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BioMed Central signs San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment |
Open access publisher BioMed Central has become a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), the commitment to move away from a single measure of a journal’s impact (Impact Factor) to the provision of a wider set of metrics and measurements. BioMed Central has been compliant with the majority of DORA recommendations for some time, and a commitment to reducing emphasis on Impact Factor is the final step in enacting DORA practices in research assessment.
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SPARC Europe and Digital Curation Centre release new briefing paper on the ‘Value of Open Data to Research Institutions’ |
Institutions that house and support research programs are uniquely positioned to advance the open sharing of data. Research managers at these institutions play a pivotal role since they steer institutional policy, strategy and infrastructure development. A newly released briefing paper speaks directly to these influential figures, and provides insights into the breadth of benefits open data brings institutions.
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ASTM International board of directors approve formation of Cannabis Standards Group |
ASTM International, one of the world’s leading standards organisations, has announced that its board of directors has approved the formation of a committee on cannabis (D37). The organisation also announced that the committee will hold its first official meeting June 11-12 in Toronto.
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Springer Nature authors can now submit more of their research outputs via new data submission portal powered by Figshare |
Figshare, an online digital repository for academic research, has launched a new tool that enables authors to share their research outputs more efficiently during the publishing process. Springer Nature is the first publisher to pilot this new data submission portal and have worked closely with Figshare to build a customised service to support open research. The tool will reduce the amount of information authors must complete to share data supporting their publications.
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CSHL collaborates with Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to boost sharing of scientific research |
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has announced a new collaboration with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) that will help accelerate the understanding of life science for the benefit of human health and disease. New funding from CZI will support the development and expansion of CSHL’s bioRxiv preprint service, a free platform that enables life science researchers to quickly and easily share drafts of papers before they are published in peer-reviewed research journals.
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RSB and the Biochemical Society announce inaugural issue of new journal deal with biology’s hot topics |
The inaugural issue of Emerging Topics in Life Science, a new journal jointly owned by the Royal Society of Biology and the Biochemical Society, has been published. Each issue of the journal will feature reviews on a new or growing topic and will be guest edited by an expert in the field. The journal will support the needs of researchers and students, as well as those moving into new fields, who need easy-to-digest reviews of rapidly moving areas.
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The Optical Society members and leaders participate in Global March for Science |
The March for Science, held on April 22, took place in over 600 cities around the globe. Over 250 organisations including, The Optical Society (OSA), connected for this non-partisan celebration of the value of science and scientific inquiry. Fundamental optical research in the last century and key inventions, such as the laser, helped establish the basic science foundation that today enables high speed internet, GPS, smartphones and many other advances in society.
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