Saturday, August 9, 2025
Linkedin Twitter
Linkedin Twitter
Home Blog Page 15

Microbiology Society launches new journal Microbiology Outlooks

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.

Our understanding of microbiology and its application is imperative for tackling some of the greatest challenges facing humanity, from the threat of emerging diseases and antimicrobial resistance, to food security and the energy transition. We recognise that these challenges cannot be tackled without cooperation and that microbiology research must be strong, diverse, and vibrant to do so.

In the 80 years since its founding by visionary microbiologists including Alexander Fleming and Marjory Stephenson, the Society has bought together groups of microbiologists for knowledge exchange and collaboration.

This founding ethos remains central to our work today, and we are launching a new journal – Microbiology Outlooks – to help realise the Society’s vision by facilitating discussion and collaboration between researchers across all disciplines of microbiology, policymakers, and practitioners, so that our growing understanding of microbes can be applied in ways that bring public benefit and impact to society as a whole.

Joiningour six established and successful titles, Microbiology Outlooks will publish authoritative reviews and forward-looking perspectives across the breadth of microbiology. Published articles will provide timely overviews of important topics and discuss the direction of future research and the wider impact of the science of microbiology and its application. While most articles may be commissioned, we welcome concept proposals for reviews, perspectives, and commentaries for further consideration.

The Microbiology Society’s President, Professor Gordon Dougan FRS, said: “The launch of Microbiology Outlooks further demonstrates the success of our portfolio as home to a huge variety of research from across the breadth of microbiology and virology, all rigorously peer reviewed and edited by experts in our community. Whatever your specialty and whatever your career stage, the Microbiology Society welcomes your research in one of its journals.

What is exciting about Microbiology Outlooks is how it will increase the impact that the science of microbiology can have in society by publishing overviews of important topics and discussing the direction of future research.

With the launch of Microbiology Outlooks, the Society is growing its portfolio, and as a not-for-profit publisher, this means it can further invest in the microbiology community. By submitting to our titles, you have provided vital support for us to provide events, grants, and professional development for microbiologists at all career stages.”

Clarivate Expands its Academic AI Platform, Introducing Agentic AI for Research and Learning

Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced the expansion of its Academic AI Platform, helping institutions harness agentic AI to accelerate productivity, save time for researchers, students and staff, and engage users in the digital environments they already use. Beginning in April 2025, Clarivate will introduce AI Agents to support key academic workflows. As part of this expansion, we are initiating the development of an Agent Builder and community-driven AI tools, supported by a Development Partner Program set to launch in 2025.

As the Academic AI Platform evolves, it continues to focus on academic needs and be guided by the Clarivate AI principles, keeping integrity and human oversight at the center of decision-making.

AI Agents: Going beyond generative AI

AI Agents, powering the next wave of AI innovation, are advanced software programs capable of reasoning, planning, and taking actions to achieve specific goals. They integrate contextual understanding, decision-making, and iterative learning, enabling to accomplish complex multi-step tasks across multiple data sources through a single point of interaction. While generative AI excels at producing text and answering queries in a transactional manner, AI Agents go further by proactively guiding workflows, facilitating nuanced conversations, and executing actions.

Clarivate brings AI Agents into academia through the Academic AI Platform, building upon its suite of AI-powered research, analytics and metadata assistants introduced in 2024 and already adopted by over 3,000 institutions. Purpose-built AI Agents leverage curated data and workflow tools from Clarivate, enabling librarians, administrators, academics, and students to achieve more with greater efficiency and precision while ensuring academic values remain central. 

Clarivate is working toward developing a portfolio of pre‑built AI agents. The first series of AI Agents will include:

  • Literature review: Guiding researchers through the literature review process by optimizing queries, retrieving and analyzing data from data sources, and summarizing key insights. The agent will simplify what is often a labor-intensive and time-consuming process of synthesizing literature to help researchers identify themes, gaps and hot topics. It will launch on April 10, 2025 through the Web of Science Research Assistant.
  • Research Intelligence: Web of Science Research Intelligence will provide powerful analytics for university leaders and research managers to support data-driven decision-making. AI agents will address core priorities such as connecting researchers with potential collaborators, providing comparative insights into research performance, and matching researchers with relevant funding opportunities. These AI agents will be available to Web of Science Research Intelligence development partners and early adopters by August 2025.

Agent Builder: A flexible development environment requiring little to no coding expertise

In addition to the pre-built AI agents, Clarivate is initiating the development of an Agent Builder—a flexible environment that enables institutions to create, customize and deploy their own AI-powered tools. The new Agent Builder will democratize the creation of AI agents and will help institutions reach users where they are, such as by integrating AI into institutional and library portals, learning and discovery services, and other environments.

To simplify the development process, the Agent Builder will include capabilities such as a prompt builder, workflow orchestration, and system connectors, making it easier for institutions to implement AI solutions without extensive technical expertise. Institutions will be able to integrate Clarivate curated content sources and software solutions into their AI agents as well as their local data sources and applications through an intuitive low-code/no-code conversational interface. These same tools will power the development of Clarivate pre-built AI Agents, ensuring a seamless and scalable approach across the platform.

Community-built AI tools

Libraries have long thrived on collaboration—and AI should be no different. The Clarivate Academic AI Platform will offer new opportunities to support that tradition, enabling institutions to contribute, share and build on each other’s AI solutions. With community-built templates, workflows, and tools libraries can accelerate development together and ensure that AI solutions evolve in ways that reflect their academic priorities.

Oren Beit-Arie, senior vice president of Strategy & Innovation at Clarivate, said: “With the expansion of the Clarivate Academic AI Platform, we’re introducing AI Agents and the Agent Builder to foster a collaborative ecosystem where institutions can develop, refine, and share AI-powered solutions built on curated content. This approach builds on past community-led innovation—such as Cloud Apps and the Developer Network—ensuring that AI supports institutional priorities. By working together, we can shape AI in ways that are transparent, responsible, and deeply aligned with academic values.”

To accelerate innovation and adoption of the Academic AI Platform, Clarivate is introducing a Development Partner Program, inviting academic libraries to co-create and refine AI-driven solutions. To learn more or explore partnership opportunities, contact the Clarivate Academic AI group.

Sweden’s Bibsam Consortium Renews Partnership with MDPI

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.

Leading institutions including the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Linnaeus University, Linköping University, and Stockholm University will continue to be part of the agreement. This commitment reflects their shared dedication to advancing research excellence and fostering international collaboration. Most importantly, through their ongoing participation, partners of MDPI’s membership program help to drive ground-breaking innovations that address both local and global challenges.

By centrally funding APCs, institutions can receive additional discounts, offering crucial support to their researchers while simplifying the publication process. This approach helps reduce administrative burdens on researchers while fostering a streamlined route to publication. The renewed agreement between MDPI and the Bibsam Consortium enhances researchers’ ability to share their work on a global scale, strengthening Sweden’s role in the open-access movement and solidifying the country’s leadership in pioneering, impactful research.

“With robust backing from national open science guidelines, Sweden’s open-access landscape is rapidly advancing,” says Becky Castellon, institutional partnerships manager at MDPI. “In fact, fewer than 15% of all Swedish research outputs were locked behind paywalls in 2023. We are passionate about the positive impact our ongoing partnership with the Bibsam Consortium will have on Swedish research, paving the way for ground-breaking developments and a more inclusive, open scientific community. Through flexible solutions and tailored policies, we enable institutions to prioritize research, foster innovation, and enhance accessibility, driving the shift to full open access.”

Taylor & Francis celebrates 15 years of unique scheme supporting researchers in resource-constrained countries

STAR gives researchers and authors in over 100 countries free access to journal articles

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.

While an increasing proportion of new research is now published open access, STAR ensures subscription articles are also available to scholars in resource-constrained regions. Unique to Taylor & Francis, the STAR voucher scheme supports researchers in over 100 countries through free access to journals and engagement around their research and authoring journeys.

The initiative has benefitted a broad range of researchers lacking access to the resources of a university or research institution, including independent researchers, retired academics, and professionals working for NGOs.

STAR enables authors in these regions who are writing papers to update references and enrich their findings, which may result in higher levels of article acceptance and greater contribution to the global knowledge community.

Taylor & Francis is currently inviting researchers whose work has benefited from STAR access over the last 15 years to share their experience through a new survey.

Elizabeth Olayiwola, a researcher in Nigeria, said: “As a scholar from an under-resourced region, I dreamed of contributing my voice to global scholarship. STAR became a crucial resource in making that dream a reality, providing me with access to top-tier articles. Today, as a published author in one of the leading journals, Journal of African Cultural Studies, I reflect on my journey with gratitude. STAR played a transformative role in my career, helping me evolve from a voiceless scholar to a confident and visible contributor to academic discourse.”

Catherine Hodgson, Sustainability Manager at Taylor & Francis, explained: “STAR is a key element of our commitment to fostering an inclusive research environment. The scheme has helped more than six thousand researchers since its launch and we look forward to supporting many more around the world in the years to come.”

STAR is one of a number of development initiatives supported by Taylor & Francis. Partnerships with Research4Life and the NLM’s Emergency Access Initiative help scholars in the Global South to access essential research. Authors are also supported during their publishing journey through the Rising Scholars (formerly AuthorAID) mentoring network, open access publishing charge discounts and waivers, and a wide range of Taylor & Francis training workshops and author services.

New research integrity AI tool added to Springer Nature’s growing portfolio

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. 

The tool will be used by Springer Nature’s Research Integrity Group (RIG) to assess submissions to almost all journals and books published by Springer Nature, analysing the relevance of each reference used. If a number of references are identified as irrelevant, the submission will be flagged to RIG who will manually check the manuscript and decide whether the submission should be withdrawn.

The irrelevant reference checker tool has undergone multiple rounds of testing and validation to ensure it provides a precise and reliable assessment of references across academic disciplines, and training and development of the tool will be ongoing.  Human oversight will always remain in place, in line with Springer Nature’s AI Principles. 

Chris Graf, Director of Research Integrity at Springer Nature, commented: “As the use of AI to generate fake research papers becomes more effective, reference checking provides a key opportunity to identify these unethical efforts.  The addition of this tool to our existing checks will help us to catch many unethical submissions that would otherwise progress to take up editors’ and peer reviewers’ time.”

The launch of the irrelevant reference checker tool comes just ten months after the launch of two other AI tools to detect problematic submissions that Springer Nature has developed in-house.  The first, Geppetto, supports the identification of papers that contain AI-generated fake content, the second, SnappShot, those that contain problematic images. 

Graf added: “Fake research is a challenge that affects the entire publishing industry and is something that Springer Nature will not tolerate.  From creating AI tools, to building a now 50-strong expert research integrity unit, to developing our employees’ and editors’ expertise through training, we are absolutely committed to ensuring the robustness of published research for researchers to build upon.”

Taylor & Francis journals convert to open access through Subscribe to Open pilot

Articles in 2025 volume of three journals will be published OA at no cost to authors

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.

Taylor & Francis announced its S2O pilot in October 2024, inviting the journals’ subscribers to support their conversion to OA, one volume at a time. Under S2O’s collective funding model, OA publishing is made possible by subscribers, which means there are no article publishing charges for authors.

With the pilot journals reaching the required level of support, all articles in the 2025 volume of Technical Services Quarterly, Legal Reference Services Quarterly and Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling will be published open access. This includes the full range of article types, such as the specialist and professional content that is typically not covered by other OA models. The journals will continue publishing articles OA until Taylor & Francis assesses whether thresholds have been reached for a second year.

Emily Farrell, Global Commercial Director for Open Research at Taylor & Francis, said: “We are grateful to all the institutions that have demonstrated their support for these important journals and this collective funding approach. In doing so, they will ensure the latest research can be accessed by anyone, anywhere. S2O is one of several innovative models we’re trialing to accelerate OA, particularly in the Humanities and Social Sciences where there is otherwise limited funding for open access publishing.”

PLOS announces new partnership in China

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.

CUJS is an academic, national and non-profit social organization with more than 1,200 journal members. The organization conducts academic research and training programs in the editing and publishing of STM journals and promotes the development of STM journals in colleges and universities, among other things.

PLOS and CUJS will jointly explore potential markers of trust and quality in scholarly publishing; and increase awareness of open science and research integrity principles related to publishing.

“This collaboration will help us both shape efforts to increase equitable participation in open science and further enhance research integrity in China,” said Tieming Zhang, President, Society of China University Journals. “We are proud to partner with a like-minded nonprofit organization to raise awareness of open science principles and promote the development of scholarly publishing for the better.”

“This strategic partnership enables PLOS to learn from and collaborate with the Society of China University Journals,” said Roheena Anand, Executive Director of Global Publishing Development & Sales, PLOS. “We are excited to partner with CUJS to advance open science: working with global communities is key to our mission to build an open and trustworthy foundation of knowledge and to extend open science opportunities to researchers around the world.”

IGI Global Scientific Publishing Expands ResearchGate Journal Home Partnership to Cover Full Journal Portfolio

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.

An additional 140+ IGI Global Scientific Publishing journals have been added to Journal Home, bringing the total to nearly 200 and encompassing the publisher’s entire journal portfolio. 

This expansion will enhance usage, broaden brand awareness and visibility, and attract high-quality authorship for IGI Global Scientific Publishing journals. They will now benefit from: 

  • Seamless syndication of all version-of-record content to ResearchGate, ensuring entitled users have immediate access to the IGI Global Scientific Publishing selection of Open Access (OA)  double-anonymized peer-reviewed articles.
  • Dedicated journal profile pages showcasing bibliographic data and citation metrics, offering transparency, ease of information, and increased visibility.
  • An enriched author and reader experience with auto-updating of author profiles, and allowing contributing authors to connect and collaborate globally with 25+ million researcher members on the platform.
  • Access to intuitive data that provides a detailed understanding of journal communities, including demographics, impact, and researcher connections.

“The inclusion of nearly 200 Open Access journals from IGI Global Scientific Publishing in Journal Home reinforces our commitment to providing quality OA publications. The Journal Home product enhances networking among researchers, expanding the reach of our peer-reviewed research to fuel further discoveries and innovations.” – Melissa Wagner, Vice President of Content Strategy and Research Integrity, IGI Global Scientific Publishing.

“By bringing the IGI Global Scientific Publishing full journal portfolio to Journal Home, we’re making it easier for researchers to discover, engage with, and build upon Open Access research across a broad range of subject areas. This collaboration helps ensure that important discoveries reach the communities that can put them to use.” Sören Hofmayer, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, ResearchGate.

The publisher’s Open Access Journal Program focuses on Business & Management, Science, Technology, & Medicine (STM), and Education & Social Sciences. These journals actively seek top-tier submissions from global experts and feature a swift publication process, personalized editorial support, and adherence to the highest ethical standards. With over 35 years of academic publishing experience, IGI Global Scientific Publishing ensures worldwide reach and impact, with immediate delivery through platforms like ResearchGate.

For more information about Journal Home, please visit www.researchgate.net/journal-home 

For more information about ResearchGate, please visit www.researchgate.net 

Learn more about IGI Global Scientific Publishing here.

IOP Publishing Advances Research Data Sharing with New Policy for Two Environmental Research Journals

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.

The policy seeks to cultivate greater transparency and trust in science, stipulating that authors must share all necessary data required to validate or reproduce their findings, following the FAIR data principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) wherever possible. While there will still be some legitimate exceptions to the policy – such as when authors are legally prohibited from making data public – the journal editors will reserve the right to decline to review a paper if the reason for withholding data is not considered valid and robust.

This initiative represents the latest step in IOPP’s evolving data-sharing policies. Since 2022, authors have been required to include a data availability statement in their articles, outlining if and how supporting data can be accessed. In 2023, the policy was updated to require authors who do not share data publicly to provide their reason for not doing so.

The two environmental journals adopting this policy serve communities with a healthy culture of open data sharing. A recent study of over 30,000 articles found that 80% of environmental scientists share their data openly, with nearly 60% adhering to the FAIR principles.

Further supporting open data sharing, IOPP are adding Dataset Articles to several titles in the Environmental Research Series including ERFS. Dataset Articles describe new curated datasets that are available in an approved data repository, with the focus being on helping others understand and reuse data, rather than testing hypotheses. The new article type aims to advance the sharing and re-use of high-quality data, and to credit those that share.

Daniel Keirs, Head of Journal Strategy and Performance at IOPP, commented: “We believe that conducting science more openly can accelerate discovery and impact. This pilot is also a positive step toward enhancing transparency, reproducibility and ultimately trust. We are keen to see how the environmental research community responds and to use these insights to expand our open data practices across our other journals in a way that best serves researchers and research.”

The trial reflects IOPP’s broader commitment to Open Physics—an evolving programme of publications, activities, and policies designed to promote greater access, transparency, and inclusivity in the physical sciences.

F1000 extends pioneering Open Research Africa publishing platform to all authors in Africa

Researchers submitting to ORA are no longer required to have a grant from a partnering research funder

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.

Sharing quality African research with the world

Africa is home to world-class research programs tackling some of today’s most pressing challenges. ORA was launched in 2022 by F1000 and the Science for Africa Foundationto enable the rapid sharing, discovery, use and reuse of African research for the benefit of all, both in the region and globally.

ORA uses F1000’s trailblazing publishing model, with a streamlined submission process that supports rapid publication of research outputs, accelerating the dissemination of knowledge and the pace of new discoveries. Open, post-publication peer review promotes understanding of the review and revision process, eliminating unnecessary editorial delays, and reducing peer review bias.

Once published, all content on Open Research Africa is made available to everyone, everywhere, free-of-charge.

Extending eligibility

Until now, only authors with funding from one of ORA’s partnering research funders have been eligible to submit their research. However, many researchers beyond these groups have expressed their desire to publish on the platform. In 2024, 60% of submissions to ORA did not meet the author eligibility requirements, meaning that they regrettably had to be rejected regardless of their quality or potential impact.

To meet the demand for a more inclusive policy, F1000 and the Science for Africa Foundation have announced a major change to the submission requirements. All articles with at least one author based in Africa can now be submitted to the platform and will no longer need to have funding from an ORA partner. This introduces an exciting additional publishing option for African researchers, especially those who want to realize the impact benefits of open research.

Accepted articles without funding from an ORA partnering research funder may be subject to an open access article publishing charge. However, F1000’s discount and waiver scheme, supporting researchers in over 40 African nations, is available for ORA publications.

Alongside the new policy, several recent updates to ORA, including a move to editorial-led reviewer selection, have increased publication efficiency and improved the experience of African authors.

“I am delighted that this new phase in Open Research Africa’s development sees the community-driven platform opened up to articles from as wide a group as possible,” said Rebecca Lawrence, Managing Director of F1000. “It has been disheartening to reject so many good quality submissions from African researchers simply because they didn’t meet the previous author criteria. Following this change of policy, we are excited to see ORA maximize the impact of much more of the groundbreaking research taking place across the continent.”

Lawrence added: “We are grateful to all the organizations who have helped us establish ORA as a home for trusted and transparent African research, with particular thanks to the Science for Africa Foundation for their support and ongoing commitment to ORA. We would also be very interested to hear from potential additional partners who share our vision for this showcase of African excellence.”

Springer Nature’s first annual report as a public company shows growth in open access and continued investment in technology to improve value for the community

The 2024 report features more AI initiatives to support the publishing process, increased usage of content and investment in integrity

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.

Highlights of the report include:

  • Strong OA growth – 50% of primary research articles published open access (OA) in 2024[1]
  • 90+ AI initiatives to support an improved publishing experience – 2.3 million+ submissions supported and 482K+ articles published in 2024[2]
  • Increased value for money – c37% fall in average cost per download since 2019[3]
  • More visibility per article – research was used more (3.7 billion content downloads – up 18% on 2023)[4] and reused more (average citations per article up 4% to 5.2[5])
  • Increased investment in integrity – new AI tools, Geppetto and SnappShot, launched to identify problematic articles; specialist research integrity team expanded to 50
  • Less impact on the planet – c50% reduction in total carbon emissions reported since 2019; new energy efficient offices opened
  • Growth in SDG-related publishing – over one million Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)-related articles and book chapters published; over 50% of these articles published OA

Frank Vrancken Peeters, Chief Executive Officer of Springer Nature, said:

“I am very proud of how we continue to deliver on our mission to be part of progress. We remain focused on serving our community by enabling millions of researchers, educators, learners and health professionals to, every day, access, trust and make sense of the latest insights and discoveries.” 

The annual report additionally sets out how it is supporting its wider communities around the world including:

  • In the US, where Springer Nature continued its outreach activities bringing policymakers and scientists together as part of its annual Science on the Hill event which this year focused on the science and policy of space junk
  • In India, where the company undertook its second extensive research tour to over 24 research institutions to promote open access and support integrity

2024 also saw Springer Nature extend its commitment to supporting teachers, learners and healthcare professionals, deploying technology and AI to create products such as Macmillan Education Everywhere, a single flexible platform for all its education content, Macmillan AI Assistant (MAIA) to help teachers find the perfect course for their classroom, and Ask Adis AI, a conversational chat interface for the pharmaceutical industry.

Frank Vrancken Peeters continued:

“Science and learning are best served when people work together – whether it is in how we are supporting the global research community transition to OA, to exploring how new technological advancement can benefit our authors, editors, peer reviewers and customers, across the board. Going forward we will continue to put the communities we serve at the centre, living up to our purpose to work collaboratively, sharing knowledge to bring greater understanding to the world.”

The full annual report can be found here

Further details of Springer Nature’s financial performance in 2024 can be found here.

ENDS 

[1] The 50% refers to research articles including Cureus but excludes Nature Portfolio reviews and magazine content

2 The 482k+ articles refers to research articles including Cureus but excludes Nature Portfolio reviews and magazine content

3 Average cost per download has fallen c.37% since 2019 (books and journals, excluding OA content)

4 Source: COUNTER 5 usage compared to 2023

5 2023 articles. Source: Digital Science, Dimensions. Article citations in publication year and year after publication year. Data originally reported as 4.34 in 2022 (restated to 4.98)

67 Bricks named ‘Finalists’ for three British Data Awards

67 Bricks has been shortlisted for three awards in this year’s British Data Awards, in the categories ‘Consultancy of the Year’, ‘Generative AI Initiative of the Year’ and ‘Data for Good Consulting Initiative of the Year’ for our work in building AI-generated podcasts. 

The British Data Awards is an annual quest to discover and celebrate the UK’s data success stories. Organisations taking part this year range from FTSE 100 heavyweights, public sector innovators, technology unicorns, fast-growing scale-ups, critical Not-For-Profits, and everything in between.

A record 448 entries were received for the fifth edition of the British Data Awards, and other finalists include Direct Line, Lloyds Banking Group and Sky. 

Jason Johnson, Co-Founder of Predatech and British Data Awards judge said: “Judging so many excellent entries really is a huge challenge but also an enormous privilege. Every organisation named a Finalist this year should be exceptionally proud of this achievement. By sharing your data success stories with us, you’re also helping to showcase the strength and vibrancy of the UK’s data ecosystem.”

Jennifer Schivas, MD of 67 Bricks said: “It is always a fantastic honour to be recognised alongside other industry leaders for our work, and we are especially proud this year to have been recognised for our consultancy and Generative AI work.”

Finalists will be celebrated, and Winners will be announced, at an awards ceremony taking place on the 14th of May in the heart of London.

1...141516...491Page 15 of 491
© STM Publishing News 2025