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Amsterdam University Press and Central European University Sign Partnership Agreement

Effective 1 August 2024, Amsterdam University Press (AUP), will be responsible for the production, marketing and sales of all titles published by Central European University Press (CEU Press), as well as completing existing projects and commissioning new titles.

The partnership between CEU Press and AUP is designed to promote output and growth for both presses. For CEU Press, partnering with the bigger AUP will help scale growth more efficiently, open new markets, and offer appeal to a broader author community. For AUP, a stronger connection to Central Europe dovetails with its focus of becoming more active in continental Europe in terms of commissioning and sales reach. The partnership will enable the publication of a broad range of research from an international author base and promote the global importance of both presses.

Shalini Randeria, CEU’s President and Rector, said:

“The CEU Press is an internationally recognized and trusted brand. We see this partnership as an exciting and strategic step towards increasing its publication program, thereby widening its reach, and enhancing its ability to make a significant impact in the global academic community.”

Frances Pinter, Executive Chair of CEU Press, said:

“We are committed to our exciting new publishing programme as well as our backlist. We have made considerable strides in the last few years in modernising the Press with our Opening the Future open access initiative. We are proud of our authors who have taken this journey with us. The partnership with AUP will help us to take on new publishing ventures, such as creating Open Educational Resources like The History of Migration and managing the SUPRR project (Supporting Ukrainian Publishing Resilience and Recovery), which is currently underway.”

Jan-Peter Wissink, Managing Director of AUP, said:

“I am proud that AUP will represent CEU Press in the international academic community. We look forward to working with Central European University, a mission-driven university with values at its core – justice, equality, liberal democracy, academic freedom, and rule of law – which are also essential for AUP. In the current climate with democracy and academic freedom under pressure, it is of great importance that the CEU Press continues to facilitate scholarly communication and support the dissemination of innovative research. The combined lists will consist of a backlist of around 2,600 titles, a frontlist of nearly 200 titles and 50 journals, creating an excellent starting position for further growth, a stronger presence in core subject areas within the Humanities and Social Sciences and fertile ground for innovative Open Access initiatives.”

Jörg Persch, Managing Director of AUP Germany and USA, and the new Managing Director of CEU Press, said:

“This partnership is a significant milestone in AUP’s strategy to expand its activities in Central Europe, and it converges with plans to grow, diversify, and strengthen its own programme. The partnership will open up many avenues for continued growth and new initiatives for both parties.”

IOP Publishing launches series of open access journals dedicated to machine learning and artificial intelligence for the sciences 

IOP Publishing (IOPP) is launching the world’s first series of open access journals dedicated to the application and development of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) for the sciences. The new multidisciplinary Machine Learning series will collectively cover applications of ML and AI across the physical sciences, engineering, biomedicine and health, and environmental and earth science. 

Building on the successful launch of Machine Learning: Science and Technology in 2019,IOPP’s Machine Learning series will expand to include three new journals: Machine Learning: Health, Machine Learning: Earth, and Machine Learning: Engineering. The new journalswill open for submissions later this year. In addition to research articles and reviews the series will also uniquely publish dataset, benchmark and challenge articles to meet the diverse needs of research communities working at the interface of ML, AI and the sciences.  

“It’s clear that ML and AI have the potential to be transformational in accelerating the advance of new scientific knowledge and discovery,” says Dr. Tim Smith, Head of Portfolio Development at IOPP. “Through our new Machine Learning series, we’re committed to creating a world-leading publishing home that represents the many areas of science where ML is already playing a critical role. We’re excited to introduce even more article formats supporting our open science goals as a publisher and ensuring the reproducibility, integrity and trust of peer-reviewed research.” 

Authors publishing in IOPP’s three new machine learning journals will benefit from free open access publishing throughout 2025, with all article publication charges covered by IOPP.  

As part of the Purpose-Led Publishing coalition, researchers publishing with IOPP can be assured that their work will advance knowledge and contributes to the physical sciences community. Profits generated by IOPP are reinvested into the Institute of Physics, supporting efforts to make science accessible for all. 

For more information about our Machine Learning series, please visit: https://ioppublishing.org/publications/journals/machine-learning-series 

IEEE Journals Lead the Field in the Latest Citation Rankings

IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization advancing technology for humanity, announced today that its journals once again excelled in the journal citation rankings according to the latest Journal Citation Reports™ from Clarivate Analytics and CiteScore™ metrics by Scopus, both released in June 2024. The latest results demonstrate a collective and consistent high-level of performance across IEEE publications in a wide range of technologies in both open access and hybrid journals. In addition, several IEEE journals were ranked at the top of their respective fields. 

Journal Rankings by Impact Factor

Journal Impact Factor™ (JIF) is widely used by many in the technical community to compare the impact of scholarly research journals. Journal Impact Factor calculates the average number of times articles from a journal published in the past two years have been cited in the JCR year. In the most recent JCR, a wide range of IEEE publications were among the most-cited journals in multiple categories:

● 21 of the top 25 journals in Electrical & Electronic Engineering

● 13 of the top 15 journals in Telecommunications

● 5 of the top 10 journals in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence

● 5 of the top 10 journals in Imaging Sciences

● 4 of the top 5 journals in Automation and Control systems

● 3 of the top 5 journals in Computer Science, Cybernetics

● 3 of the top 5 journals in Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture

● 3 of the top 5 journals in Computer Science, Information Systems

Top Ranked Journals in Several JCR Categories

The following are examples of IEEE journals that ranked highly in their respective categories:

● IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials – #1 in Telecommunications, #1 in Information Systems (JIF: 34.4)

● IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine – #1 in Imaging Science, #1 in Remote Sensing (JIF 16.2)

● IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica – #1 in Automation and Control (JIF: 15.3)

● IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing – #1 in Cybernetics (JIF: 9.6)

● Proceedings of the IEEE – # 2 in Electrical Engineering (JIF: 23.2)

● IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence – #2 in Artificial Intelligence, #3 in Electrical Engineering (JIF 20.8)

● IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication – #2 in Telecommunications (JIF 13.8)

● IEEE Wireless Communications – #2 in Computer Science, Hardware and Architecture, #3 in Telecommunications (JIF: 10.9)

Journal Rankings by CiteScore

CiteScore is a widely accepted citation metric developed from Elsevier’s Scopus data. The 2023 CiteScore divides the total number of citations to peer-reviewed articles in a journal in 2020-2023 by the total number of peer-reviewed articles published in the journal over the same period. In the most recent CiteScore report by Scopus, IEEE publications were consistently listed among the most-cited journals in multiple categories:

● 10 of the top 20 journals in Electrical Engineering

● 9 of the top 20 journals in Computer Networks and Communications

● 7 of the top 20 journals in Signal Processing

● 8 of the top 20 journals in Computer Software

● 3 of the top 5 journals in Computational Theory and Mathematics

● 3 of the top 5 journals in Automotive Engineering

● 3 of the top 5 journals in Applied Mathematics

● 3 of the top 5 journals in Control & Systems Engineering

● 2 of the top 5 journals in Acoustics and Ultrasonics

Top Ranked Journals in Several CiteScore Categories

Following are examples of IEEE journals that ranked highly in their respective categories:

● IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials – #1/797 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (CiteScore: 80.2)

● Proceedings of the IEEE – #1/232 in General Computer Science, #4/797 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (CiteScore 46.4)

● IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence – #1/635 title in Applied Mathematics, #1/213 in Computational Theory and Mathematics                     (CiteScore: 28.4)

● IEEE Signal Processing Magazine – #2/635 in Applied Mathematics, #2/122 in Signal Processing (CiteScore: 27.2)

● IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation – #2/213 in Computational Theory and Mathematics, #3/130 in Theoretical Computer Science (CiteScore 21.9)

● IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine – #2/141 in Instrumentation, #3/195 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (CiteScore: 20.5)

● IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications – #3/395 in Computer Networks and Communications (CiteScore: 30.0)

● IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems – #3/125 in Automotive Engineering (CiteScore: 14.8)

“In addition to publisher reputation and readership, these rankings are one of several methods available to researchers in deciding where they would like to publish their research,” said Sergio Benedetto, IEEE Vice President-Publication Services and Products. “The latest results demonstrate the important role that IEEE publications play in supporting the IEEE mission to disseminate critical new information to the global community of millions of IEEE Xplore® users. I would like to thank all of our many authors, reviewers, and editors for their important contributions helping IEEE publish the highest quality information in the field.”

First Impact Factors for New Fully Open Access Journals

IEEE also announced that two more of IEEE’s recently launched fully open access journals were accepted for indexing by Clarivate and received their first Journal Impact Factors. The IEEE Journal of Microwaves and the IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications were both awarded their first Journal Impact Factors and accepted into the Web of Science Core Collection™ in 2024. This is in addition to 12 other IEEE fully open access journals that received their first Journal Impact Factors in 2023.

Additional Journal Bibliometrics 

IEEE also monitors other common bibliometric journal measurements such as Article Influence® Score and Eigenfactor®. Although calculated differently than Impact Factor and CiteScore, IEEE journals rank highly in those additional citation measurements as well:

● IEEE Access, IEEE’s largest fully open access publication, is ranked as the No. 1 journal by Eigenfactor in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications. IEEE         has 9 of the top 10 journals in Electrical Engineering by Eigenfactor Score.

● IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence was ranked as the No. 1 journal by Eignefactor in Artificial Intelligence. This was followed by IEEE     Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics and IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, respectively, taking the       top 4 spots in the AI category.

● IEEE publishes 8 of the top 10 journals in Electrical Engineering and 9 of the top 10 journals in Telecommunications as calculated by Article Influence Score.

For more detailed information on IEEE rankings and how each bibliometric measurement is calculated, please see the full results.

CCC Pioneers Collective Licensing Solution for Content Usage in Internal AI Systems

Inclusion of a Growing Collection of Harmonized Rights for the Internal Use of Content within AI Systems Drives Value for Companies with CCC’s Annual Copyright Licenses

CCC, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, today announced the availability of artificial intelligence (AI) re-use rights within its Annual Copyright Licenses (ACL), an enterprise-wide content licensing solution offering rights from millions of works to businesses that subscribe.

The inclusion of AI re-use rights makes the ACL the first-ever collective licensing solution for the internal use of copyrighted materials in AI systems. The license enables participating rightsholders to fulfill the needs of companies that require an efficient way to legally acquire the rights to use copyrighted materials within AI systems for internal use.

“It is possible to be pro-AI and pro-copyright, and to couple AI with respect for creators,” said Tracey Armstrong, President and CEO, CCC. “Responsible AI starts with licensing, and in developing this license, CCC enables users to efficiently gain access to a consistent set of rights across many rightsholders and returns royalties to rightsholders as compensation for use of their works.”

Advances in AI systems are impacting all industries, speeding up research and development and improving operational efficiency. AI systems rely on a variety of materials, including high-quality copyrighted content, to deliver the most meaningful value. These systems rely on content and the creation and storage of copies that can be accessed for future reference.

As society realizes the benefits promised by AI systems, voluntary, non-exclusive collective licensing solutions like the ACL effectively enable the use of copyrighted materials with AI systems, which create copies and retain the expression of the original works on which they are trained. The license provides users with a harmonized set of internal use AI rights from a broad range of rightsholders and provides rightsholders with remuneration for these new uses of their content.

“For AI to advance ethically and in a sustainable manner, it is essential to both protect authors and publishers from infringement and incentivize them to participate,” said Maria Pallante, President and CEO, Association of American Publishers. “Efficient, voluntary licensing solutions are a win-win for everybody in the value chain, including AI developers who want to do the right thing. I am grateful to organizations like CCC, as they are helping the next generation marketplace to evolve robustly and in forward-thinking fashion.”

“To fulfill its potential, AI must be paired with an appreciation of, and respect for, creators and copyright, which fuels responsible AI innovation,” added Babis Marmanis, Executive Vice President and CTO, CCC. “This incentivizes the development of creative works that serve as the foundational materials upon which AI systems are built.”

Since 1978, CCC has supported content users by providing efficient, harmonized licensing solutions that cover their internal uses of content. CCC’s portfolio of non-exclusive voluntary collective licensing solutions includes ACL for Business, Multinational Copyright License (MCL) for Business, ACL for Higher Education, ACL for Curriculum & Instruction, and ACL for Student Assessments.  In addition to licensing solutions, CCC provides one-stop access for users to request, receive, and pay for full-text content and permissions to re-use content.

CCC actively advocates for copyright worldwide, engaging governments, stakeholders, and individuals with educational programming and thought leadership resources.  The organization also produces an online hub, AI, Copyright & Licensing, which features informational resources for creators, publishers, rightsholders, technologists, media representatives, policymakers, intellectual property attorneys, and others.

Clarivate launches Academia AI Advisory Council

“AI Everywhere All at Once.” This year’s theme from Outsell, Inc. perfectly captures the expansion of artificial intelligence across all facets of our lives. In academia, this rapid advancement raises more questions than answers. How do we ensure ethical AI use? How can we advance research and drive research integrity? How do we use AI to advance student learning skills? Is AI literacy becoming a librarianship necessity?

At Clarivate™, we’ve been partnering with the community to develop a broad range of Academic AI solutions, grounded in authoritative content and leveraging a robust Academic AI Platform.

Now, to advance the conversation on these pressing issues, we are excited to announce the formation of the Clarivate Academia AI Advisory Council, first revealed earlier this year.

Goals of the Academia AI Advisory Council

The speed and impact of AI technologies presents both immense opportunities and complex challenges for the academic community. To navigate this evolving landscape, we have brought together a diverse group of experts to form the Academia AI Advisory Council. The council aims to:

  • Collaborate to promote the responsible application of AI in academia.
  • Develop guidelines for using AI to improve research and learning experiences.
  • Establish best practices for testing and verifying AI-based services.
  • Share knowledge and expertise from AI initiatives across the academic spectrum.
  • Explore and prioritize AI use cases for teaching, learning and research processes.

A wealth of perspectives

The AI Advisory Council is composed of distinguished members from libraries and academic institutions worldwide, bringing a wealth of perspectives and expertise. Their collective insights will help guide the responsible and innovative use of AI in academia.

In the first meetings, council members touched on several important topics that will guide future discussions, including means to support research and learning through AI, addressing inaccuracy and bias in AI solutions for higher-ed, ensuring transparency in AI-powered search results and collaborating with standard-setting market organizations.

Bohyun Kim, Associate University Librarian at the University of Michigan, said. “The adoption of AI is likely to produce an impact and changes that go far beyond the local improvements that libraries may initially be looking for. In thinking through those impact and changes and deliberating on how we can collectively ensure AI benefits the broad academic and library ecosystem in the manner that is ethical, responsible, equitable and sustainable, community forums can play an important role.”

Josh Sendall, Director of Library Services at the University of Leeds, added, “The application of AI in the research and higher education sector is an area of personal and professional interest for me. There’s a world of opportunity in this space. A collaborative spirit between universities and our partners is critical for realizing the full potential of AI.”

Join the conversation

The Clarivate Academia AI Advisory Council is committed to fostering a collaborative environment where diverse voices can contribute to the responsible advancement of AI in academia. We welcome your queries and questions at academiaai@clarivate.com as we continue this important journey.

Stay tuned for more updates as we work together to shape the future of AI in academia.

To learn more, visit the Clarivate AI for Academia center.

Wiley Appoints Matthew Kissner as President and CEO

Wiley, a global leader in research and learning, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Matthew Kissner as president and CEO, following a successful interim period.

“Over the past nine months, Matt has made great progress improving our organization, accelerating our value creation plans, driving strong momentum in our core, and rallying around new AI opportunities,” said Jesse Wiley, chair of the board. “As an experienced C-suite operator and Wiley veteran, he brings a deep understanding of our markets, customers, operations, financials, and people – all of which has been evident in our material progress.”

Wiley continued: “After a formal process that included a global search, the Board has concluded that Matt is the right person to lead Wiley through the next phase of our journey as a knowledge solutions company. We look forward to working alongside him to continue our momentum and deliver significant value for our stakeholders, including shareholders, customers, and colleagues.”

Under Kissner’s leadership, Wiley recently exceeded its Fiscal 2024 earnings guidance and other stated objectives, delivered revenue in the higher end of its range, and executed two GenAI content rights projects. The Company is targeting revenue, profit, and free cash flow growth in Fiscal 2025 and Fiscal 2026 driven by business momentum and accelerated run rate cost savings.

Kissner has been with Wiley in a leadership, board, or consulting role for over 20 years, including as Interim President and CEO, Group Executive, and Board Chair. Prior to Wiley, he held leadership positions with Pitney Bowes, Bankers Trust, Citibank, and Morgan Stanley.

“I am honored by the Board’s trust in me to lead this remarkable company into its next exciting phase,” said Matt Kissner, Wiley’s president and CEO. “Our markets are trending favorably, our financials are strong, and our culture is reinvigorated.”

“I want to thank our global colleagues for their caring, agility, and sharp execution during this pivotal period. We are motivated by our mission to help solve some of the world’s biggest challenges through the creation of knowledge and its application in science, learning and innovation. We are immensely proud of our 200-year history and energized by our ever-increasing relevance in today’s digital knowledge economy,” added Kissner.

Frontiers expands partnership options for institutions with fully OA flat fee model

Frontiers, a leading open access publisher dedicated to scientific advancement, announced the roll-out of its flat fee open access model for institutions.   

As a pioneer of open access publishing since 2007, Frontiers has extensive experience in co-developing partnership models with a wide range of institutions based on their individual research and budgetary needs. We have drawn on this in-depth knowledge to implement a “transformed” institutional open access model – a transparent fully open access flat fee model – representing a shift in how institutions can transition to open access without being locked into paywalled subscription ‘big deals.’ This will enable research libraries and institutions to support their authors and researchers with unlimited open access publishing in all Frontiers’ journals. 

Our institutional partnerships team recognizes the limitations of traditional subscription models and the complexities of navigating open-access options. We aim to simplify that process for our partners. We work closely with research libraries, universities, and consortia to design solutions that fit their needs, from prepayment, monthly invoicing, to direct and annualized invoicing options, offering flexibility and control over publishing expenses. Our financial models are designed to address barriers to adopting open access, providing cost-effective solutions that scale with institutions’ publishing needs, and removing the financial limits to authors open access publishing. 

Flat fee partnerships offer a compelling value proposition for institutions, including enablement of improved open access budget planning with a single, predictable annual fee, that reduces administrative work and by extension frees up valuable resources for other crucial initiatives, as well as the opportunity for institutions and authors to leverage Frontiers’ advanced technology platform to ensure research is openly accessible, discoverable, and easily readable by a global audience.  

“The current landscape of transformative agreements clearly shows that it does not offer a strong avenue to transition to a fully open research environment,” says Dr. Franck Vazquez, Director of Partnerships. As recent reports show, while these deals might offer some initial benefits, they often lack the transformative conditions necessary to truly move towards fully open publishing. Our flat fee model offers a clear alternative. By establishing a single, predictable fee, institutions gain access to unlimited open access publishing for their researchers. This does not only simplify budget management, but it also restores author-choice, allowing researchers to publish open access without any of the APC administrative burdens. This is the catalyst that we need to accelerate the transition of science to a fully open future. We believe that this flat fee model, built on transparency and cost predictability, is the key to unlocking open access for researchers, institutions, and ultimately the advancement of science. 

This new model thus complements Frontiers’ well-proven metered central invoicing models offered through our institutional partnerships program. All our models enable institutions to support their researchers to be at the forefront of scientific progress and deliver unparalleled value and impact to the research community. 

The announcement comes after Frontiers’ pilot agreements negotiated with key partners in Europe (ZB MED and ZIB in Germany and Bibsam in Sweden) and North America (California and Kansas Universities). These partnerships allowed us to enter a new stage as we worked closely with leading institutions and libraries, tackling common challenges and ensuring the model delivers the best value for money.  

The successful implementation of these agreements is just one critical step toward supporting and accelerating the transformation of academic publishing. Frontiers is actively working on an insights platform to accelerate the adoption of open access and the flat fee model by consortia, institutions, libraries, funders, and other publishers worldwide.  

By inviting institutions to join our institutional partnerships program and academic publishing stakeholders to embrace the OA flat Fee model principles, Frontiers aims to bring stability, transparency, and affordability to academic publishing costs, reinvigorate the global open access transition, and foster a healthier scholarly publishing market. 

To learn more about our institutional partnerships and the flat fee model, please email institutions@frontiersin.org or visit our website. 

The ‘Insights 2024: Attitudes toward AI’ Report Reveals Researchers and Clinicians Believe in AI’s Potential but Demand Transparency in Order to Trust Tools

Elsevier’s survey of 3,000 researchers and clinicians shows willingness to use AI in their daily work,  with clear differences in attitude between US, China, and India.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to transform research and healthcare, yet adoption of AI for work use remains low as does use of even the most popular AI platforms like Bard and ChatGPT, according to a new study by Elsevier, a global leader in scientific information and data analytics. The Insights 2024: Attitudes toward AI report, based on a survey of 3,000 researchers and clinicians across 123 countries, reveals that both groups see AI having the greatest potential in accelerating knowledge discovery, increasing work quality and saving costs. 

However, to maximize the use of AI, both groups are clear about the specific concerns that need to be addressed: they want assurances of quality content, trust and transparency before integrating AI tools into their daily work.  Most notably, the majority of clinicians and researchers familiar with AI, said they believe in AI’s potential to help them and their organizations in their work:  

  • ●94% of researchers and 96% of clinicians think AI will help accelerate knowledge discovery 
  • ●92% of researchers and 96% of clinicians think it will help rapidly increase the volume of scholarly and medical research 
  • ●92% of researchers and clinicians foresee cost savings for institutions and businesses 
  • ●87% think it will help increase work quality overall 
  • ●85% of both groups believe AI will free up time to focus on higher value projects. 

However, both respondent groups fear further rise in misinformation could impact critical decisions:

  • ●95% of researchers along with 93% of clinicians believe AI will be used for misinformation 
  • ●86% of researchers and 85% of clinicians believe AI could cause critical errors, while a similar ratio expressed concern about AI leading to weakened critical thinking 
  • ●81% of researchers worry AI will erode critical thinking with 82% of doctors expressing concern that physicians will become over reliant on AI to make clinical decisions 
  • ●79% of clinicians and 80% of researchers believe AI will cause disruption to society. 

Researchers and clinicians expect tools to be based on high quality, trusted content and want transparency about the use of generative AI: 

  • ●If AI tools are backed by trusted content, quality controls and responsible AI principles, 89% of researchers who expressed belief AI can benefit their work would use it to generate a synthesis of articles, while 94% of clinicians who believe AI can benefit their work said they would employ AI to assess symptoms and identify conditions or diseases.  
  • ●Transparency is key. 81% of researchers and clinicians expect to be told whether the tools they are using depend on generative AI. 
  • ●71% expect generative AI dependent tools’ results to be based on high quality trusted sources only. 
  • ●78% of researchers and 80% of clinicians expect to be informed if the peer-review recommendations they receive about manuscripts utilize generative AI. 

The findings also reveal different attitudes amongst researchers and clinicians in the world’s top three research-generating nations, the US, China and India:   

  • ●Of those familiar with AI over half (54%) have actively used AI with just under a third (31%) for a specific work-related purpose. This is higher in China (39%) and lower in India (22%)  
  • ●Only 11% of respondents consider themselves very familiar with AI or use it often. 67% of those who have not used AI expect to in two to five years with China (83%) and India (79%) outpacing the US (53%) significantly 
  • ●US respondents are less likely to feel positive about the future impact of AI on their area of work – 28% in the US vs. 46% in China, 41% in India. 

Researchers and clinicians in China, India and the US who believe AI would help them in their work are more closely aligned, albeit still with some difference in how likely they are to use a trusted AI assistant to review prior studies, identify gaps in knowledge and generate a new research hypothesis for testing.  Respondents in India stood at 100% likelihood, China at 96%, and the US at 84%.  

Kieran West, Executive Vice President, Strategy, Elsevier, said: “AI has the potential to transform many aspects of our lives, including research, innovation and healthcare, all vital drivers of societal progress. As it becomes more integrated into our everyday lives and continues to advance at a rapid pace, its adoption is expected to rise. Researchers and clinicians worldwide are telling us they have an appetite for adoption to aid their profession and work, but not at the cost of ethics, transparency and accuracy. They have indicated that high quality, verified information, responsible development and transparency are paramount to building trust in AI tools, and alleviating concerns over misinformation and inaccuracy. This report suggests some steps that need to be taken to build confidence and usage in the AI tools of today and tomorrow.” 

For more than a decade, Elsevier has been using AI and machine learning technologies in combination with our world-class peer-reviewed content, extensive data sets and expert human oversight to create products that help the research, life sciences and healthcare communities be more effective every day. We do so in line with Elsevier’s Responsible AI Principles and Privacy Principles and in collaboration with our communities to ensure our solutions help them achieve their goals. By incorporating generative AI in our offerings, we aim to make it easier and more intuitive for customers to find the information they can trust to accelerate scientific discovery, empower collaboration and transform patient care.  

For the full findings from the Insights 2024: Attitudes toward AI study, including additional insights from researchers and clinicians, please visit elsevier.com/insights/attitudes-toward-ai or contact the media representative at the top of this release.

Springer Nature’s annual progress report, published today

2023 Annual Progress Report highlights progress made across its Research, Health and Education divisions. This includes the increasing role technology is playing in research by supporting more authors, driving more usage of content and ensuring that content can be trusted.

Springer Nature’s annual progress report, published today, outlines the important role the company’s continued investment in technology is playing in supporting its staff in further accelerating the publication process, protecting the integrity of the academic record and delivering continuously increasing value to its users and customers. In 2023 spend in technology increased to more than €173m and over a third of employees in the research division are now in tech-heavy roles. In particular:  

  • Its new article submission platform, Snapp, achieved the milestone of supporting 1 million submissions 
  • Investment in in-house created research integrity tools such as Geppetto, which scans submissions for suspicious text, and SnappShot, which detects manipulated images, supported in the identification of c. 8,000 submissions with major integrity problems  
  • AskAdis, an AI-powered conversational interface developed for the pharma sector is providing more immediate and relevant answers to research questions   

2023 also saw Springer Nature publish a record number of articles including open access (OA) articles, meaning more research was immediately and freely available for all to use than ever before. Combined, this led to a significant increase in the use of our content. 

Frank Vrancken Peeters, CEO of Springer Nature, said:  

“I am proud of the positive progress and change we delivered for the communities we serve in 2023. In no small part, this was due to our talented and dedicated colleagues in over 40 countries who are helping researchers, clinicians, students, and teachers find solutions to the world’s biggest challenges.  

“Our significant investments in technology and Open Access publishing ensured we were able to grow our business responsibly, maintaining high standards and impact, while propelling us towards a future where knowledge is universally accessible. This not only supports the advancement of science but also enhances equity and inclusivity in research. With protecting the integrity of scientific research becoming increasingly important, we also doubled the size of our research integrity group to ensure the research we publish can be trusted and built on to advance new discoveries”.   

Highlights of the report include:  

  • 420,000 primary research articles published — equivalent to more than 1,100 articles per day  
  • 44% of primary research articles published open access (OA), a significant increase from 38% in 2022  
  • Over 940,000 pieces of SDG-related research published since 2015 and cited more than 13 million times   
  • Content being used more with downloads reaching 3.1 billion, or 8.5 million every day — an 8% increase year on year   

The report also shows continued investment in Springer Nature’s talented workforce of 9,400 people in over 40 countries. The launch of its new employer proposition, Be Part of Progress, guides the delivery of initiatives where colleagues are encouraged and supported to reach their full potential. Early 2024 also saw the company recognised externally as a Leading Employer in Germany, the UK and the US, and internal employee satisfaction also increasing.    

In addition, as a leading publisher of educational, health and professional content Springer Nature continues to add value to these communities.  

Macmillan Education supported students on their learning journey with the publication of 86 new textbook series, helping the business record strong, above pre-pandemic, level of sales in its 180th anniversary year. Its Advancing Futures programme, by helping teachers introduce topics such as citizenship, DEI and sustainability into the classroom, empowers students to work towards a better future for all people and the planet.   

In an uncertain business environment, the Health business recorded strong results in India and rolled out Medbee in Germany, a mobile-first community platform for doctors.   

Progress across the business also translated into growing demand for Springer Nature’s services and a strong financial performance, with underlying revenue growth of 5.2% and revenues of €1.85 billion. 

Clarivate Annual G20 Scorecard Examines Global Research and Innovation Trends Across G20 Members

Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today released its annual G20 scorecard, compiled by expert analysts and data scientists at the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)™. The annual G20 research and innovation scorecard examines the research and innovation capabilities of each G20 member through dynamic, interactive data visualizations. This year, for the first time, the report includes data for the European Union and the G20’s new permanent member, the African Union.

The scorecard is designed for the responsible evaluation of the research and innovation capabilities of the G20 members, including new data points that illuminate collaborative impact and demonstrate the effect of research and innovation on society in the form of patent to paper citations. It also contains expanded analyses of data on the research focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), examining the collaborative and accessible nature of this research. It publishes ahead of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on November 18-19 and is freely available to explore on Clarivate.com.

Emmanuel Thiveaud, Senior Vice President for Research & Analytics, Academia & Government at Clarivate said: “We promote responsible research assessment by considering comprehensive profiles and indicators that capture the broad contributions research makes to society in terms of quality and impact.“ 

“The G20 scorecard provides a holistic view of the global research and innovation landscape, highlighting strengths and areas needing improvement within each country and region profiled. For policymakers, governments, funders and research institutions worldwide, it offers reliable evidence to inform critical decisions about research planning and strategic investments.”

Gordon Rogers, Senior Manager, Data Science at the Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate, said: “The inclusion of the European and the African Union in the 2024 scorecard for the first time marks a pivotal expansion in our analysis to reflect a more comprehensive and inclusive view of global research dynamics. This broader perspective allows for a deeper understanding of the diverse and collaborative efforts needed to address global challenges and advance sustainable development goals.”

Key findings in the 2024 G20 scorecard include:

  • The African Union (AU) shows a high collaboration rate, collaborations with Mainland China yield higher citation impact than those with the U.S., their leading partner. The AU’s SDG priorities are No Poverty (SDG 1) and Gender Equality (SDG 5).
  • The European Union is the largest contributor of papers than any other G20 member. 40% of collaboration is with external partners compared to 10% within the EU. It publishes more open access papers than the G20 average.
  • Germany has a high number of researchers per capita. It exhibits above world average Category Normalized Citation ImpactTM (CNCI) for collaborative papers and its Normalized Patent Citation Impact* is around twice the world average in Medicine. More than 60% of papers produced in 2023 were open access.
  • India has seen international collaboration increase to just over one-third (35.6%) over the decade (2014 to 2023), the U.S. is its leading collaborator. Its SDG focus on Economic Growth (SDG 8) and Industry (SDG 9) are the most impactful.
  • Mainland China’s international collaborations are mostly bilateral (around three quarters). Its most frequent partner remains the U.S., although the percentage has halved over the decade (2014 – 2023) from 12% to 6%. Its Normalized Patent Citation Impact is above world average.
  • South Korea’s collaborations with the U.S. have fallen, while those with Mainland China and India are rising. It also shows high Normalized Patent Citation Impact in Good Health (SDG 3) and Sustainable Cities (SDG 11), at around 1.6 and 1.4 times the world average respectively.
  • United Kingdom’s research output has a high citation impact with CNCI at 1.4 times world average; Collaboration rose from below 60% in 2015 to over 70% since 2022, with leading partners in the U.S., Germany and increasingly, Mainland China. Its Normalized Patent Citation Impact is strong in Engineering and Technology, Medicine and Life Sciences.
  • United States exhibits high Normalized Patent Citation Impact in Engineering and Technology, Life Sciences and Medicine. On the UN SDGs, there is a strong focus on Peace & Justice (SDG 16) and Reduced Inequalities (SDG 10) in terms of paper output and a strong focus on Good Health (SDG 3) and Clean Energy (SDG 7) in terms of citation impact from patents.

Karger Publishers Expands Open Access Options with More Subscribe to Open Journals

The Subscribe to Open (S2O) pilot program will be extended by adding two more journals in 2025. It is one of the Open Access models that highlights Karger’s ‘Open for Open’ approach.

​​​​For a third year, Karger Publishers will continue its S2O program by adding two more journals with promise to accelerate toward Open Access (OA), European Addiction Research and Neurodegenerative Diseases, in 2025. By adding these two journals, Karger is offering OA content to more fields and communities where free and immediate online availability of research, independently of APCs or funding, is beneficial to scientific and societal progress. 

While many journals in Psychiatry/Psychology and Neurology/Neuroscience have transitioned to OA through the Gold (APC) model, Karger has chosen a subscriber-based approach to uphold immediate OA. This decision minimizes inconvenience for authors and subscribers, emphasizing Karger’s commitment to making its high-quality research broadly accessible to the global scientific community while ensuring the journal’s financial stability.

Subscribe to Open refers to a publishing model in which a journal may become OA by reaching a certain number of subscriptions. In the program’s first year, the 2023 volumes for the journals Developmental Neuroscience and Pediatric Neurosurgery met their subscription targets for OA, while in 2024, only one of the journals did. In the S2O model, a journal may change between hybrid – that is, subscription-based with a paid option to publish any paper as OA – and full Open Access.

“We are thrilled that Developmental Neuroscience has remained Open Access for a second year and that we can expand our pilot next year with two more journals added to the program,” states Beth Bayley, Open Science Manager at Karger Publishers. “We are committed to exploring Subscribe to Open as a way to provide more OA options to author and reader communities.”

S2O is a relatively new publishing model that supports authors with all the benefits of OA, including high visibility for their work and a solution to meet all OA mandates, without cost to the authors. The expansion of the S2O pilot shows Karger’s continued commitment to offering OA options to authors wherever possible. Recognizing that there is currently no ‘one-size-fits-all’ route to OA, Karger takes an “Open for Open” approach, and continues to seek ways to publish more Open Access in a way that is sustainable for all stakeholders.

For more information, please visit Subscribe to Open | Karger Publishers.

American Association of Respiratory Care and Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Sign Co-publishing Agreement Facilitated by KGL Consulting 

The American Association of Respiratory Care (AARC), and global media company, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., have entered into a new co-publishing agreement for the Association’s flagship journal, Respiratory Care. The partnership was facilitated by leading scholarly publishing advisors, KGL Consulting, part of KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd.

Respiratory Care is circulated to approximately 41,000 AARC members as well as leading institutions around the globe, and is widely acknowledged as the premier worldwide clinical resource for respiratory therapists, physicians, and others with interest in respiratory care practice. It is also the leading outlet for research pertaining to mechanical ventilation and respiratory equipment. In seeking a commercial publishing partner, the Association looks to further expand its global reach, enhance its service to authors, and ensure its continued success in attracting the highest quality research from around the world. AARC will retain full ownership, copyright, and editorial control of its flagship journal.

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publisher of impactful peer-reviewed research in the fields of biotechnology & the life sciences and specialized clinical medicine, will provide technology, scale, distribution, and strategic guidance to AARC for Respiratory Care. The Journal will be the flagship publication among Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.’s renowned portfolio of peer-reviewed journals in respiratory medicine, and will continue to be published monthly online. The agreement takes effect in January 2025.

Dean Hess, Managing Editor of Respiratory Care commented, “This partnership will position Respiratory Care to successfully navigate the dramatic changes occurring in the industry including accelerating adoption of new technologies and changes in long-established business models—all while maintaining the exceptional quality standards that authors and readers expect from the AARC and the Journal.”   

Bob Vrooman, Vice President, Publishing Services & Partnerships at Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. added, “We are excited to build on AARC’s long history of publishing excellence and are confident that we can help Respiratory Care capitalize on the many growth opportunities in this vibrant field. We look forward to a fruitful collaboration and to enhancing Respiratory Care’s status as a leading resource for clinicians around the globe.” 

KGL Consulting is a leading consultancy offering a wide range of services to the scholarly publishing community including strategic planning, contract negotiation, RFP management, market research, workflow optimization, and editor-in-chief recruitment. 

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