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Open-access 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
🎉 We are happy to announce the expansion of the Journal Home partnership between @researchgate.bsky.social and Pensoft Publishers!

👉 Learn more about the new initiative through our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/02/10/r...

#AcademicPublishing #OpenScience #OpenAccess
ResearchGate and Pensoft Publishers announce expansion of their Journal Home partnership | Blog
The partnership now expands to 40 journals, covering the majority of Pensoft's and partner's journals.
blog.pensoft.net
February 10, 2026 at 1:54 PM
📊❤️ Data is in the air!

It's international #LoveDataWeek! And our CEO, Prof. Lyubomir Penev will be opening the online session "Data Papers: How and Why?"

🗓️ When: February 13th at 5:00 AM EST / 10:00 AM UTC
🔗 Register for free here: bdj.pensoft.net/news/1108

#LoveData26 #data #science
Pensoft joins the International Love Data Week 9-13 February
The International Love Data Week is a global celebration of all things data, held annually during the week of Valentine’s Day. Hosted by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social ...
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February 10, 2026 at 11:17 AM
🦈 The accidental capture of a juvenile Great White #shark in the Spanish Mediterranean has prompted a 160-year review of records.

Data from 1862-2023 confirms these #sharks are still rare but persistent visitors, likely following bluefin #tuna migrations into the region. Read more about it here👇
Great white sharks in Spain: new record sparks a 160-year review |
A juvenile great white shark was caught off Spain, prompting further research confirming its elusive presence in the Spanish Mediterranean.
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February 10, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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The #chiton of the #people, or how a new #deepsea discovery was named in just 2 years following a week-long viral campaign, as covered in @discovermag.bsky.social by Stephanie Edwards. 👇

📑The #study was published a few days ago in the #OA
@bdj.pensoft.net.

@oceanspecies.bsky.social @sgn.one
8,000 Suggestions Later, a Newly Discovered Deep-Sea Species Gets Its Name
A new deep-sea species now carries a scientific name chosen by the internet, and researchers say the crowdsourced approach could help conservation efforts.
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February 9, 2026 at 8:46 AM
The #chiton of the #people, or how a new #deepsea discovery was named in just 2 years following a week-long viral campaign, as covered in @discovermag.bsky.social by Stephanie Edwards. 👇

📑The #study was published a few days ago in the #OA
@bdj.pensoft.net.

@oceanspecies.bsky.social @sgn.one
8,000 Suggestions Later, a Newly Discovered Deep-Sea Species Gets Its Name
A new deep-sea species now carries a scientific name chosen by the internet, and researchers say the crowdsourced approach could help conservation efforts.
www.discovermagazine.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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Want to stay in the loop on the latest developments in pollinator science?

Join the pollinators feed curated by our communication partner @pensoft.net - a shared space for research, discussion, and updates on pollination science.

👉 Follow the feed now:
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February 9, 2026 at 8:23 AM
📸 In his keynote at this week's #iCROPM2026 congress in Italy, Prof. Christopher J Topping talked about #interoperabality as a requirement for functional #biodiversity #modellers.

👏 Chris is also the Editor-in-Chief at our @fesmj.pensoft.net journal and project coordinator at @pollinera-horizon.eu.
February 6, 2026 at 2:26 PM
🥁 After a week of 1000s of name suggestions - the newly found #chiton finally has a name! 👋Meet 𝘍𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘪!

The "chiton of the people" is now officially described in @bdj.pensoft.net!

🌊 Many thanks to everyone who participated, @zefrank.bsky.social, @oceanspecies.bsky.social, & @sgn.one
The Internet Names a New Deep-Sea Species, Senckenberg researchers choose a scientific name from over 8,000 suggestions. | Blog
Published in the Biodiversity Data Journal, a new deep-sea chiton species was named via a global internet naming competition by Senckenberg, Pensoft, and Ze Frank.
blog.pensoft.net
February 6, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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❤️📊 International #LoveDataWeek is approaching! This year’s theme is "Where’s the Data?"

Join @pensoft.net CEO Prof. Lyubomir Penev online on Feb 13 for a deep dive into Data Papers: How and Why?

@icpsr.bsky.social @lovedataweek.bsky.social

#LoveData26 #OpenScience #BiodiversityData #datapapers
Pensoft joins the International Love Data Week 9-13 February
The International Love Data Week is a global celebration of all things data, held annually during the week of Valentine’s Day. Hosted by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social ...
bdj.pensoft.net
February 6, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Pensoft and ARPHA integrate with Prophy to speed up reviewer discovery across 90+ scholarly journals.

Read all about Prophy's AI-driven discovery system and how it will strengthen peer review on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/02/03/p...

@ruchay.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 11:07 AM
👋 Greetings from Spain and the Final Annual Meeting of the #Horizon2020 project #REST-COAST!

☺️ What a pleasure to have been leaders of the project's #Communication, #Dissemination & #Social Transformation for the last 5 yrs!

😍 Good time to find about the NEW #REST-COAST Mobile App!

rest-coast.eu
February 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
🎉 We are delighted to announce a new Open Access agreement between Pensoft and the University of Zurich.

Researchers at participating institutions will be able to publish their findings in Pensoft’s peer-reviewed journals without incurring individual APCs:

blog.pensoft.net/2026/02/02/p...
Pensoft and the University of Zurich sign strategic OA Agreement to support Swiss research | Blog
The agreement encompasses five key research and medical bodies, and allows corresponding authors to publish their findings without individual Article Processing Charges.
blog.pensoft.net
February 2, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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Want to be a person who named a #newspecies?

⏳We have 2 days left to find the perfect name for this c#hiton before it’s officially published in the Biodiversity Data Journal on February 6.

🔬Don’t miss out on this #scientific immortality!

Submit your idea now: 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Hk...
True Facts: New Species Naming Competition
YouTube video by Ze Frank
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January 31, 2026 at 7:37 AM
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🌟 #CONCERTOPartners campaign continues with the spotlight on @pensoft.net !

📚 Within CONCERTO, Pensoft has a leading role in Work Package 7, ensuring the efficient dissemination and communication of project outcomes to maximise impact and reach.

Stay tuned for more!
January 30, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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We require registration to protect our authors. As this work is still under review, it helps us ensure accountable and responsible access.
January 30, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Our latest blog post dives into the deep to answer a big #evolutionary question:

Are #zoantharians #genetically and morphologically distinct between the #Atlantic and the #Indo-Pacific? 🌊

🔽The research results are surprising: blog.pensoft.net/2026/01/30/c...
Corals’ Boldest Cousins: UH Scientists Discover Marine Creatures Bending the Laws of Evolution
A new Frontiers of Biogeography study shows zoantharian hexacorals defy biogeographic norms with narrow genetic evolution differences across the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.
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January 30, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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🐍❄️ Can Florida’s #cold snaps stop #Burmese #pythons?

#Research published in NeoBiota, recently featured in @people.com by Gabrielle Rockson, suggest that these #invasivespecies are undergoing evolutionary change and show behavioral plasticity that helps them survive the cold #weather. 👇
Fla. Temperatures Dropped to Dangerous Numbers for Reptiles, But the State's Invasive Pythons Are Hanging On
While temperatures are dropping in Florida, invasive pythons have been adapting despite other reptiles dropping, according to new reports
people.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:21 AM
🙌 Last week, as part of the @coop4cbd.eu consortium, our team joned the @horizoneu.bsky.social project's 4th Annual General Meeting in Budapest, Hungary!

📹 They presented the latest from the "Communication, dissemination & exploitation" WP & held a training on how to film videos!

🖱️ #COOP4CBD2026
January 27, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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😮 Help name a new species!

Found 5,506m deep in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench, this #deep-sea #chiton needs a #scientific name.

🙌We’re teaming up with @zefrank.bsky.social and @oceanspecies.bsky.social (SOSA) to let YOU decide!

👉Comment your name idea + 1 sentence explaining why.

@sgn.one
Help name a new deep-sea chiton species
Researchers have recently identified a new species of chiton. Now, in an effort to bridge the gap between deep-sea exploration and public engagement, the team from the Senckenberg Ocean Species Allian...
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January 27, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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🎉We are thrilled to officially welcome the Swiss Journal of Palaeontology and the Swiss Journal of Geosciences to the #ARPHA family!

💻 By joining ARPHA, both journals leverage our advanced #publishing solutions (developed by @pensoft.net) to modernize workflows and boost #research visibility.
A New Chapter for Swiss Geosciences and Palaeontology: Pensoft Welcomes Two New Journals to its Portfolio -
Pensoft Publishers welcomes the open-access, peer-reviewed journals Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (SJP) and Swiss Journal of Geosciences (SJG).
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January 27, 2026 at 8:17 AM
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🌿 A year after its renaming, the #scientific #journal Vegetation Ecology and Diversity (VED) marks а major improvement!

📈Their latest editorial highlights peak #article output, improved #editorial workflows and more!

Read the full editorial here: doi.org/10.3897/ved....

#OA #sciencesky #ecology
One year of Vegetation Ecology and Diversity (VED)
In this editorial, we announce the journal’s return to the Scopus database following the change of its name, and we comment on its performance in the first year under the new name Vegetation Ecology a...
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January 23, 2026 at 10:19 AM
🎉 We are thrilled to announce a new Open Access agreement with the Bibsam Consortium, covering 97 research institutions in #Sweden.

📰 Read more on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/01/21/p...

#OpenAccess #OpenScience #AcademicPublishing
Pensoft and Bibsam Consortium announce new OA agreement
The agreement covers almost 100 institutions, including Karolinska Institutet, Lund University, Uppsala University, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
blog.pensoft.net
January 22, 2026 at 11:46 AM