Member News & Releases
Publishing Executive, Michael Geelan, Joins Maverick Publishing Specialists
June 20, 2022 – Maverick Publishing Specialists Ltd, announced the addition of Michael Geelan as Senior Associate to its team of industry specialists. As Maverick Publishing Specialists continue to develop and expand its senior team of leading industry experts, they …
Participation in Portico Surpasses 1,000 Publishers and 1,000 Libraries Worldwide
June 15, 2022 – Portico has passed an important milestone and now has more than 1,000 participating publishers who, along with more than 1,000 participating libraries, allow us to meet our mission of ensuring that scholarly content remains usable, authentic, …
SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics, Signs the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (Dora)
DORA is a worldwide initiative to improve the ways in which outputs of scholarly research are evaluated June 14, 2022 – SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, today announced that it has signed the San Francisco Declaration on …
Edward Elgar Publishing Renews Longstanding Relationship with KGL PubFactory, Launches Upgraded Site
June 8, 2022 – KGL PubFactory, a division of KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. (KGL), is pleased to announce that Edward Elgar Publishing has extended its longstanding hosting relationship, which started in 2011, by another five years. The contract renewal is marked …
De Gruyter Launches Not-for-Profit Foundation: De Gruyter eBound
June 3, 2022 – De Gruyter’s eBound Advisory Board consists of leading figures in the academic library and scholarly publishing community: Curtis Brundy (Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Communication and Collection, Iowa State University), Jane Bunker (Director, Cornell University Press), Steve …
Bristol University Press Launches New Unified Book and Journal Platform with KGL PubFactory
June 1, 2022 – Bristol University Press, and its imprint Policy Press, have gone live on a new, integrated scholarly portal on the KGL PubFactory platform. Bristol University Press Digital now hosts its full collection of books and journals with …
Types of Errors Hiding in Google Scholar Data
May 31, 2022 – Google Scholar (GS) is a free tool that may be used by researchers to analyze citations; find appropriate literature; or evaluate the quality of an author or a contender for tenure, promotion, a faculty position, funding, …
JMIR Publications now live on OA Switchboard
JMIR Publications is now live and connected to the OA Switchboard, a non-profit initiative of funding organizations, research institutions, and publishers dedicated to a smooth transition to open access (OA) publishing through simplified sharing of metadata between stakeholders via a central information …
More than 150,000 Preprints Now Posted on Research Square
May 26, 2022 – Just nine months after reaching its 100,000 preprint milestone, Research Square now hosts more than 150,000 preprints. The rapid growth of the Research Square preprint server is due in great part to its expansion of In Review: …
Cactus Communications celebrates 20 years of serving academia and life sciences organizations worldwide
Started in 2002 to bridge the gap between research in the East and West, CACTUS’s tech solutions are now accelerating scientific advancement further. May 26, 2022 – Cactus Communications (CACTUS) today celebrates 20 years in business. Founded in 2002, with …
