PLS appoints Will Crook as its first Policy & Communications Manager Publishers’ Licensing Services is pleased to announce the appointment of Will Crook in the new role of Policy & Communications Manager. Will’s arrival in the position will help PLS deepen its engagement in important policy…
COVID-19 research freely accessible, but research data sharing and preprinting are low Shared on behalf of RoRI and the COVID-19 Rapid Review Initiative Levels of COVID-19 research data sharing have remained low during the pandemic, and preprinting of research on the virus has been lower than two…
SYP 2022 volunteer applications are open The Society of Young Publishers (SYP) have opened volunteer applications for 2022 roles on all committees apart from Scotland. (SYP Scotland applications will open later in spring next year) Registration closes on Wednesday, 05 January 2022, at 10.00…
ALPSP Launches Extensive Scholarly Publishing Training Programme for 2022 International Trade Association, ALPSP, has announced the launch of its new, extended training programme for 2022. With new courses recently created in response to member requests, the full training calendar now includes…
Kamran Abbasi appointed as Editor-in-Chief of The BMJ Kamran Abbasi has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of The BMJ, one of the world’s most influential medical journals. Effective from 1 January 2022, he succeeds Fiona Godlee, who will step down at the end of this year, after more than…
BMJ appoints two new non-executive Board members Professor Wasim Hanif and Dr Hemal Desai join BMJ Board as non-executive directors In December 2021, BMJ appointed Professor of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Professor Wasim Hanif and Global Director of Clinical Services for Aetna International, Dr…
The Company of Biologists’ Transformative Journals exceeded their Open Access targets The Company’s journals Development, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Experimental Biology have exceeded their Open Access growth targets in their first year as Transformative Journals. The Company of…
ALPSP Response to the UK IPO AI TDM Consultation The ALPSP Copyright Committee has responded to the UK IPO AI TDM Consultation. Section A ALPSP is the international trade association which supports and represents organisations that publish scholarly and professional content. It has nearly 300…
COUNTER has appointed Tasha Mellins-Cohen as the new Project Director Following a rigorous search process with a large number of quality applications received from around the world, the COUNTER Board is delighted to announce that Tasha Mellins-Cohen will be appointed as the new Project…
