSP News and Events” in the App Store or Google Play to get started.

The “How Equitable Is It?” tool, designed to assess the equity of scholarly communication models, has been officially launched today in its updated version following a comprehensive review of community feedback.  Originally introduced as a beta version in September 2024 at the OASPA conference, this refined version of the tool incorporates significant improvements based on input from across the scholarly publishing ecosystem. 

Digital Science, a technology company serving stakeholders across the research ecosystem, will offer U.S. government libraries access to some of its most powerful research data and analytics tools under a new partnership with the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK).

IOP Publishing is introducing the Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT) across all its proprietary journals to enhance recognition for authors. The taxonomy provides a standardised framework to define and recognise the diverse roles authors play during the production and publication of research outputs such as research articles.