Publishing news

Nature Publishing Group and Zapnito have announced a partnership to build online expert communities for global research

The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Society have jointly announced a collaboration on the Royal Society multidisciplinary open access journal Royal Society Open Science

Springer has signed an agreement with the publishing technology company ReadCube to 'enhance and increase' the discoverability of its journal articles, book chapters and conference proceedings via ReadCube web, desktop and mobile applications

Emerald Group Publishing has launched its Green Open Access, Zero Embargo trial, applicable for all mandated articles submitted to the its Library and Information Science (LIS) and selected information and knowledge management journals

Cambridge University Press is launching a policy to prevent charging both authors and subscribers for open access journal content

John Wiley & Sons has announced a partnership with the London-based data repository organisation Figshare

The American Psychological Association (APA) has announced a partnership with Boston-based publishing software company ReadCube to index its scholarly journal and book collections with the ReadCube Discover service

Emerald Global Publishing Group has announced the acquisition of GoodPractice, a provider of support tools for leaders and senior managers

John Wiley & Sons has launched a six-month pilot program in partnership with F1000Research

Thieme has announced a collaboration with the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat of the School of Management and Department of Economics in Munich, in a research project to examine perceptions of article processing fees