Coronavirus affects scholarly publishing, causing cancellations and postponements of publishing events. A new word enters the lexicon, WFH (Work from Home). Chinese government announces policy shift in research assessment – a “representative works” model.

The coronavirus – a public health story, a science story, a political story, and a human-interest story. Preprint servers’ role in communicating the latest research. Making federally funded research freely accessible is put on hold. RELX releases its annual report.

APE 2020 highlights – geopolitical tensions, open access models, and open research data. Sci-Hub under investigation. Personal privacy and student tracking apps. Springer Nature IPO. And more.

Rumored update to the Holdren Memo. Springer Nature tries again with IPO. Plan S compliance through “transformative journals.” Five publishers announce new service to simplify access to full-text articles. Demographic meltdown in college enrollments. And more.

Open access tipping point? Like “print will be dead” predictions, the future of OA is taking many turns. India isn’t joining the Plan S coalition. Lackluster reception of Plan S and logistical complications of geowalling. MIT’s framework for publishing contracts.

Coercive citation in academic publishing. The Journal Blacklist now includes 12,000+ titles. GSW acquires Lithosphere, the evolution of open access megajournals, personalized research discovery tools, and much more.

Projekt DEAL and Springer Nature’s Publish and Read deal. Researchers spend as much time searching for articles as they do reading them. Current state of library negotiations with larger commercial publishers. MIT Media Lab’s director departs amid ties to Epstein. And much more.

medRxiv has launched. European Big Deals Survey Reports has been released, and OA topics are centerstage. Marshall Breeding’s library system report also has been released. Plus more in Higher Education, Technology, and From Our Own Pens.

Get a sneak peek of the ASH report on peer review attitudes and perspectives. bioRxiv shows strong growth, particularly in neuroscience and bioinformatics. Scientists develop first-ever image of a black hole. Plus much more in Publishing, Higher Education, Technology, and From Our Own Pens.

Elsevier’s contract with Norway lapses, continuing global pressure for publish and read deals. Drinking and reading, the Boston Public Library is serving literary-themed cocktails. Duke University settles its research fraud lawsuit with the federal government, paying $112.5 million; the whistle-blower’s payment – about $33 million. Proposed science funding cuts, and more in Higher Education, Technology, and From Our Own Pens.