News: academic

Projects from CUP, Digital Science, Clarivate shortlisted for ALPSP Awards

Six projects – including Dimensions from Digital Science and Clarivate Analytics’ Kopernio – have been shortlisted for the Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers... Read more

Powell named new Boydell & Brewer chief executive

Independent academic publisher Boydell & Brewer has appointed James Powell as its new c.e.o. Read more

John Wiley saw 5% revenue jump in 2018

Academic publisher John Wiley has reported an increase in revenue in both its fourth quarter 2018 and whole fiscal year reports, driven by strong operational... Read more

'Make textbook funding a priority', PA tells government

The Publishers Association has recommended that the government makes funding for textbooks a priority. Read more

Cengage fourth quarter revenue up 10% but authors sue over subscription service

Cengage's adjusted revenue has risen 10% ($30.3m) in the fourth quarter, the educational publisher has told investors. Read more

Academic publishing chiefs urged to work in campus bookshops

Academic publishing chiefs are being urged to try their hand at working in a campus bookshop in a bid to bring the two arms of... Read more

LUP partners with Northcote House on Writers series

Liverpool University Press is partnering with Northcote House Publishers for publication of the series Writers and their Work. Read more

Springer Nature IPO postponed

The planned initial public offering of publisher Springer Nature has been postponed on the eve that trading in shares was expected to begin "due to... Read more

Holtzbrinck doubles share order in Springer Nature IPO

The Holtzbrinck Publishing Group has doubled its share order in the planned initial public offering of Springer Nature, from €100m to €200m. Read more

Pearson 'on track' for growth with first quarter sales up 1%

Pearson has reported it is "on track" to return to underlying profit growth in 2018 after its revenue rose 1% in the first quarter. Read more

AI experts vow to boycott new subscription journal from Nature Research

Springer Nature, which places a strong emphasis on its Open Access and Open Research publishing, has been forced to defend its position after researchers in... Read more

Dr Magdalena Skipper appointed editor-in-chief at Nature

Dr Magdalena Skipper, currently editor-in-chief at Nature Communications, has been given the editor-in-chief role at flagship journal Nature, becoming its first woman editor.... Read more

Bloomsbury Education launches Early Years subscription website

Bloomsbury Education has launched a subscription website for early years practitioners. Read more

Malala among UK academics' top 20 books that changed the world

Titles by Malala Yousafzai, Anne Frank and Reni Eddo-Lodge have been voted on to a list of the Top 20 "most influential books in history written by women".... Read more

Springer Nature, CUP and Thieme agree to collaborate with ResearchGate

Three academic publishers – Springer Nature, Cambridge University Press and Thieme – have reached an agreement with ResearchGate to work together on the sharing of articles.... Read more