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Society for Scholarly Publishing to pilot new Mentorship Program

The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) will pilot a new Mentorship Program starting in June 2017. The SSP Career Development Committee is seeking up to 12 mentors and up to 12 mentees to participate in this new program and provide feedback. The pilot will run from June through November 2017 and SSP is accepting applications through May 15.
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New BioMed Central and Digital Science report looks to the future of peer review

Open access publisher BioMed Central and Digital Science have announced a new report, according to which, in order to affect real, industry-wide improvements to the peer review process, publishers, researchers, funders and institutions need to be willing to experiment with different models, encourage more diversity in the reviewer pool, utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) and support training and mentoring for peer reviewers. The report ‘What might peer review look like in 2030?’ is based on the lively and progressive sessions at the SpotOn London conference held at Wellcome Collection Conference centre in November 2016.
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ACS’ Publications Division forms C&EN BrandLab, a custom content studio to serve the marketing needs of chemical and pharmaceutical organisations

The American Chemical Society’s (ACS’) Publications Division has announced the establishment of C&EN BrandLab, a custom content-development studio to serve the marketing needs of chemical and pharmaceutical organisations. C&EN BrandLab, a new unit within the ACS’ award-winning Chemical and Engineering News (C&EN) Media Group, will build content marketing strategies in collaboration with clients designed to reach scientists, industry researchers and business executives through both innovative print advertising solutions and digital storytelling.
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Publons launches Publons Academy to help researchers master peer review and connect with editors at elite journals

Publons, the online network of peer reviewers, has launched the Publons Academy: a free, practical peer review training course to speed up scholarly communication and improve researcher development. It enables new academics to practice and master the core competencies and skills of peer review and connect with editors in their field.
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Knowledge E appoints Ali El-Sabban as Business Development Manager

Information resources and software solutions provider Knowledge E has announced the appointment of Ali El-Sabban as its new Business Development Manager. Ali has been brought on board to continue driving Knowledge E’s growth in the Governmental, Institutional and Educational sectors.
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