Zhuhai, 14 January 2026 – EIVX Publishing Group attended the Xinrui Scientific Journal Awards Ceremony, where the 2025 Annual Awards were announced. The event, organized by Xinrui Scholar — a respected journal ranking platform under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Awards were given in four categories: Individual Awards, Journal & Journal Center Awards, Content & Publishing Innovation Awards, and Sci-Tech Journal Development Ecosystem Awards.

EIVX was honored with the "Annual Journal Center" award, highlighting its exceptional publishing capabilities and innovative practices. This recognition reflects EIVX's commitment to enhancing quality and impact in scholarly communication and advancing global knowledge dissemination.

With an aim to strengthen a global culture of responsible research assessment and drive impact through aligned principles, CoARA is pleased to announce a joint statement released with the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). The official joint statement is the result of years of collaborative efforts between the two initiatives and following strategic conversations at the EU Presidency High-Level Conference on Reforming Research Assessment in Copenhagen (3-4 December 2025).

United for a better research system

More robust, transparent and equitable research assessment supports better research. This premise unites those gathering at the EU high-level Conference on Reforming Re­search Ass­ess­ment (CERRA). It is also the ambition of many local, national and international initiatives that have emerged over the past decades. On the sidelines of the meeting we have also come together to celebrate the three year anniversary of CoARA and to advance the implementation work of DORA. As we move our agendas forward we wanted to share some of the ways DORA and CoARA work together and complement each other’s activities.

Increasing momentum for change

DORA was established as a Declaration in 2013 and as an organisation in 2018. Building on the momentum of its growing signatory base, a group of organizations established a global initiative to advance the principles laid out in the Declaration and beyond.

Building on momentum created by DORA and others, and seeing the need for a community of research organizations engaged in assessment reform, a group came together to develop the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment (ARRA) and formed the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) in 2022. 

Working together: Communicating and complementing

Our shared goals and the need for urgent reform of research assessment mean that CoARA and DORA are increasingly working closely together to ensure that our efforts align where appropriate and complement wherever possible, to maximise momentum and to support each others’ activities. We achieve this coordination through many approaches including DORA’s participation directly as an institutional observer on the CoARA Steering Board, and CoARA’s contribution as part of the National and International Initiatives Community of Practice hosted by DORA. 

Our strengths complement and amplify each other’s work. DORA as an organization supports change through raising awareness and offering a wide range of practical and flexible tools that support adaptable approaches for change. CoARA works as a community to guide institutions through a structured approach to self assessment and reflection. DORA works with a wide range of individuals and organizations. CoARA is focused on the support of public institutions willing to sign up to deliver on the core and supporting commitments found in ARRA. DORA develops tools supporting a diverse range of stakeholders. CoARA’s Working Groups and National Chapters bring together Coalition members and interested parties to solve problems and develop resources for the broader research community. 

This growing coordination of activities and involvement between DORA and CoARA facilitates advocacy for change at the highest levels, including engagement with this Conference on Reforming Research Assessment. Furthermore, the diversity of approaches ensures that  there is an appropriate way to engage in assessment reform for any interested individual or organisation 

Join us to take the next steps on a shared journey

CoARA and DORA are just two of a diverse and global group of initiatives that share the aim of driving systemic change towards better research systems. Collectively, we engage in a wide range of crucial and complementary activities that are all part of the journey towards widespread reform. Organisations can learn from DORA’s resources and case studies, and can benefit from an examination of how advancing the ARRA commitments will benefit them. All those with an interest in better research can learn from the outputs of CoARA Working Groups and DORA initiatives, and also from the rich array of resources produced by other initiatives. While the focus is not identical, the ambition for better research assessment to foster better research is shared. 

DORA and CoARA look forward to working together, in collaboration and in complementing the work of each other, and of other related initiatives, to support research organizations globally. The best time to start on the journey of research assessment reform is today. Reach out to the initiatives closest to you and your goals for support and know that we will be working collectively to provide all the diverse forms of support you will need when the time comes.

Source:​ [Shared Principles, Shared Progress: CoARA & DORA in Collaboration] 

[Read the full original article here]: https://www.coara.org/news/project-news/coara-dora-in-collaboration/

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Munich, April 8, 2026 – DEAL Open Access Services (DEAS), together with contributing partners the University of California Libraries, Consortia Colombia, the Council of Australasian University Librarians, the Max Planck Society, the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), and the South African National Library and Information Consortium, today announced the establishment of OA Forward—an internationally governed coordination initiative that builds on the achievements of the OA2020 movement to advance the next stage of open scholarly communication through coordinated engagement with publishers and other stakeholders.

While the OA2020 and ESAC initiatives were supported and hosted by the Max Planck Society, their success has been driven by a growing international community of libraries, consortia, funders, and research institutions. OA Forward reflects a further step in this development: partners across five continents are now working within a common framework, with broader reach, stronger legitimacy, and shared responsibility across a more unified international community.

OA Forward emerges from a decade of concrete achievement. The OA2020 and ESAC initiatives reshaped the landscape of scholarly publishing agreements, enabling hundreds of thousands of research articles to be published openly each year, driving transparency around publishing costs, and removing the burden of publication charges from individual authors. This foundation now positions the community to engage more deeply and strategically with the evolving scholarly publishing system.

“OA Forward embodies the shared commitment of the contributing partners to strengthen international collaboration around open access negotiations,” said Dr. Bettina Böhm, Secretary General of the Leibniz Association and current Chair of the DEAS shareholder meetings. “Together, we are building on the progress of OA2020 and ESAC to advance open scholarly communication and negotiate better agreements with publishers worldwide.”

“The shift toward open scholarly communication represents a structural transformation of the research system,” said Dr. Heide Ahrens, Secretary General of DFG (German Research Foundation). “OA Forward strengthens the collective capacity of institutions and funders to prompt further reforms and innovations in line with the evolving needs of researchers and the expanding potentials of modern scholarship.”

“This is a community that has developed both the experience and the alignment needed to engage with publishers at scale and, as co-creators of OA Forward, our international partners have shaped not only its direction but its foundations,” said Christian Agi, Managing Director of DEAL Open Access Services (DEAS). “OA Forward cements that alignment and supports a more coordinated approach at every level.”

The maturity and impact of open access negotiations have brought the research community to a new inflection point, where institutions are better positioned than ever to shape publisher agreements and direct resources toward diverse forms of open research dissemination. OA Forward provides the coordination needed to take this work forward collectively.

“What this community has built together—visible in the uptake of open licensing by authors, improved workflows and metadata, and greater institutional control over financial flows in scholarly publishing—is remarkable, and what we are now positioned to do is clear. The scope is no longer only about open licensing and sustainable pricing. Institutions are increasingly focused on transparency, accountability, equity, quality, and control over the scholarly record and its reuse. OA Forward brings this work together, strengthening negotiation strategies while driving innovation across a diverse ecosystem of publishing platforms, research outputs, and open science initiatives,” said Colleen Campbell, Executive Director of OA Forward.

A dedicated OA Forward website will be launched in the coming months. In the meantime, community resources, materials and activities remain accessible on the OA2020 and ESAC webpages.

Source:​ [International partners launch OA Forward to strengthen Open Access negotiations and advance open scholarly communication] 

[Read the full original article here]: https://oa2020.org/2026/04/08/international-partners-launch-oa-forward-to-strengthen-open-access-negotiations-and-advance-open-scholarly-communication/

EIVX (Enlighten Innovation and Vision with X)

EIVX is an international academic open access publisher. We are dedicated to building a high-quality platform for sharing research outcomes, promoting knowledge dissemination and innovation, and supporting the integration of industry, academia, and research to empower the transformation of scientific achievements.

Agriculture and Biology

Public Health and Environment