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 Elsevier appoints Kumsal Bayazit as Chief Executive Officer
Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, has announced that Kumsal Bayazit has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective February 15, 2019. Bayazit succeeds Ron Mobed who, after seven years as Elsevier’s Chief Executive Officer, has decided to retire. Mobed will support his successor during the transition, providing counsel and advice until June. Youngsuk (YS) Chi will remain Chairman of Elsevier.
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 Institute for Scientific Information unveils Global Research Report – Profiles not Metrics
The Institute for Scientific Information, the ‘university’ of Web of Science Group has launched its Global Research Reports – a new series of publications aimed at those who deal with research in academia, corporations, publishers and governments to inform, to stimulate debate and to demonstrate the rich information potential of research data. The first Global Research Report, ‘Profiles not Metrics’ draws attention to the information that is lost when data about researchers and their institutions are squeezed into simplified metrics or a league table.
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 American Chemical Society expands materials science portfolio with the addition of ACS Materials Letters
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the addition of ACS Materials Letters to its portfolio of journals, responding to the needs of the ever-expanding and fast-paced global research community focused on materials science. ACS Materials Letters will serve as a forum for the rapid publication of high-quality and important contributions on the forefront of fundamental and applied research at the interface between materials and other disciplines, including chemistry, engineering and biology.
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 BMJ launches new open access journal – Family Medicine and Community Health
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has added a new title to its growing portfolio of more than 60 specialist journals, with the launch of Family Medicine and Community Health. Working in partnership with the Chinese General Practice Press, the journal publishes original research, editorials, reviews and case reports on general practice medicine, covering topics such as public health, chronic disease control and management, and community genetics and counselling.
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 Leading grantee platform Chronos and preprint server BioRxiv now integrated into the Frontiers academic manuscript submission system
Frontiers has announced the integration of Chronos, the grantee platform of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and preprint server BioRxiv into the Frontiers academic manuscript submission system. This integration further simplifies the submission process for Frontiers’ authors. The integration of these external research platforms into the Frontiers submission system is the latest development in Frontiers’ efforts to continually improve the publishing process and offer ever-more author services.
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 Copyright Clearance Center and RightsDirect announce RightFind suite for emerging life science companies
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, RightsDirect, have announced the RightFind® suite for emerging life science companies. This content workflow solution provides fast, easy access to a full range of published content – anytime, anywhere – providing a more efficient research process and competitive advantage.
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 Atypon announces leadership changes
Atypon has announced its leadership changes. Atypon’s Founder and CEO, Georgios Papadopoulos, has assumed the new role of Chairman, and Marty Picco, Atypon’s Senior Vice President of Product, has been promoted to the new role of General Manager.
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