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Aug
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What Academic Publishers Need to Know About STM’s SDG Roadmap: A Handy Infographic

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were launched in 2015, are a blueprint for creating a more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable society, and academic publishers play a significant role in achieving these goals. Recently, STM, a not-for-profit association of academic publishers, has released the first part (i.e., Level 1) of an SDG Roadmap to […]
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26
Jul
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Converting Subscription-Based Journals to Open Access: A Handy Guide to the “Subscribe to Open” Model

As the shift toward open access publishing gains momentum, research publishers and societies have implemented various changes in how they manage their subscription-based journals. One of these, “Subscribe to Open” (S2O), is a pragmatic approach that enables the transformation of subscription journals into open access, providing free and immediate online availability of research without relying […]
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11
Jul
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Five Questions Academic Publishers and Societies Have About Threads: The Latest Twitter Alternative

In today’s fast-paced social media landscape, it’s crucial for marketing professionals in academic publishing to stay ahead of the curve. Enter Threads, a social media platform launched on July 6, 20233, by the social media giant Meta (which owns Facebook and Instagram). Threads offers unique features that can revolutionize the way academic publishers connect with […]
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23
Jun
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The Digital Development of China’s Academic Publishing Industry

The academic publishing market in China is developing quickly but is still in a growth phase. This provides tremendous opportunities for international publishers and societies to expand their international presence, diversify their revenue streams, etc. Currently, the Chinese research ecosystem boasts an increasing number of internationally recognized scientists producing high-quality research. (For example, in 2022, […]
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02
Jun
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Using ChatGPT for Peer Review: A Snapshot of Views

AI solutions have already been found valuable in basic screening of submitted manuscripts, helping journals efficiently screen out papers with obvious errors and missing information. Recently, large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT have emerged as powerful tools in natural language processing, sparking discussions about their potential use in peer review at academic journals. In this […]
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16
May
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EU poised to adopt immediate open access with no charges for authors, for publicly funded research

In the wake of the mass resignation of the editorial board of the journal NeuroImage over increasing article processing charges (APCs), academia is about to witness another radical change pertaining to open access. The European Union is reportedly preparing to mandate immediate open access to papers reporting publicly funded research, without authors paying APCs. Hitherto, […]
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