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Reviewer Credits and HighWire Press launch new partnership

Reviewer Credits, the Berlin-based network for peer reviewers and publishing integrity hub, is pleased to announce a new partnership with HighWire Press, integrating HighWire’s new DigiCorePro submission system into its existing suite of technical integrations.

“We are delighted to be working with HighWire and their brand new submission system” says Emre Danisan, Tech Lead at Reviewer Credits. “The new integration will offer even more choice to journals and publishers around the world and allow them to use the Reviewer Credits service within their existing workflows”.

“This is an exciting partnership as it furthers our goal to offer best-of-breed solutions to our clients through our DigiCorePro workflow solution” says Tony Alves, SVP, Product Management at HighWire. “Peer review is the cornerstone of scientific integrity in publishing and Reviewer Credits offers an impressive suite of services that help publishers find and reward researchers who perform this vital service”.

Silverchair announced today that David Nygren will join the company as Chief Business Development Officer

Nygren last worked at Wolters Kluwer where he was responsible for partner acquisition and management, go-to-market strategy, and content product development for Ovid. Prior to that, he was Head of Sales and Marketing at the American Psychological Association, and Vice President, Research Insights, at Wiley.

Nygren will serve on Silverchair’s Executive Team and lead its Business Development and Marketing teams as they seek to address the increasing demand for platform services from publishers looking for an independent and innovative technology partner. In addition to the Silverchair Platform and ScholarOne products, he will also support the go-to-market strategy for Silverchair’s new position as a reseller of Web of Science Author Connect, Reviewer Locator, and the Reviewer Recognition services.

“I’m very excited to have David join us as we have a lot important work to do, including addressing the increasing demand for ScholarOne products and developing our strategy to sustain Silverchair’s growth for the years to come,” said Silverchair CEO Will Schweitzer. “David is an experienced commercial and strategy leader, and we look forward to what he’ll bring to our expanded client community.”

“I’m thrilled to be joining Silverchair at such a critical time in the company’s history,” said Nygren. “Silverchair’s independence and customer-led development are resonating with publishers, and now current and future ScholarOne clients will also benefit from the organization’s community-focused approach. I’m greatly looking forward to helping publishers large and small optimize their positive impact on the research ecosystem.”

Dutch research institutions and Elsevier announce new agreements

UNL, NFU, NWO-i, KNAW, 23 universities of applied science and Elsevier have signed new reading, publishing and Scopus agreements to support the Netherlands’ status as an open access leader

Dutch universities, research institutes and Elsevier, a global leader in scientific information and analytics, have signed new agreements to support Dutch research, starting 1 January 2025 and running for two years with an optional extension for a third year.

Commitment to open access

The new read and publish agreement reaffirms the commitment of the research community in the Netherlands to open access. The agreement continues to provide Dutch researchers with reading rights to the peer-reviewed content from Elsevier’s portfolio of journals via ScienceDirect opens in new tab/window. The new agreement additionally provides 100% open access publishing in eligible journals for all participating institutions*. It is also a step forward in transparency in the areas of privacy, AI, text and data mining and user rights. A separate agreement provides access to Scopus opens in new tab/window, the world’s largest multidisciplinary, trusted abstract and citations database.

Anton Pijpers, representing the Universities of the Netherlands, said: “We are pleased with the renewal of the agreement with Elsevier for Dutch institutions. The collaboration with Elsevier in the past years has led to an efficient process for researchers to publish and we are working towards a better understanding on how to deal with privacy, AI, text and data mining and user rights. The major cutbacks in higher education in the Netherlands are putting pressure on these types of agreements and this deal with Elsevier allows us to proceed with sharing the results of Dutch research as open as possible, while working towards new models in the future.”

Supporting research ambitions

Laura Hassink, Elsevier Managing Director for Elsevier’s Scientific, Technical and Medical Journals, said: “The aim of the new agreement is to further support the Netherlands’ research ambitions and maintain the trusted relationship we have built with the research community over many years. Open access is an integral part of how Elsevier supports researchers in advancing knowledge and our agreement reflects the objectives of Dutch research, the current economic landscape and represents fair value for both parties. We look forward to continuing our strong partnership in the Netherlands, helping to advance science and improve health outcomes.”

As the Netherlands continues to advance its open access ambitions, these new agreements promise to deliver substantial benefits to the research community while fostering collaboration and innovation in the years to come.

The contract will be made publicly available and registered on the ESAC Registry.

* Dutch research performing organisations

66 Dutch research performing organisations are covered by these agreements:

14 universities (UNL, Universities of the Netherlands opens in new tab/window)

7 university medical centres (NFU, Netherlands Federation of University Medical Centres opens in new tab/window)

23 universities of applied science

10 National Research Institutes (NWO-I, Foundation for Dutch Scientific Research Institutes opens in new tab/window)

12 Academy Institutes (KNAW, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences opens in new tab/window)

The University Libraries and National Library (UKB) acted on behalf of these research performing organizations to reach these new agreements. Our shared main ambition is to invest in an inclusive, sustainable and just scholarly communication system while striving for a more open and publicly steered approach to scientific outputs and processes (see Open Science 2030 in the Netherlands opens in new tab/window). During the coming years, we are committed to developing a collective publication strategy based on the shared principles while furthering transparency on privacy, AI, text and data mining and user rights.

ResearchGate and IOP Publishing to further expand Journal Home partnership with extra titles and Open Access Agreement Upgrade

ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, and IOP Publishing (IOPP), the publishing arm of the Institute of Physics, today announces that IOP Publishing will further expand its coverage through Journal Home.

A further 25 IOPP and partner titles have been added to Journal Home taking the total number to 75. In addition, IOPP will activate Journal Home’s unique new Open Access Agreement Upgrade (OAAU) for all journals included in the partnership.

This latest expansion will bring increased usage, wider brand awareness and visibility, and high-quality authorship. With IOPP published articles shared on their ResearchGate profiles and networks, researchers will receive unique data on who is reading, citing and sharing their work.

The addition of OAAU reinforces IOPP’s commitment to increasing access to physical sciences research. IOPP can reach researchers on the platform who are eligible to publish open access through their institutional agreements. The OAAU enables this by providing IOPP with:

  • A unique understanding based on publishing history and areas of research of the researchers on ResearchGate eligible to publish through an open access agreement.
  • An unprecedented ability to reach and inform these researchers about their eligibility to publish open access in IOP Publishing journals relevant to their research area(s).
  • Highly relevant messaging that is based on specific journals, ensuring the messaging is contextual and useful for each individual researcher.
  • Sophisticated reporting and analytics that show the volume and effectiveness of messaging about IOP Publishing’s agreements at each stage of the publishing journey — from readership all the way through to authorship. 

“Our collaboration with ResearchGate has continued to deliver a powerful impact for our authors and provide deeper insights into the global physical science community and their relationship with us. We’re excited to extend this across our journal portfolio.” said Claire Webber, Head of Content Engagement at IOP Publishing. “The OAAU provides further unique and effective ways to reach researchers, giving us the ability to be highly targeted and relevant in communicating the opportunities for funded open access in our titles.” 

“Our partnership with IOP Publishing continues to deliver real value, with thousands of authors and many millions of article views being provided through Journal Home. The OAAU opens up unrivalled researcher-centric communication opportunities and further rich insights into the relevant global researcher communities.” said Sören Hofmayer, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at ResearchGate. “We are excited to see how far Journal Home can help IOP Publishing’s journals grow in the coming years,”

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

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

For more information about IOP Publishing, please visit https://ioppublishing.org/

Taylor & Francis launches its most advanced and accessible eReader

Taylor & Francis has announced the introduction of an innovative eReader for its eBooks platform, providing a seamless and enhanced experience for all readers. Accessibility was a key priority for the development, ensuring the eReader meets the reading requirements of all users.

The Taylor & Francis eBooks platform previously offered two eReader options, for basic or advanced features. Responding to feedback, the new eReader combines into one application the full range of features, including personalization, powerful search and offline access, as well as enhancements to support students and researchers.

Accessible and inclusive reading experience

Developed in conjunction with Taylor & Francis’ accessibility team, the new eReader is part of a series of updates following the requirements of the European Accessibility Act. This includes support for ePub3, the most accessible eBook format, which is now available for more than 175,000 Taylor & Francis books.

The eReader has ‘read aloud’ functionality, using text-to-speech technology, which enables users to have the content read to them in multiple languages. Readers can also adjust font sizes and styles according to their preferences.

Stacy Scott, Head of Accessibility at Taylor & Francis, said: “A key element of our industry-leading accessibility program is the creation of products and services that are ‘born accessible’. The development team have kept this as a priority throughout the process and we’re delighted that the result is an eReader which is as inclusive as possible.”

State-of-the-art features

Arpit Goel, Senior Product Manager at Taylor & Francis, said, “The Taylor & Francis eBooks platform is used by many different groups of people, from general readers to students and researchers. We wanted to make sure that the new eReader enables everyone to get the most out of the books we publish. We also know that readers engage with eBooks across multiple devices and when they’re on the move, so the eReader has been designed to be incredibly flexible.”

Users of all kinds will benefit from the eReader’s optimized reading experience, with a responsive design that adapts to desktops, tablets and mobile devices. Users can also download content in ePub or PDF format, which will enable them to continue reading when they are offline.

The eReader provides a range of customization options. Readers can bookmark pages for quick access to content they want to return to and they can annotate the text with their personal notes and highlights, all of which are easily managed in one central location.

For students and researchers, the eReader’s advanced search tool enables them to locate specific terms, phrases, or concepts throughout the entire text, streamlining the process of finding relevant information. It also integrates with reference management software like EndNote and RefWorks, allowing researchers to handle bibliographic data and export citations seamlessly.

The eReader is available now for all users of the Taylor & Francis eBooks website on book and chapter pages.

Society for Scholarly Publishing Mentorship Program Call for Applications Open

Applications are open for the next cohort of the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s (SSP) popular, ongoing Mentorship Program! Our Career Development Committee seeks potential mentors and mentees to connect for professional development, information exchange, networking, personal growth, and career advancement. 

Mentorship is valuable for professionals at all career levels. It provides opportunities for mentors and mentees to develop new relationships, share experiences, and learn from others outside their organizations. The next cohort will run from February through August. Applications for mentees and mentors are accepted through January 31, 2025. Participants will be notified in mid-February.

The SSP Mentorship Program is open to SSP members only. (You can join online!) Selected participants are matched with mentors or mentees by the Career Development Committee based on complementary goals and skill sets. They are expected to meet at least once monthly for six months.

SSP is deeply committed to fostering a community that supports and benefits from the talents of scholarly publishers from a wide range of backgrounds. We believe that our community must center diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, and we strongly encourage people from traditionally marginalized groups to apply as mentors or mentees.

Since 2017, SSP’s Mentorship Program has helped scholarly publishing professionals identify potential career paths by expanding their knowledge of career options within the industry and providing learning experiences outside the workplace. 

Mentors benefit by giving back to the field, enjoying the satisfaction and impact of sharing their knowledge and experience, expanding their networks, and learning new things from their mentees. Mentees benefit from new perspectives on their work, expanding their networks, gaining a sounding board for ideas and projects, and increasing their self-worth.

We thank the American Geophysical Union and ITHAKA for the generous sponsorship of our Mentorship Program. Organizations interested in sponsorship opportunities should contact partnerships@sspnet.org. 

The Generations Fund makes the Mentorship Program possible. Generous donations from members and industry endow the Generations Fund, allowing SSP to continue this program perpetually. Click here to learn more or make a gift to help us reach our $500,000 goal.

Visit SSP’s Mentorship page for more information about program details, eligibility requirements, and how to apply before January 31!

IEEE and CAPES Sign Three-Year Transformative Agreement to Accelerate Open Access Publishing in Brazil

IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, announced today that it has reached an unlimited read and publish open access agreement with the Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES), a federal agency within the Brazilian Ministry of Education, to support researchers who choose to publish via open access.

Under this new three-year agreement, all researchers from the participating 163 Brazilian institutions are now able to publish open access articles in over 200 leading peer-reviewed journals and magazines published by IEEE, making articles that are accepted for publication instantly available and free to read. This program supports CAPES’ mission to make their authors’ publications open to the world. Under the terms of the agreement, the costs of both access to subscription content and the article processing charges (APCs) required to publish open access are included in the license fees paid by consortium members, making the open access publishing easier and more convenient for authors.

Participating members of CAPES will have:

    ●  Open access publishing rights in all of IEEE’s hybrid journals and fully open access journals, making articles accepted for publication instantly available and free to read by the general public.

    ●  Read access rights to peer-reviewed journals, papers from approximately 2,000 annual technology-focused conferences, and IEEE standards available in the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library. IEEE Xplore includes more than six million documents and adds over 250,000 new documents each year.

“CAPES and the Portal de Periódicos (Journals Portal) are working hard to offer Brazilian researchers the opportunity to publish in renowned journals at no cost,” stated Andréa Vieira, General Coordinator of the Periodical Portal, CAPES. “In this sense, the agreement between CAPES and IEEE will favor the advancement of open access and the expansion of scientific production in Brazil at no cost to researchers at eligible Brazilian institutions. We believe in this successful partnership!”

“IEEE is enthusiastic about this agreement with the CAPES’ research community, which will provide Brazilian scholars with a wide array of open access publishing options across our highly cited portfolio of journals,” said Karen Hawkins, Chief Marketing Officer, IEEE. “The aim of this transformative agreement is to streamline open access publication for Brazilian authors, thereby reinforcing IEEE’s commitment to share the work of leading researchers with the global research community to further scientific and engineering progress. The agreement enhances our existing collaborations and will ensure that researchers and students maintain access to subscription content, while offering funding support for open access publishing across our extensive and impactful journal collection.

IEEE has expanded its open access program and launched many new fully open access titles in fields such as privacy, telecommunications, biomedical engineering, machine learning, nanotechnology, and more. To learn more about the IEEE open access options for authors and institutions or to view a list of over 500 institutions which have open access agreements with IEEE, please visit open.ieee.org.

MIT Press’s Direct to Open reaches annual funding goal for 2025, opens access to 80 new monographs

Support for Direct to Open in 2025 includes two new three-year, all-consortium commitments from the Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC) and the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) 

The MIT Press is pleased to announce that Direct to Open (D2O) has reached its full funding goal for 2025 and will open access to 80 new monographs and edited book collections in the spring and fall publishing seasons. 

“It has been one of the greatest privileges of my career to contribute to this program and demonstrate that our academic community can unite to publish high-quality open access monographs at scale,” said Amy Harris, Senior Manager of Library Relations and Sales at the MIT Press. “We are deeply grateful to all of the consortia that have partnered with us and to the hundreds of libraries that have invested in this program. Together, we are expanding the public knowledge commons in ways that benefit scholars, the academy, and readers around the world.”

Among the highlights from the MIT Press’s fourth D2O funding cycle is a new three-year, consortium-wide commitment from the Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC) and a renewed three-year commitment from the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA). These long-term partnerships will play a pivotal role in supporting the Press’s open access efforts for years to come.

“The Florida Virtual Campus is honored to participate in D2O in order to provide this collection of high-quality scholarship to more than 1.2 million students and faculty at the 28 state colleges and 12 state universities of Florida,” said Elijah Scott, Executive Director of Library Services for the Florida Virtual Campus. “The D2O program allows FLVC to make this research collection available to our member libraries while concurrently fostering the larger global aspiration of sustainable and equitable access to information.”

“The Libraries of the Big Ten Academic Alliance are committed to supporting the creation of open access content,” added Kate McCready, Program Director for Open Publishing at the Big Ten Academic Alliance Library. “We’re thrilled that our participation in D2O contributes to the opening of this collection, as well as championing the exploration of new models for opening scholarly monographs.”

In 2025, hundreds of libraries renewed their support thanks to the wonderful teams at consortia around the world, including the Council of Australasian University Librarians, the CBB Library Consortium, the California Digital Library, the Canadian Research Knowledge Network, CRL/NERL, the Greater Western Library Alliance, Jisc, Lyrasis, MOBIUS, PALCI, SCELC, and the Tri-College Library Consortium. 

Launched in 2021, D2O is an innovative sustainable framework for open access monographs that shifts publishing from a solely market-based, purchase model where individuals and libraries buy single eBooks, to a collaborative, library-supported open access model. 

Many other models offer open access opportunities on a title-by-title basis or within specific disciplines. D2O’s particular advantage is that it enables a press to provide open access to its entire list of scholarly books at scale, embargo-free, during each funding cycle. Thanks to D2O, all MIT Press monograph authors have the opportunity for their work to be published open access with equal support to traditionally underserved and underfunded disciplines in the social sciences and humanities.  

The MIT Press will now turn its attention to its fifth funding cycle and invites libraries and library consortia to participate. For details, please visit our website or contact our Library Relations team at mitp-library-relations@mit.edu. 

Key statistics

  • 321 – number of open access books funded through D2O to date
  • 659,453 – total # of times published D2O books have been read on the MIT Press platform
  • 12.74% / 54.78% / 32.48% – % of humanities/social sciences/STEM in D2O

Spring 2025 Direct to Open books

Every American an Innovator: How Innovation Became a Way of Life by Matthew Wisnioski

Ascending Republic: The Ballooning Revival in Nineteenth-Century France by Patrick Luiz Sullivan De Oliveira

Gear: Cultures of Audio and Music Technologies by Eliot Bates and Samantha Bennett

License to Spill: Where Dry Devices Meet Liquid Lives by Rachel Plotnick

Ecologies of Artistic Practice: Rethinking Cultural Economies through Art and Technology by Ashley Lee Wong

Principles of Biological Autonomy, a new annotated edition by Francisco J. Varela

Laws of Human Behavior: Steps Toward Hard Science by Donald Pfaff and Sandra Sherman

Proxistant Vision: Motion, Navigation, Scale by Synne Tollerud Bull and Dragan Miletic

The Human Edge: Analogy and the Roots of Creative Intelligence by Keith J. Holyoak

The Invisible Hand: Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Human Hand Function by Matthew R. Longo

How That Robot Made Me Feel edited by Ericka Johnson

Differential Privacy by Simson L. Garfinkel

Heartbeat Art by Claudia Arozqueta

A Regional Contemporary: Art Exhibitions, Popular Culture, Asia by C. J. W.-L. Wee

A Drive to Survive: The Free Energy Principle and the Meaning of Life by Kathryn Nave

The Nuclear-Water Nexus by Per Högselius and Siegfried Evens

Good Will Corrupting: Social Norms and the Trouble of Intervention by Adam Moe Fejerskov

At the Crossroads of Psychology and Anthropology: In Conversation with Jerome Bruner edited by Bradd Shore

Fragilities: Essays on the Politics, Ethics, and Aesthetics of Maintenance and Repair edited by Fernando Domínguez Rubio, Jérôme Denis and David Pontille

Streaming by the Rest of Us: Microstreaming Videogames on Twitch by Mia Consalvo, Marc Lajeunesse and Andrei Zanescu

From the Laboratory to the Moon: The Quiet Genius of George R. Carruthers by David H. DeVorkin

Triangles and Tribulations: Translations, Betrayals, and the Making of Cultural-Historical Activity Theory by Clay Spinuzzi

Revolutionary Engineers: Learning, Politics, and Activism at Aryamehr University of Technology by Sepehr Vakil, Mahdi Ganjavi and Mina Khanlarzadeh

Let Geography Die: Chasing Derwent’s Ghost at Harvard by Alison Mountz and Kira Williams

Re/Marks on Power: How Annotation Inscribes History, Literacy, and Justice by Remi Kalir

Unboxing Japanese Videogames: A Metadata-Based Approach to the Production and Distribution of Spatial Instability by Martin Roth

Trans Technologies by Oliver L. Haimson

Measures and Meanings of Spatial Capital: Contributions to a Theory of Land by Lars Marcus

Modern Chinese Foodways edited by Jia-Chen Fu, Michelle T. King and Jakob A. Klein

Spheres of Injustice: The Ethical Promise of Minority Presence by Bruno Perreau

Play It Again, Sam: Repetition in the Arts by Samuel Jay Keyser

Interception: State Surveillance from Postal Systems to Global Networks by Bernard Keenan

Deflating Mental Representation by Frances Egan

The Theory of Deliberative Wisdom by Eric Racine

The World According to Military Targeting by Erik Reichborn-Kjennerud

Epistemic Ecology by Catherine Z. Elgin

AI Fairness: Designing Equal Opportunity Algorithms by Derek Leben

The Smoke and the Spoils: Anti-Environmentalism and Class Struggle in the United States by John Hultgren

The Ecology Politic: Power, Law, and Earth in the Anthropocene by Anthony Burke and Stefanie Fishel

ResearchGate and BMJ Group expand Journal Home partnership to cover wider group of journals and activate Open Access Agreement Update

ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, and BMJ Group, a global leader in healthcare knowledge provision and a pioneer in open access (OA), have announced a further expansion to their Journal Home partnership. This expansion will increase the number of the Group’s open access journals active through Journal Home, and incorporate Journal Home’s pioneering new Open Access Agreement Upgrade (OAAU).

The expanded agreement covers 15 open access journals across a broad spectrum of medical disciplines. Participating journals benefit from:
Seamless content syndication for all version-of-record content, reaching ResearchGate 25 million+ active researcher members.
Dedicated journal profiles showcasing key information and content from each title, increasing brand visibility within the network, and driving global readership and engagement with potential authors across the global medical research community.
Authors additionally benefit from enhanced services, including automatic sharing of their articles and insights on who is engaging with their work.

In addition, BMJ Group are among the growing list of partners activating the innovative Open Access Agreement Upgrade for Journal Home, a powerful new feature facilitating highly relevant and timely open publishing opportunities. The OAAU presents a unique opportunity to reach and inform relevant researchers about their eligibility to receive funding support for open access.

With insights based on publishing history and areas of research, BMJ Group can now deliver targeted publishing opportunities that are specific and relevant to individual researchers. Recent adopters of the OAAU are already seeing strong results, continuously reaching researchers in more than 90% of the institutions covered by their agreements within the first six months.
With the increased number of journals included in Journal Home and the OAAU activated, the Group will also unlock a unique understanding of their researcher communities: sophisticated reporting and analytics measure the volume and effectiveness of engagement through Journal Home at each stage of the publishing journey — from readership all the way through to authorship.

“As a global healthcare knowledge provider, we continue to pursue innovation in our services, and we believe Journal Home and the Open Access Agreement Upgrade are essential tools to continue to effectively engage with our audience globally,” said Claire Rawlinson, Director of Growth Strategy, BMJ Group.

“Journal Home has already provided BMJ Group with an immensely powerful platform to expand their global reach and influence to medical researchers,” said Sören Hofmayer, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at ResearchGate. “Through the addition of OAAU, partners are seeing meaningful uptake of open access publishing where researchers receive clear opportunities to publish. That is why we are delighted to be expanding our collaboration with BMJ Group, providing ease of access to funding options for eligible researchers eager to contribute to their accomplished and authoritative portfolio of medical journals.”

New Wiley Partnership with M3 Digital Communications to Expand Reach of Medical Education Programs

Wiley, one of the world’s largest publishers and a trusted leader in research and learning, continues to expand the reach of its medical education programs through a new partnership with M3 Digital Communications. This new partnership will enable Wiley’s medical education programs to reach a larger target audience of Japanese medical professionals.

M3 Digital Communications is part of the M3 Group Japan, which operates m3.com, one of the largest dedicated healthcare professional sites in Japan, with over 90% of Japanese physicians registered. The company contributes to the medical industry through integrated digital marketing services, including live streaming, websites, video content, and social media.

As a result of this new partnership, Wiley and M3 Digital Communications will jointly create and distribute new medical content that meets the information needs of Japanese healthcare professionals.

The goal of Wiley’s medical education programs is to improve learning opportunities and drive better patient outcomes.

“We are very excited to be working together with M3 Digital Communications to deliver Wiley’s program, which will help provide medical professionals in Japan with access to information on the latest scientific outcomes, diseases, and treatments,” said Harriet Jeckells, group vice president and general manager, audience solutions. “Wiley’s medical education programs allow healthcare professionals to do their jobs better, and this partnership will substantially expand their reach across Japan.”

Wiley offers validated, authoritative medical education content—including webinars, e-learning modules, online educational hubs, and conference hubs—to help healthcare professionals build knowledge and stay up to date on the latest advances in diagnosis and treatment. This, in turn, can help them make more informed decisions in important and potentially life-saving clinical situations.

ACS announces new strategic plan for 2025-2029

Today, the American Chemical Society (ACS) announces its new strategic plan. The ACS Strategic Plan 2025-2029 captures the dynamic nature of the organization by focusing on supporting a global community.

“ACS is a vibrant and visionary society that has been the epicenter for chemical science professionals for nearly 150 years,” says ACS Board of Directors Chair and Director-at-Large Wayne E. Jones Jr. “Our new plan captures that energy and positions the organization to continue to play an important and impactful role moving forward.”

Approved by the ACS Board of Directors in December 2024, the new strategic plan is guided by its commitment to improve all lives through the transforming power of chemistry. Its vision of a world built on science — and its mission to advance scientific knowledge, empower a global community and champion scientific integrity — further defines the path forward for the organization. Running throughout the ACS Strategic Plan is support for sciences broadly, with chemistry at the cornerstone.

The new strategic plan also builds on ACS’ long journey in diversity, equity, inclusion and respect (DEIR). Now, DEIR principles are embedded throughout the plan. These principles are also demonstrated through ACS’ commitment and core values of lifelong learning and inclusion and belonging, while its goals incorporate aspects of accessibility, equity and belonging.

Reviewer Credits and Global Campus launch new partnership

Reviewer Credits, the Berlin-based network for peer reviewers and publishing integrity hub, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Global Campus, the platform providing AI-powered solutions to universities, funders, and publishers to enhance academic and research activities. Reviewer Credits will offer the Global Campus platform as a database option for journals and publishers to identify and contact relevant reviewers within the Reviewer Credits Reviewer Finder.

“We are delighted about our new partnership with such a young and innovative company” says Catherine Anderson, Head of Sales at Reviewer Credits. “We look forward to offering more options to our journal and publisher partners to help them to continually improve their peer review processes and to make the valuable work of peer review more visible”.

“This is another great opportunity to make the power of the Global Campus engine available to more people, specifically to all the users of the Reviewer Credits network” says Paul Tuinenburg, CEO of Global Campus. “We are very much looking forward to further strengthening the peer review process with this collaboration.”

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