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Announcing SSP’s 2023 Journals Academy: Virtual Training for Scholarly Journals Publishing

The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is excited to launch its 2023 Journals Academy, a comprehensive virtual training program tailored for professionals and students in scholarly journals publishing. This unique opportunity spans three sessions, delivering nine hours of virtual training on November 28, December 5, and December 12, 2023.

Developed by SSP’s Training Task Force and designed for the needs of early to mid-career publishing staff seeking to expand their knowledge, the SSP Journals Academy promises to be an invaluable resource for all participants. Even experienced industry veterans looking to refresh their skills and stay updated with the latest best practices will find the Journals Academy a valuable resource.

These three engaging sessions will immerse attendees in established and emerging aspects of the academic journals landscape, offering valuable insights to bolster their daily responsibilities and advance their careers.

Key Dates and Sessions:

  • November 28 | Session 1: The Business of Scholarly Publishing
  • December 5 | Session 2: Key Components of Scholarly Publishing
  • December 12 | Session 3: Deeper Dive into Scholarly Publishing

The sessions will be conducted virtually, featuring ample opportunities for interactivity and networking with fellow attendees. The distinguished instructors are experts in their respective fields, representing a diverse spectrum of commercial and society publishers and service providers.

Topics covered in the program include:

  • Journal Business Models
  • Financial Aspects of Academic Publishing
  • Editorial and Production 
  • Marketing
  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
  • Data and Decision Making
  • Hot Topics in Publishing

Upon successful course completion, attendees will receive a digital badge, which they can proudly share with their professional networks or add to their credentials on LinkedIn.

“We’re excited to offer this comprehensive, practical, and affordable overview of the industry from instructors representing a range of perspectives. In addition to the scheduled virtual sessions, attendees will have access to a community to join discussions and find resources. We hope participants will complete the academy with ideas for how they can benefit their organizations and develop their careers.” 

Please visit SSP’s website for registration and more information about the SSP Journals Academy.

Pricing discounts are available for organizations seeking multi-user licenses, making it an ideal choice for distributed team development. Additionally, special discounts are extended to students, members of AUPresses, NASIG, NISO, LPC, ACSE, and ALPSP, as well as residents of countries classified as low, lower-middle, or upper-middle on the World Bank List of Economies.

The American Medical Association Partners with Silverchair for More Services & Support

Silverchair and the American Medical Association (AMA) announced today that they have further expanded their partnership on the JAMA Network. The expanded relationship includes additional support for releases to the media and adoption of the Silverchair Composer tool, and an extension of AMA’s retained team support and development.

The JAMA Network publishes JAMA®, one of the most cited and highly regarded medical journals in the world, together with JAMA Network Open® and 11 specialty journals that publish original research, reviews, and perspectives shaping the future of medicine. Silverchair also supports the AMA in delivering AMA Ed Hub™, an innovative online learning platform that brings together high quality education from the AMA and other organizations, providing users a breadth of trusted education that enables users to earn and track CME, MOC and CEU credits in a variety of ways.  

Building on the strong foundation established over the last 14 years, the JAMA Network will implement Silverchair Composer, which enhances publishers’ ability to publish and promote blog and news content.  Working closely with Silverchair’s retained development team, the JAMA Network and Silverchair plan to mutually reduce legacy cost and structures through automations and modernized processes, freeing up time for strategic ventures and innovation.

“The Silverchair partnership with the American Medical Association on JAMA Network continues to generate opportunities to jointly innovate, design, and create new value for medical professionals,” said Will Schweitzer, Silverchair CEO. “In the next era of our partnership, we’ll continue to work together to align Silverchair’s product dollars to JAMA Network’s missions and strategic goals.”

“The era publishers are entering expands the need for sustainable and resilient delivery platforms, and we are fortunate to partner with Silverchair to fulfill this core obligation to our readership,” said Paul Gee, VP of Digital Product Management and Strategy at JAMA Network and the AMA Ed Hub. “Their platform gives our readers the online experience they expect, while offering us the ability to focus our energies developing product innovations that will maintain our relevance long into the future.”

Optional Pre-submission Services Available Through AuthorMate Platform

Straive is our official partner for copyediting and typesetting. Unlike other publishers we provide authors with full XML typesetting, English language copyediting and proofreading services at no extra charge.

In addition to these services, thanks to our trusted and long-term partnership with Straive, IntechOpen Authors can now access a range of additional professional pre-submission editorial and production services through their AuthorMate platform.

This platform provides a wide range of pre-submission and pre-publication services aimed at enhancing the quality and readiness of manuscripts, including language and readability refinement, enhancement of artworks and graphics, content usability assessment, identification of missing elements, addressing technical concerns (LaTeX Conversion and LaTeX Support), improving accessibility through alternate text captions, and creating lists of key concepts and terms.

Straive, previously known as SPi Global, is a leading content technology enterprise that provides data services, subject matter expertise, and technology solutions. 

For more information, visit https://www.authormate.ai/intechopen

Latest TA from Springer Nature sees Open Access momentum build across East Asia

Springer Nature has agreed its first transformative agreement (TA) in South Korea with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), supporting over 11,000 affiliated researchers to publish OA at no cost to them, and benefit from the positive impact OA has on research usage and reach.

The TA marks the first for the publisher in South Korea and the first TA for KAIST with any publisher. Alongside the publisher’s recent agreements across Asia and the US, this latest TA continues to signal the growing demand, momentum and growth of OA impact outside of Europe.

Carolyn Honour, Chief Commercial Officer, Springer Nature commented:

“Transformative Agreements are bespoke agreements structured to meet individual customer needs. Our TAs now support researchers from over 3,500 institutions across six continents and continue to prove themselves as the most effective sustainable way to achieve OA growth and transition at scale. We are delighted to have come to this agreement with KAIST, who as an active promoter of the value and impact of OA, are closely aligned with our own goals. We remain focused on facilitating global OA and supporting academic collaboration, discoverability and usability so that all researchers, across the globe, can benefit from OA.”

KAIST affiliated researchers will benefit from access to, and OA publication in, over 2,000 Springer Nature hybrid journals as part of the three year deal which begins in 2024. 

Marking the first TA for the institution, Minsoo Kim, Director of the KAIST Academic and Cultural Center, said:

“Recently KAIST conducted a survey of researchers and over 90% of them said they wanted to be able to publish OA. As a result we have been looking for a partner to help support us in this transition, and are delighted to have found that partner in Springer Nature. This TA, the first among domestic universities in South Korea, will have the effect of converting subscription fees into open access article publication fees meaning that anyone in the world will be able to access our research without any barriers or restrictions. This is a great opportunity to widely share excellent research results.”

More on the publisher’s commitment to the transition to OA can be found here, and the impact of its OA portfolio in its recent OA report.

The State of Open Data Report 2023: Support for researchers still lacking

Surveying over 6000 researchers worldwide, the report from Digital Science, Figshare and Springer Nature provides key evidence of the persisting challenges associated with open data sharing as well as the potential impact of future technologies.

In the eighth annual The State of Open Data report released today, almost three quarters of surveyed researchers overwhelmingly said they are still not getting the support they need to share their data openly. Such data highlights the increased need for greater community collaboration and tools to support researchers in the move to sustainable open science practices.

For the remaining 23% of respondents who had sought and received support with data sharing, the support primarily came from internal sources (colleague/supervisor – 61%), followed by institutional libraries (31%), research office / in-house institutional expertise (26%), publishers (21%) and funders (17%).

“The State of Open Data Report has become a unique, long-term resource chronicling the establishment of open data, attitudes towards it, and researchers’ experiences of data sharing,” said Daniel Hook, CEO of Digital Science. “It’s my hope that readers of the report will not only better understand what the research community is experiencing and achieving now, but what the opportunities are for the future.”

Harsh Jegadeesan, Chief Publishing Officer, Springer Nature added: “By better understanding researchers’ motivations around open research we, as a community, can clearly see the roles we all need to play in driving accessible research forwards and harnessing the power of emerging technologies to move towards greater open science. Ensuring easy and open access to all parts of research supports accessibility, usability and reusability – and this is key in helping to ensure research can be built upon and gets into the hands of those that can effect change to tackle the world’s most challenging issues.”

Over 6000 researchers responded globally, with the highest proportion of responses from India (12%), China (11%) and the United States (9%). For the first time, this year we asked respondents about their experiences of using artificial intelligence (AI) to collect and share data. At a time when almost three-quarters of researchers surveyed say they have never received any support with making their data openly available, looking at the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for supporting the data-sharing process and benchmarking current attitudes may enable stakeholders across the research ecosystem to consider the future role that AI could play in the research process. 

Other key findings from this year’s report show that:

  • 60% of respondents believe that they receive too little credit for sharing their data – credit remains an ongoing concern for researchers and one that has reoccurred across The State of Open Data reports for the past 8 years – hindering the promotion of open science and sustainable data sharing practices by undermining incentives, trust, and collaboration;
  • We need a more nuanced global approach to research data management – one size does not fit all. For example, there was a general consensus in favor of a national mandate for open research data (64%), with respondents from India and Germany displaying higher levels of support (both 71%) compared to other countries.
  • Career stage is not a significant factor in open data awareness or support levels – more inclusive outreach is needed when organizing discussions, forums and panels in the open research space.
  • AI awareness has not yet been translated into action – while almost half of respondents were aware of generative AI tools for data collection, processing, and metadata creation, most are not yet using them.

Speaking of this year’s findings Graham Smith, Open Data Program Manager, Springer Nature, said: “Researchers publishing in the last year are significantly more likely to share data due to a funder requirement than those publishing earlier. At Springer Nature we are taking concrete action to encourage researchers to share their data such as with our single data policy and requiring data availability statements. This, we believe, will help authors in opening up their data for further reuse and interrogation.” 

Founder and CEO of Figshare Mark Hahnel said: “With this year’s report we have seen progress, alongside ever-recurrent themes. But we have also investigated further to see if there is greater consistency or indeed, clear disparities in responses across different countries, research subjects and career stages. Whilst a global funder push towards FAIR data has researchers globally moving in the same direction, it is important to recognize the subtleties in researchers’ behaviors based on variables in who they are and where they are.”

To build on this further this year also sees the first publication of a partner report by the Computer Network Information Centre of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, looking at open data in China. That report is due out on 30 November 2023.

Springer Nature is a proactive partner to the research community, pioneering new approaches to data sharing and committed to supporting researchers in making data sharing the new normal. Learn more about Springer Nature’s engagement towards open data here.

The full State of Open Data report can be accessed on Figshare: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24428194 and the following CAS report will be available at the end of November.

Join in the conversation at #StateOfOpenData

Key findings via theme of the report:

1. Support is not making its way to those who need it 

Almost three-quarters of survey respondents reported they had never received support with planning, managing or sharing their research data, despite the importance of support in the context of the global increase in open data policies and mandates. For those who did receive support for data sharing, it most often came from informal sources like internal colleagues or supervisors (61%). Other sources of support researchers could rely on were institutional libraries (31%), research office / in-house institutional expertise (26%), publishers (21%) and funders (17%).

2. One size does not fit all

Variations in responses from different geographic regions and academic disciplines underscore the need for a more nuanced global approach to research data management support. Notably, there was a general consensus in favor of a national mandate for open research data (64%), with respondents from India and Germany displaying higher levels of support (both 71%) compared to other countries.

3. Challenging stereotypes

While it is often thought that later career academics are opposed to progress, the results of the 2023 survey indicate that career stage is not a significant factor in open data awareness or support levels. This highlights the need for more inclusive outreach when organizing discussions, forums and panels in the open research space.

4. Credit is an ongoing issue

For eight consecutive years, The State of Open Data survey has revealed a recurring concern among researchers: the perception that they don’t receive sufficient recognition for openly sharing their data. In fact, 60% of respondents believe that they receive too little credit for sharing their data.

5. AI awareness hasn’t translated to action

For the first time this year, survey respondents were asked to indicate if they were using ChatGPT or similar generative AI tools for data collection, processing and metadata creation. The most common response to all three questions was: ‘I’m aware of these tools but haven’t considered it.’ In light of the fast-moving nature of AI tools and their applications, The State of Open Data will continue to measure developments in this area in coming surveys.

IOP Publishing unveils industry-leading feedback system for reviewers 

IOP Publishing (IOPP) is now offering peer reviewers feedback on their reviewer reports to enhance the quality of peer review and to strengthen best practice in the physical sciences.  

IOPP have rolled out the new programme on an opt-in basis across all its proprietary journals. Where reviewers opt-in for feedback on their report, IOPP will share a numerical evaluation of how useful the report was to the in-house editors on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being outstanding and 1 indicating that the report is not suitable to inform a decision. Reviewers can then see constructive information about the structure and usefulness of the reports which explains the evaluation.  

A survey which included insights from over 1,200 researchers who have reviewed, or been invited to review, with IOPP shows that feedback on their reviewer reports would improve their peer review experience, whether that is being notified about the final decision on the paper or receiving information about the quality of their report. In particular, the results show that feedback on the quality of reports is most valued by early career researchers, where this feedback can be invaluable in developing their research skills. 

The launch follows a successful trial of the programme across three IOP Publishing journals, including Engineering Research Express, Environmental Research Letters, and Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. Over 85% of reviewers involved in the trial indicated that receiving feedback on their report was useful or very useful. Over 2,700 reviewers have already opted in to receive feedback on their reports since IOPP extended the programme to all its proprietary journals in September. 

Laura Feetham, Reviewer Engagement Manager at IOPP, says: “The work of our peer review experts is crucial to the advancement of science, and yet reviewers rarely (if ever) receive feedback from editors about the quality of their reports and to what extent they influenced the editorial decision. We wanted to change this on behalf of our peer review communities. Now our reviewers can opt-in to be given an honest evaluation of their report, straight from the editor. Our hope is that this will improve transparency in the peer review system and help early-career researchers to build their peer review skillset.”   

The introduction of reviewer feedback is the latest in a series of peer review innovations at IOPP, which include a new co-review policy, and the Peer Review Excellence programme. Researchers interested in becoming part of the IOPP community of reviewers can find out more here.   

Springer Nature and Projekt DEAL to build upon their landmark Transformative Agreement 

Success of current agreement has already led to over 3 times more articles published OA, expanding the reach and impact of German research.

Springer Nature has today announced the intention for a new 5 year Transformative Agreement (TA) with the German DEAL Consortium. This will  build upon its successful landmark 2020 agreement, which has delivered  a more than  threefold increase in open access (OA)  article output with around 15,800 OA articles published in 2022, including almost 15,000 under DEAL. This continued cooperation is reflective of both parties’ commitment to the principles of open science and ensuring the global reach, impact, and use of German research.

The Berlin-headquartered global academic publisher and the DEAL Consortium, open to over 1,000 German and academic research institutions, are currently finalising a new iteration of the 2020  agreement, which has:

  • Significantly accelerated the transition toward freely available research, leading to around 15,800 OA articles from Germany (including almost 15,000 under DEAL) in 2022 compared to less than 4,700 in 2018.
  • Increased the visibility of German research worldwide with downloads of Springer Nature content created by researchers in Germany  increasing from 8.7 million in 2020 to over 48.6 million in 2022. 
  • Secured equal access to global subscription content for German Institutions, usage of which grew by 53%between 2018 and 2022.

Speaking of the forthcoming agreement Dagmar Laging, VP Institutional Sales Europe said:

“DEAL has been a real success story in accelerating the OA transition in Germany. The impact it has had on increasing the visibility and usage of high quality German research worldwide is clearly seen in the data. The intention to extend the agreement further not only shows the value it has for the  German research community, but illustrates the value placed in TAs as key, sustainable drivers for open science. We are very pleased to be able to build on this success together with the German research community.”

The agreement will  continue to allow German researchers from participating institutions to publish OA in Springer Nature’s hybrid Springer, Palgrave, Adis journals as well as in its fully OA portfolio including the fully OA Nature titles.  As part of the agreement, researchers at these institutions retain access to subscription articles across the Springer, Palgrave and Adis portfolios. A separate framework agreement for OA publishing in the Nature research journals is in place with Max Planck Digital Library.

It is anticipated that the final agreement will be signed in the coming weeks. 

Gerard Meijer, Director of the Max Planck Society’s Fritz Haber Institute who negotiated on behalf of DEAL, said: 

“As chief negotiator for the German DEAL Consortium, I am delighted to announce that we are close to concluding a forward-looking opt-in agreement with Springer Nature. Through constructive and trusting negotiations, we have reached an agreement in principle that not only strengthens our partnership, but also reflects a shared commitment to advancing Open Access and promoting the dissemination of knowledge. This forthcoming agreement marks a significant step forward in our collaboration and underlines our commitment to shaping the future of scholarly communication.”

The publisher has been a global pioneer of making research freely available and aims to have 50 percent of its primary research published via OA by the end of next year. More on its TAs and commitment to open research can be found here.

PubHive Launches Local Literature Dashboard & Tailoring Workflows

Local Literature Dashboard: Provides users with a single view of their allocated regions and activities they performed based on the configuration.

PubHive Ltd., a leading provider of scientific literature & safety information workflows provider, today announced the launch of its latest feature, the Local Literature Dashboard and Tailoring Workflows. This new functionality gives drug safety and pharmacovigilance local literature users a more personalized and efficient way to access and manage their local literature resources.

With the Local Literature Dashboard, users can gain a comprehensive overview of their allocated regions and the activities performed within specific territories based on customized configurations. This powerful tool allows users to focus their efforts efficiently on their designated areas, aiding in the swift completion of their assignments and tasks.

This innovative functionality aligns with PubHive’s commitment to empowering pharmacovigilance professionals by offering a user-centric solution. By providing a tailored approach to managing regions and tasks, the Local Literature Dashboard significantly enhances the user experience, allowing for better organization, focus, and streamlined completion of assignments.

Key Features of the Local Literature Dashboard:

  • Overview of allocated regions: Provides users a list and status overview of their assigned regions.
  • Activities summary: Presents a condensed view of the activities performed in allocated regions, such as reviewed articles, generated reports, and regions reviewed.
  • Tailoring workflows: Allows users to customize the dashboard, hiding or highlighting regions per their current work focus.

“PubHive continuously strives to empower pharmacovigilance professionals with tools that optimize their workflow and enhance their efficiency,” stated Raj Vaghela, CEO at PubHive. “The introduction of the Local Literature Dashboard represents our dedication to providing tailored solutions that assist local literature users in focusing on their territories and successfully accomplishing their tasks.”

Benefits of the Local Literature Dashboard and Tailoring Workflows:

  • Enhanced efficiency: A single view of allocated regions and performed activities boosts focus and efficiency in completing assignments.
  • Improved visibility: A clear overview enables users to pinpoint areas requiring attention.
  • Enhanced compliance: Tailoring capabilities ensure meeting specific regulatory requirements.

In essence, the Local Literature Dashboard and Tailoring Workflows bolster PubHive’s platform, providing users with tools to streamline local literature research and reporting.

To explore more about PubHive and the PubHive Navigator platform, visit the PubHive website at https://pubhive.com.

Over 700 institutions in 42 countries are participating in The Company of Biologists’ Read & Publish initiative

We are delighted to announce that a further 102 institutions have joined our cost-neutral Read & Publish Open Access (OA) initiative since January 2023.

Over 700 institutions in 42 countries are now participating. We have agreements with thirteen library consortia, following new agreements with IISER, JULAC and ZB Med – Information Centre for Life Sciences as well as the renewal and expansion of our agreement with Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL).

The success of our Read & Publish initiative is continuing to drive significant growth in the proportion of OA research content in our hybrid journals – Development, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Experimental Biology – which were the first in the world to be afforded Transformative Journal status by Plan S.

We are also happy that libraries are increasingly choosing to take our 5-journal option to include our fully OA journals – Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open – in their Read & Publish agreements.

Shelly Turner, Head of Sales and Business Development at The Company of Biologists, says:

“Thanks to the tremendous support we have received from libraries and library consortia around the world, we are thrilled that over 700 institutions in 42 countries are now participating in our Read & Publish OA initiative. We are also really pleased that most of the agreements include all five journals which expands publishing opportunities for researchers around the world to submit fee-free Open Access articles.”

Claire Moulton, Publisher, The Company of Biologists, says:

“As part of our long-standing commitment to OA and our track record of innovation, we were one of the first not-for-profit publishers to launch a Read & Publish initiative. The ongoing success of the initiative is supporting our Transformative Journal strategy and has helped us to meet our targets for OA growth.
We have also been delighted with the fantastic feedback we have had from authors who have benefitted from immediate and fee-free OA publishing in our journals, particularly from early-career researchers for whom lack of funding can be a major issue.”

PLOS Complex Systems and PLOS Mental Health Now Open for Submissions!

The Public Library of Science (PLOS) is pleased to announce that PLOS Complex Systems and PLOS Mental Health are now open for submissions. Both journals have a strong community of editors who will represent the full diversity of the research communities we aim to serve.

PLOS Mental Health is an inclusive journal led by Editors-in-Chief Charlene Sunkel and Rochelle Burgess, working alongside staff Executive Editor Karli Montague-Cardoso and in collaboration with a diverse Editorial Board. The journal is seeking research that addresses challenges and gaps in the field of mental health research, treatment, and care in ways that put the lived experience of individuals and communities first.

PLOS Complex Systems will bring together leading research of broad significance that facilitates understanding of complex systems in all disciplines, led by Editor-in-Chief Hocine Cherifi in collaboration with our Editorial Board of researchers actively working in the field.  

Both journals are intended to bring a broad range of research disciplines and expert perspectives together through broad scopes that facilitate information-sharing among stakeholders. They’re also built on PLOS’ foundation of Open Science principles and will work with research communities to define the practices that improve research integrity, transparency, equity, and visibility in the field.

Both journals are supported by PLOS’ institutional partnership models. PLOS Mental Health will use our Global Equity model which provides regionally equitable opportunities for institutions to cover the cost of Open Access publication on behalf of their authors. PLOS Complex Systems will be supported by our Flat Fee model, which streamlines the process for institutions to reduce or eliminate author fees.

Authors can check our Institutional Partners page to see if their institution is already a partner for either journal. Authors whose institution or funder is based in a Research4Life country are automatically eligible for similar publishing benefits and can view our fees page for eligibility criteria and additional publication fee support options.

Visit PLOS Complex Systems and PLOS Mental Health for more information about the journals and to sign up to receive news and updates, and join the discussion by following the journals on X (formerly known as Twitter) @PLOSMentalHlth and @PLOSComplexSys.

Acquisition marks joining of two independent academic publishers

Global independent academic publisher Sage has acquired IOS Press, an independent publisher founded in Amsterdam in 1987 that specializes in health, life, and computer sciences. With this move, Sage acquires nearly 100 journals and a frontlist of 70 plus books each year covering subjects such as neuroscience, medical informatics, cancer research, artificial intelligence (AI), data science, and the semantic web.

“IOS Press has centered its operations on integrity, innovation, and impact resulting in a publishing portfolio that furthers our understanding of the world. These values resonate deeply with our own mission at Sage,” said Miranda Nunhofer, vice president of research editorial at Sage. “We are excited to welcome the expert and dedicated IOS team who have been instrumental in building a portfolio of high-impact titles covering core fields such as neuroscience, medicine, and computer science, and thereby improving human lives. We look forward to working with them to build on and even accelerate this success.”

The acquisition marks significant growth in Sage’s open access (OA) program with the addition of more than 20 fully OA journals. It also expands core subject areas for Sage, such as psychology and engineering, and marks an investment in new areas such as AI and image processing.

The IOS Press books program includes stand-alone volumes, book series, reference works, and more across the broad spectrum of scientific, technical, and medical subject categories. And with a focus on embracing new technology and championing FAIR principles for managing data, IOS Press brings to Sage collaborative partnerships dedicated to driving scientific progress and innovation across the globe.

IOS Press was looking for a long-term publishing home that would allow it to build on 36 years as an academic publisher – operating with an independent spirit that values agility, quality, and accessibility alongside commercial sustainability.

“Throughout our publishing history, our greatest asset has been the long-term relationships that we have built with researchers, editors, librarians, and suppliers who both think creatively and are experts in their fields,” explained IOS Press founder, Einar Fredriksson,  “At Sage, we found an environment that allows us to strengthen those relationships, preserving a culture of trust and transparency and fostering diversity and inclusion – and not at the expense of publishing cutting-edge research.”

With this acquisition, IOS staff will continue to operate as usual out of their Amsterdam office – offering the same services to authors, editors, and customers, with added support, infrastructure, and reach across the globe from Sage.

De Gruyter introduces Paradigm Publishing Services

De Gruyter, a global publisher in the humanities and social sciences, is proud to announce the creation of a new dedicated division, Paradigm Publishing Services. The new division offers publishing solutions to meet the unique needs of publishers in the humanities and social sciences as well as in scientific associations, societies, and library publishing programs. At a time when achieving global accessibility while upholding financial sustainability is paramount, Paradigm Publishing Services aims to aid publishers in adapting and revitalizing their business strategies and publishing operations.

Under the leadership of De Gruyter Inc. President Steve Fallon and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the Paradigm team will uphold a worldwide presence through established De Gruyter brands, including open access providers Ubiquity and Sciendo as well as the University Press Library Group. Leveraging the comprehensive range of products, services, and talent available across these units, Paradigm is committed to offering an innovative approach that maximizes the potential of its portfolio.

This strategic move reaffirms De Gruyter’s commitment to providing exceptional support and solutions for publishers navigating the evolving landscape of global access and financial viability through sustainable publishing of both open and closed content.

“Through Paradigm, De Gruyter will offer adaptable and personalized solutions to publishers seeking publishing services, hosting, and commercial distribution,” said Carsten Buhr, Managing Director at De Gruyter. “As a reputable publisher and experienced service provider, we possess the expertise and global network to effectively meet scholarly publishing demands on a large scale. I am excited to consolidate and expand our publishing services expertise and talent under the new Paradigm Publishing Services brand.”

“At a time when the industry is calling for worldwide accessibility of digital products, publishers need inventive approaches to fulfill these requirements without undermining their financial sustainability,” remarked Steve Fallon, President of De Gruyter Inc. “These novel strategies call for a collaborative approach among stakeholders, bolstered by technology, expertise, and a forward-looking vision. The creation of Paradigm Publishing Services not only highlights De Gruyter’s proficiency as a trusted partner to other publishers but also reaffirms our dedication to fostering innovation and promoting a collective objective within the industry: making mission-oriented research more widely accessible.”

For more information, visit the Paradigm Publishing Services frequently asked questions (FAQs) page here.

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