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New ‘results free’ peer-review process to be piloted for academic publishing
The open access journal, BMC Psychology, has announced it will launch the first ever randomised controlled trial to find out if a ‘results free’ peer-review process can help reduce publication bias. The trial will start with an initial pilot phase where the first 10 authors to opt in will go through the ‘results free’ process to show that the procedure is feasible and efficient. Following the pilot, a randomised controlled trial will start where authors who opt in are randomly assigned to the ‘results free’ or normal peer-review process.
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Over 750 publisher journals to integrate with Publons
Publisher John Wiley & Sons has announced that a further 750 journals will be integrated with Publons, the world’s leading peer review recognition platform. The partnership is an expansion of a 6-month pilot program that Wiley and Publons ran in 2015. The partnership allows those who peer review for any of Wiley’s participating journals to effortlessly track and verify every review.
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EBSCO offers five scholarships to attend 2017 ALA Midwinter Meeting
The American Library Association (ALA) and EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) are partnering to offer five scholarships for librarians to attend the 2017 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta. The scholarship allows more librarians to take advantage of the opportunities for continuing education, meetings and interactions with colleagues at the meeting, which will take place from January 20 – 24, 2017.
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ProQuest partners with Oxford University Press to make thousands of ebooks available on the UPSO platform via the OASIS system
ProQuest is teaming with academic publisher Oxford University Press to make thousands of ebooks available on University Press Scholarship Online platform (UPSO) via the OASIS® system. A groundbreaking online library, UPSO grants access to more than 20,000 monographs in subjects covering almost every area of academia.
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De Gruyter Mouton and American Psychological Association announce publishing partnership
De Gruyter Mouton and the American Psychological Association have started a unique publishing partnership which embraces the best contemporary research on topics where psychology and language intersect. The publishing partnership finds its first culmination in the launch of the joint book series Language and the Human Lifespan, which features four volumes in 2016.
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Scientific American launches For Science, a freely accessible online version of Scientific American for the Arabic-speaking world
Scientific American, the oldest continuously published magazine in the US, has announced the launch of For Science (Lel Elm), a new freely accessible online version of Scientific American for the Arabic-speaking world, featuring the latest science news and features of both global and regional significance. The site will provide authoritative insights into and news of the latest developments from the worlds of science, technology and biomedicine, as well as disseminating the voices of the most influential thinkers from the region.
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CERN in deal with leading scientific publishers and learned societies to extend SCOAP3 initiative for three more years
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, and the ‘host organisation’ of SCOAP3 has announced that it has signed contracts with 10 leading scientific publishers and learned societies to extend this Open Access initiative for three more years. This was the last step for this unique global Open Access partnership to continue supporting authors worldwide through at least December 2019.
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