ResearchGate and PLOS expand Journal Home partnership to support new journals from launch. October 14, 2026 ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, and PLOS, a leading nonprofit open access publisher, today announced an expansion of their Journal Home partnership to support two new journals, PLOS Aging and Health and PLOS Ecosystems, from launch. Journal Home will help establish these new journals' visibility, engagement, and discoverability among relevant researchers from the outset. Building on the ongoing success of PLOS's Journal Home partnership, the addition of the two new journals makes PLOS's full journal portfolio active on the platform. All PLOS titles now benefit from engaging with ResearchGate's global community of more than 25 million researchers, while the addition of the Open Access Agreement Upgrade helps authors to easily identify their eligibility to publish open access under relevant agreements and receive timely information about available funding opportunities in PLOS titles. Participating journals will benefit from: * Increased authorship: Journal Home connects PLOS Aging and Health and PLOS Ecosystems with relevant researchers from launch, supporting opportunities to attract and engage new authors as their research communities grow. * Increased article usage and readership: delivery of full-text content through ResearchGate helps researchers discover and engage with research from the new journals, supporting greater usage and readership across relevant research communities. * Improved author experience and loyalty: automatic uploads of published articles to author profiles make it easier for authors to showcase their work, while visibility into how research is being read, shared, and cited helps authors stay connected with their published research and PLOS journals. * Greater open access discoverability: the Open Access Agreement Upgrade helps authors identify their eligibility to publish open access under relevant agreements and receive timely, personalized information about available funding opportunities. * Enhanced journal visibility: dedicated Journal Profiles, prominent journal branding, and seamless content sharing across ResearchGate help researchers discover and explore the new journals and their research. "Adding PLOS Aging and Health and PLOS Ecosystems to Journal Home helps build awareness, readership, and international reach for these journals from the outset, while the Open Access Agreement Upgrade supports our authors with clearer information about their publishing and funding opportunities," said Jocelyn Quigley, Executive Director of Marketing & Communications, PLOS. "Research can only create meaningful impact when it can be discovered, accessed, and built upon, and these tools help remove barriers to knowledge sharing and support a more open and inclusive research ecosystem." "Journal Home gives new journals a powerful way to build visibility, readership, and authorship from the moment they launch," said Robyn Mugridge, Head of Partnership Development at ResearchGate. "Adding PLOS Aging and Health and PLOS Ecosystems connects their research with relevant researchers as their communities develop, while the Open Access Agreement Upgrade makes it easier for authors to understand their eligibility and funding options."

ResearchGate and AVES announce Journal Home partnership for open access academic journals. ResearchGate October 1, 2026 Berlin, Germany and Istanbul, Türkiye - 24 September 2026 - ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, and AVES, an independent academic publisher, today announced a new Journal Home partnership covering a range of AVES's open access scholarly journals.The agreement supports AVES's mission to maximize the global impact of its scholarly journals by connecting them with highly relevant researcher communities worldwide. Founded and headquartered in Istanbul, AVES publishes a broad portfolio of peer-reviewed scholarly journals in partnership with academic and professional communities. Through this new Journal Home partnership, AVES's open access journals are now seamlessly delivered onto the ResearchGate platform, strengthening discoverability, readership, and engagement among ResearchGate's global network of more than 25 million researchers. Benefits of the partnership include: * Stronger engagement with potential authors: AVES journals connect with researchers across the research lifecycle, from reading and collaboration through to submission, supporting growth in high-quality authorship. * Enhanced journal branding and recognition: Dedicated Journal Profiles and prominent journal branding increase awareness of AVES journals across the ResearchGate network. * Enhanced author services: Articles are automatically added to author profiles on ResearchGate, supporting deeper engagement with readers and providing insights into readership and citations. "Journal Home allows us to deliver our open access journals directly to engaged academic research communities around the world," said İbrahim Kara, Founder of AVES. "By increasing readership, supporting our authors, and extending the international reach of our journals, Journal Home strengthens our mission to help the journals we work with reach their full potential and maximize their global impact." "Journal Home is designed to help publishers grow authorship and readership by embedding journals directly into the researcher workflow," said Robyn Mugridge, Head of Partnership Development at ResearchGate. "AVES's commitment to high-quality scholarly publishing makes them a strong partner, and this Journal Home partnership ensures their journals are discovered and used by the researchers most closely aligned with their scope and focus..." About researchgate. ResearchGate is the professional network for researchers. Over 25 million researchers use researchgate.net to share and discover research, build their networks, and advance their careers. Based in Berlin, ResearchGate was founded in 2008. Its mission is to connect the world of science and make research open to all. About AVES. AVES is an independent publisher that believes in and promotes open access publishing as the future of scholarly communication. By providing high-quality scholarly publishing services to societies and universities, AVES designs evidence-based strategies focused on increasing Impact Factor and CiteScore, aiming to propel journals toward the Q1 target in Web of Science and Scopus. To establish sustainable financial frameworks, the company develops projects to optimize APC (Article Processing Charge) revenue models, aiming to grant journals financial autonomy and transform them into strong, self-sustaining entities. While ensuring accessibility for authors by aligning all operations with ethical publishing principles, AVES also establishes fair recognition and rewarding mechanisms for the dedicated efforts of editors and reviewers. Utilizing industry-standard tools and AI-powered infrastructures - such as ResearchGate, ScholarOne, Manuscript Manager, Signals, and TrendMD - the company manages all publishing processes end-to-end, from DOI management to AI-based typesetting. Rather than being a short-term technical service provider, AVES acts as a trust-based, visionary, and long-term publishing partner for universities and societies. Release details. * Publication year - 2026 * Type of material - Press Release * Language - English * Date issued - October 1, 2026 * Publisher - ResearchGate * Company - ResearchGate * Permalink - https://librarytechnology.org/pr/32985/researchgate-and-aves-announce-journal-home-partnership-for-open-access-academic-journals