There is sadness and anger at the collapse of Norwich wholesaler Bertrams. The sadness is felt by those in the industry who remember the company’s heyday in the Eighties and ... Read more
New diversity initiative The Royal Society of Chemistry has assembled a coalition of eleven scholarly publishers to sign a joint statement committing them to take a proactive stance against bias, ... Read more
It has been an extraordinary fortnight. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests in America have spread around the world and have put diversity in the publishing industry at the forefront ... Read more
Further thoughts on monographs from Oxford and Cambridge Following their collaboration last year on a joint report into Researchers’ perspectives on the purpose and value of the monograph, the university ... Read more
Transparency advice revealed cOAlition S has published its guidance and requirements for the transparency frameworks that publishers will be required to adhere to from 1 July 2022 if they wish ... Read more
Much shock and sadness at the death of Simon & Schuster president and CEO Carolyn Reidy who died from a heart attack on 12 May at the age of 71. ... Read more
New partnerships for Emerald It’s been a busy month for Emerald. A new partnership with the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) will see the publisher work with business schools ... Read more
It is a time of bold, universal statements of purpose in response to the Covid-19 crisis. The pandemic is forcing many reassessments of fundamentals – of the importance of publishing ... Read more
Updated cOAlition S criteria welcomed by publishers Following a public consultation, cOAlition S has published updated criteria for Transformative Journals, most notably increasing the threshold at which journals must flip ... Read more
Edited by Emma Marsden, with foreword from Saliha Mahmood Ahmed PUBLICATION DATE: 30 APRIL 2020│ HARDBACK AND EBOOK │ £25 │ BRUNCHBOOKS Through the recipes and anecdotes in this cookbook, ... Read more
