Pensoft
@pensoft.net
Open-acces scholarly publisher known for its data & semantics publishing innovations & tools.
Developer of the ARPHA publishing platform.
Consortium member at multiple Horizon Europe-funded projects.
Website: https://pensoft.net
Developer of the ARPHA publishing platform.
Consortium member at multiple Horizon Europe-funded projects.
Website: https://pensoft.net
Bence Schlitt won our special award at the II. Hungarian Zootaxonomy Conference last month! We're proud to offer him a free publication in one of our open-access journals.
bdj.pensoft.net/news/1059
bdj.pensoft.net/news/1059
Bence Schlitt wins Pensoft’s Best Early Career Researcher Presentation award at the II. Hungarian Zootaxonomy Conference
The II. Hungarian Zootaxonomy Conference completed its two-day programme, held on November 27 and 28, 2025, at the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest. The core objective of the conference was ...
bdj.pensoft.net
December 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Bence Schlitt won our special award at the II. Hungarian Zootaxonomy Conference last month! We're proud to offer him a free publication in one of our open-access journals.
bdj.pensoft.net/news/1059
bdj.pensoft.net/news/1059
As 2025 draws to a close, we at Pensoft want to extend our warmest wishes to our editors, reviewers, researchers, partners, and followers. Thank you for being part of our journey this year.
Wishing you all a joyful holiday season and a bright start to the new year! 🎄✨
Wishing you all a joyful holiday season and a bright start to the new year! 🎄✨
December 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
As 2025 draws to a close, we at Pensoft want to extend our warmest wishes to our editors, reviewers, researchers, partners, and followers. Thank you for being part of our journey this year.
Wishing you all a joyful holiday season and a bright start to the new year! 🎄✨
Wishing you all a joyful holiday season and a bright start to the new year! 🎄✨
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📢 45 extended #conference #abstracts already made publicly & permanently available in the #LivingData2025 conference collection in our #journal!
💡Browse them by session to revisit the 2025 joint event by @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, @obis.org & @geobon.org!
biss.pensoft.net/collection/5... 🔓
💡Browse them by session to revisit the 2025 joint event by @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, @obis.org & @geobon.org!
biss.pensoft.net/collection/5... 🔓
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
📢 45 extended #conference #abstracts already made publicly & permanently available in the #LivingData2025 conference collection in our #journal!
💡Browse them by session to revisit the 2025 joint event by @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, @obis.org & @geobon.org!
biss.pensoft.net/collection/5... 🔓
💡Browse them by session to revisit the 2025 joint event by @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, @obis.org & @geobon.org!
biss.pensoft.net/collection/5... 🔓
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"We need to find, identify, count, and study our species before they are lost."
Nepal's undocumented insect population means we cannot monitor trends, compare decline, or fully understand the impact of global threats on its ecosystems.
myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/finding...
Nepal's undocumented insect population means we cannot monitor trends, compare decline, or fully understand the impact of global threats on its ecosystems.
myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/finding...
Finding Species First: Nepal’s Conservation Challenge
myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"We need to find, identify, count, and study our species before they are lost."
Nepal's undocumented insect population means we cannot monitor trends, compare decline, or fully understand the impact of global threats on its ecosystems.
myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/finding...
Nepal's undocumented insect population means we cannot monitor trends, compare decline, or fully understand the impact of global threats on its ecosystems.
myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/finding...
Sandra Diaz opened #BES2025 with a brilliant talk on plant phenospaces, culminating in a call for more links between ecologists and the humanities.
December 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Sandra Diaz opened #BES2025 with a brilliant talk on plant phenospaces, culminating in a call for more links between ecologists and the humanities.
We are delighted to be exhibiting at #BES2025 this week! Head to the Lennox Suite (L12) to say hello and learn about our open-access journals.
December 16, 2025 at 7:35 AM
We are delighted to be exhibiting at #BES2025 this week! Head to the Lennox Suite (L12) to say hello and learn about our open-access journals.
With @lifewatcheric.bsky.social & @naturalis.bsky.social, at #LivingData2025, we hosted a symposium dedicated to the transcendence of #research #projects.
One such example is @forsaid.eu, funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social.
👉 The symposium's abstracts collection:
biss.pensoft.net/browse_user_...
One such example is @forsaid.eu, funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social.
👉 The symposium's abstracts collection:
biss.pensoft.net/browse_user_...
December 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
With @lifewatcheric.bsky.social & @naturalis.bsky.social, at #LivingData2025, we hosted a symposium dedicated to the transcendence of #research #projects.
One such example is @forsaid.eu, funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social.
👉 The symposium's abstracts collection:
biss.pensoft.net/browse_user_...
One such example is @forsaid.eu, funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social.
👉 The symposium's abstracts collection:
biss.pensoft.net/browse_user_...
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🔛 Next on #AGRI4POLUnfolded in Work Package 7: Communication, dissemination, exploitation and synergies with other projects.
Led by @pensoft.net, this Work Package consists of seven tasks. Explore them in the post to find out more ➡️
Led by @pensoft.net, this Work Package consists of seven tasks. Explore them in the post to find out more ➡️
December 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🔛 Next on #AGRI4POLUnfolded in Work Package 7: Communication, dissemination, exploitation and synergies with other projects.
Led by @pensoft.net, this Work Package consists of seven tasks. Explore them in the post to find out more ➡️
Led by @pensoft.net, this Work Package consists of seven tasks. Explore them in the post to find out more ➡️
Our latest blog post tells the story of 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖, a magical 'fairy lantern' species discovered in Malaysia. 🇲🇾
Researchers call for urgent conservation measures as fewer than 20 of the plants are known to exist in the wild.
🔗 blog.pensoft.net/2025/12/02/n...
Researchers call for urgent conservation measures as fewer than 20 of the plants are known to exist in the wild.
🔗 blog.pensoft.net/2025/12/02/n...
New critically endangered ‘fairy lantern’ discovered in Malaysia
Just 20 individuals of the unusual species are known to exist in the wild.
blog.pensoft.net
December 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Our latest blog post tells the story of 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖, a magical 'fairy lantern' species discovered in Malaysia. 🇲🇾
Researchers call for urgent conservation measures as fewer than 20 of the plants are known to exist in the wild.
🔗 blog.pensoft.net/2025/12/02/n...
Researchers call for urgent conservation measures as fewer than 20 of the plants are known to exist in the wild.
🔗 blog.pensoft.net/2025/12/02/n...
🐍 Honouring late #SteveIrwin: the famous Australian #conservationist & #wildlife educator, this wolf #snake was described as a #newspecies in the #openaccess peer-reviewed journal @evolsyst.pensoft.net.
🗺️ The #reptile is thought to occur only on one island in the Indian Ocean.
🗞️ Via BBC Wildlife:
🗺️ The #reptile is thought to occur only on one island in the Indian Ocean.
🗞️ Via BBC Wildlife:
Black wolf snake discovered on remote Indian island. It's over a metre long and eats other reptiles | Discover Wildlife
A newly described species has been named after the famous conservationist and wildlife educator Steve Irwin.
www.discoverwildlife.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🐍 Honouring late #SteveIrwin: the famous Australian #conservationist & #wildlife educator, this wolf #snake was described as a #newspecies in the #openaccess peer-reviewed journal @evolsyst.pensoft.net.
🗺️ The #reptile is thought to occur only on one island in the Indian Ocean.
🗞️ Via BBC Wildlife:
🗺️ The #reptile is thought to occur only on one island in the Indian Ocean.
🗞️ Via BBC Wildlife:
📢 The 1st Policy Brief by the @pollinera-horizon.eu consortium is NOW OUT
👍 Make sure to keep tabs on the project's #openaccess collections on @riojournal.com & @fesmj.pensoft.net for #project outputs meant to help reform #pesticides risk assessment for healthy #pollinators!
🔗 More on our blog:
👍 Make sure to keep tabs on the project's #openaccess collections on @riojournal.com & @fesmj.pensoft.net for #project outputs meant to help reform #pesticides risk assessment for healthy #pollinators!
🔗 More on our blog:
EU reforms in chemical risk assessments to protect wild pollinators proposed by a Horizon Europe project
This is the first policy brief by the Horizon Europe project PollinERA, whose aim is to improve pesticide risk assessments, in order to protect wild pollinators across the Europe Union.
blog.pensoft.net
December 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
📢 The 1st Policy Brief by the @pollinera-horizon.eu consortium is NOW OUT
👍 Make sure to keep tabs on the project's #openaccess collections on @riojournal.com & @fesmj.pensoft.net for #project outputs meant to help reform #pesticides risk assessment for healthy #pollinators!
🔗 More on our blog:
👍 Make sure to keep tabs on the project's #openaccess collections on @riojournal.com & @fesmj.pensoft.net for #project outputs meant to help reform #pesticides risk assessment for healthy #pollinators!
🔗 More on our blog:
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👇 This study on best practices & challenges in monitoring #biological #invasions in South Africa published in @neobiota.pensoft.net journal is the latest result in the @b-cubed.eu project collection in our #openscience journal!
🧐 Explore all 27 project outcomes to date: doi.org/10.3897/rio....
🧐 Explore all 27 project outcomes to date: doi.org/10.3897/rio....
South Africa’s evolving alien species lists reveal challenges and best practices for national biological invasion tracking, offering eight actionable recommendations for biodiversity data management.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neob...
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neob...
December 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
👇 This study on best practices & challenges in monitoring #biological #invasions in South Africa published in @neobiota.pensoft.net journal is the latest result in the @b-cubed.eu project collection in our #openscience journal!
🧐 Explore all 27 project outcomes to date: doi.org/10.3897/rio....
🧐 Explore all 27 project outcomes to date: doi.org/10.3897/rio....
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Researchers in Malaysia have discovered an incredible new endemic ‘fairy lantern’ species with fewer than 20 individuals known to exist in the wild.
🔗 Learn all about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/12/02/n...
🔗 Learn all about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/12/02/n...
New critically endangered ‘fairy lantern’ discovered in Malaysia
Just 20 individuals of the unusual species are known to exist in the wild.
blog.pensoft.net
December 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Researchers in Malaysia have discovered an incredible new endemic ‘fairy lantern’ species with fewer than 20 individuals known to exist in the wild.
🔗 Learn all about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/12/02/n...
🔗 Learn all about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/12/02/n...
👇📃 Study by the @wildposh.eu project consortium was published in the 🔓 Bulletin of #Insectology: scholarly #journal by @unibo.it published on our @arphahub.com platform!
😉 Make sure to subscribe for newsletters for both @wildposh.eu & Bulletin of Insectology: bulletinofinsectology.xn--org-6p23b
😉 Make sure to subscribe for newsletters for both @wildposh.eu & Bulletin of Insectology: bulletinofinsectology.xn--org-6p23b
December 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
👇📃 Study by the @wildposh.eu project consortium was published in the 🔓 Bulletin of #Insectology: scholarly #journal by @unibo.it published on our @arphahub.com platform!
😉 Make sure to subscribe for newsletters for both @wildposh.eu & Bulletin of Insectology: bulletinofinsectology.xn--org-6p23b
😉 Make sure to subscribe for newsletters for both @wildposh.eu & Bulletin of Insectology: bulletinofinsectology.xn--org-6p23b
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We are delighted to see the remarkable rediscovery of 𝑀𝑜𝑒𝑚𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑒 featured in National Geographic España!
www.nationalgeographic.com.es/medio-ambien...
www.nationalgeographic.com.es/medio-ambien...
Exploran un estanque en Bolivia y descubren una especie que se creía extinta desde hace 20 años
Se trata de un pez endémico que vive en un tipo de estanque extremadamente vulnerable. Se pensaba que la conversión agrícola había acabado con él
www.nationalgeographic.com.es
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
We are delighted to see the remarkable rediscovery of 𝑀𝑜𝑒𝑚𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑒 featured in National Geographic España!
www.nationalgeographic.com.es/medio-ambien...
www.nationalgeographic.com.es/medio-ambien...
In collaboration with Instituto Ekko Brasil’s Projeto Lontra, @emt.pensoft.net has launched a new topical collection: “Otters as Bioindicators of Estuarine Health: Innovations in Monitoring and Management from Tropical Coastal Brazil.”
blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/27/o...
blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/27/o...
Otters as bioindicators of estuarine health: a new topical collection from Estuarine Management and Technologies
The collection was launched in collaboration with Instituto Ekko Brasil’s Projeto Lontra.
blog.pensoft.net
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
In collaboration with Instituto Ekko Brasil’s Projeto Lontra, @emt.pensoft.net has launched a new topical collection: “Otters as Bioindicators of Estuarine Health: Innovations in Monitoring and Management from Tropical Coastal Brazil.”
blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/27/o...
blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/27/o...
Earlier this month, we attended @entcollnet.bsky.social's Annual Meeting and @entsocamerica.bsky.social's Entomology 2025, both held in Portland, Oregon!
🔗 Head over to our blog to find out what we got up to: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/26/i...
#EntSoc25 #ECN2025
🔗 Head over to our blog to find out what we got up to: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/26/i...
#EntSoc25 #ECN2025
Insects and innovation: Pensoft in Portland 2025
Pensoft attended the Entomological Collections Network Annual Meeting and Entomology 2025, both held in Oregon’s largest city.
blog.pensoft.net
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Earlier this month, we attended @entcollnet.bsky.social's Annual Meeting and @entsocamerica.bsky.social's Entomology 2025, both held in Portland, Oregon!
🔗 Head over to our blog to find out what we got up to: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/26/i...
#EntSoc25 #ECN2025
🔗 Head over to our blog to find out what we got up to: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/26/i...
#EntSoc25 #ECN2025
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A love letter to #spiders and everything they do for us, referencing a 2023 ZooKeys study by @mhedin.bsky.social and @forthespiders.bsky.social where they described 10 new cave spider species!
eu.knoxnews.com/story/life/2...
eu.knoxnews.com/story/life/2...
Wait, don’t kill that spider! They protect us from disease
When you see a spider in your house, stop and think before you kill it. Spiders do more good for humans than harm.
eu.knoxnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A love letter to #spiders and everything they do for us, referencing a 2023 ZooKeys study by @mhedin.bsky.social and @forthespiders.bsky.social where they described 10 new cave spider species!
eu.knoxnews.com/story/life/2...
eu.knoxnews.com/story/life/2...
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We were very saddened to find out about Don Lafontaine's passing.
He had a stellar career in lepidopterology and was deeply involved in our journal's development as editor and author.
He will be missed.
zookeys.pensoft.net/news/1031
He had a stellar career in lepidopterology and was deeply involved in our journal's development as editor and author.
He will be missed.
zookeys.pensoft.net/news/1031
Canadian lepidopterologist J Donald Lafontaine passed away
Renowned Canadian lepidopterologist J Donald Lafontaine passed away on 20 November 2025.After decades of collaboration with the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes in Ott...
zookeys.pensoft.net
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We were very saddened to find out about Don Lafontaine's passing.
He had a stellar career in lepidopterology and was deeply involved in our journal's development as editor and author.
He will be missed.
zookeys.pensoft.net/news/1031
He had a stellar career in lepidopterology and was deeply involved in our journal's development as editor and author.
He will be missed.
zookeys.pensoft.net/news/1031
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🐝 Rounding off our #VALORwps series with Work Package 7: Co-developed tools for expanded engagement and interaction. This WP is led by @pensoft.net and undertakes five objectives.
➡️ Find out more about WP7 from our post and check out all WPs on our website: valor-project.eu/work-packages
➡️ Find out more about WP7 from our post and check out all WPs on our website: valor-project.eu/work-packages
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
🐝 Rounding off our #VALORwps series with Work Package 7: Co-developed tools for expanded engagement and interaction. This WP is led by @pensoft.net and undertakes five objectives.
➡️ Find out more about WP7 from our post and check out all WPs on our website: valor-project.eu/work-packages
➡️ Find out more about WP7 from our post and check out all WPs on our website: valor-project.eu/work-packages
📸 Last week, we joined @forestpaths.eu's 3rd Policy Lab, where the consortium teamed up with stakeholders to chart new pathways for #ClimateChange mitigation, while conserving European #forests and the services they provide.
👉 More about @forestpaths.eu on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2023/02/27/t...
👉 More about @forestpaths.eu on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2023/02/27/t...
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
📸 Last week, we joined @forestpaths.eu's 3rd Policy Lab, where the consortium teamed up with stakeholders to chart new pathways for #ClimateChange mitigation, while conserving European #forests and the services they provide.
👉 More about @forestpaths.eu on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2023/02/27/t...
👉 More about @forestpaths.eu on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2023/02/27/t...
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🏵️ This week’s #SafeguardResearch examines the distribution, impacts, and traits of the invasive ornamental Gaillardia aristata (great blanketflower).
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.83.97325
@pensoft.net @neobiota.pensoft.net
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.83.97325
@pensoft.net @neobiota.pensoft.net
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🏵️ This week’s #SafeguardResearch examines the distribution, impacts, and traits of the invasive ornamental Gaillardia aristata (great blanketflower).
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.83.97325
@pensoft.net @neobiota.pensoft.net
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.83.97325
@pensoft.net @neobiota.pensoft.net
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A newly discovered Colombian orchid faces 'foretold' extinction, despite being assessed as “Least Concern” according to the IUCN Red List.
Learn about the remarkable species and its Márquez-inspired name on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/19/n...
@wcs.org @rdpalacio.bsky.social
Learn about the remarkable species and its Márquez-inspired name on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/19/n...
@wcs.org @rdpalacio.bsky.social
Newly discovered orchid faces ‘foretold’ extinction
Inspired by its seemingly doomed fate, the Colombian species was named after the protagonist of Gabriel García Márquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
blog.pensoft.net
November 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A newly discovered Colombian orchid faces 'foretold' extinction, despite being assessed as “Least Concern” according to the IUCN Red List.
Learn about the remarkable species and its Márquez-inspired name on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/19/n...
@wcs.org @rdpalacio.bsky.social
Learn about the remarkable species and its Márquez-inspired name on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/19/n...
@wcs.org @rdpalacio.bsky.social