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This month the American Fisheries Society (AFS) and Oxford University Press (OUP) announced a new publishing agreement for the Society’s monthly membership magazine along with its five peer-reviewed journals. Clarke & Esposito had the privilege of working with AFS to broker this agreement.

C&E represented the Board of Governors of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) and AJPM Focus in the sale of both titles to Elsevier.

This new in-depth report from Clarke & Esposito and Osmanthus Consulting sheds light on recent developments within China's rapidly evolving STM journals sector and their wide-ranging implications, offering valuable insights and strategic recommendations for publishers and publisher service providers worldwide.

The American Society of Microbiology (ASM) announced the acquisition of the journal Molecular and Cellular Biology by Taylor & Francis (T&F). Clarke & Esposito had the privilege of representing ASM in brokering this notable deal.

Clarke & Esposito is pleased to have represented the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in negotiating a favorable renewal of its publishing services agreement with Elsevier.

The Brookings Institution and Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group this week announced a new co-publishing partnership. Under the agreement, Rowman & Littlefield will produce, distribute, market, and sell Brookings Institution Press titles. Brookings Institution Press will continue to be responsible for acquisitions and editorial review. Clarke & Esposito had the privilege of working with Brookings to help broker this noteworthy arrangement.

The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) and Wolters Kluwer today announced a new publishing services agreement. C&E had the privilege of representing ASN in brokering this notable deal, which encompasses Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN), Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN), and Kidney360.

Clarke & Esposito is pleased to have represented the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in successfully negotiating a publishing services agreement with Oxford University Press (OUP). NAS will work with OUP to develop and publish PNAS Nexus, a new multidisciplinary open access journal spanning the biological, physical, and social sciences, particularly encompassing engineering and health sciences

This final report documents the supply chain related to open access (OA) monograph creation, distribution, and curation. It is based on information collected in 2020 through questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with stakeholders and subject-matter experts representative of the supply chain. The report was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Clarke & Esposito (C&E) announces the development of a multi-client benchmarking study focused on editorial honoraria and other related editorial metrics. The aim of the study is to provide participants with information to make better evidenced-based decisions related to journal publishing. The study is open to all society-owned journals, whether published independently or via a publishing services agreement with a commercial publisher. The initial study cohort will be focused on biomedical journals but we plan to open it up to other disciplines later in the year. If you are interested in participating, please let us know by April 30th, 2021.