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 As the move towards open science progresses, the relevance of data sharing and data management increases, says new Springer Nature whitepaper
Springer Nature has published a whitepaper titled ‘Challenges and Opportunities for Data Sharing in Japan.’ The whitepaper reports a survey of researchers in Japan about data sharing and management. The report includes a summary of discussions by key opinion leaders from the Japanese research community, and expresses a commitment to open science and the desire for data sharing best practice to be researcher-led and discipline-specific. The details of the report will be presented at the Japan Open Science Summit (JOSS) 2019 taking place on May 27-28, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.
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 New SAGE Publishing report lays groundwork for improving social and behavioral science impact metrics
While measurement of science impact has traditionally been synonymous with citation counts in academic journals, such counts fail to capture the influence that research can have on policy, practice, and the public. While the social and behavioral sciences (SBS) are uniquely positioned to make this impact and thus benefit society, their true impact is often ignored or overlooked. As a result, sustained attention is needed to help bring attention to SBS’ value. A new report establishes imperatives and recommended actions to improve the measurement of SBS impact.
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 HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award Brazil and Latin America 2019 winner and finalists announced
Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, and HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) have announced the winner of the first Brazil and Latin America HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award 2019. The award recognises outstanding achievements globally in the usage of health information and technology.
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 Registrations open for ICSTI 2019 Annual Conference in Shanghai
The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) has announced that its 2019 Annual Conference will take place in Shanghai on September 23-26. Themed ‘Open Science and Open Innovation’, the conference is part of a bigger event co-organised with the Shanghai Competitive Intelligence Forum (SCIF) and the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) and generously hosted by Shanghai Library/Institute of Scientific & Technical Information of Shanghai (ISTIS). The conference will also present the high-level ITOC and TACC workshops on September 26, 2019.
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 BMJ and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine announce new agreement
BMJ and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine have announced a new agreement to continue supporting learning and development for primary healthcare physicians across the country. The 1-year agreement will provide ongoing access to BMJ Best Practice and BMJ Learning for 4,000 Ukrainian primary healthcare physicians, enabling them to continue to improve their knowledge and clinical decision making skills within the framework of the Ministry’s healthcare reform.
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 Editage releases new report based on comments from over 2,500 global researchers
Editage, a global scholarly communications company, recently released a comprehensive report based on a global author survey capturing the views of almost 7000 researchers on different aspects of scholarly publishing. In the last question of the survey, researchers were asked to provide comments on what they would like to change about the academic publishing system. As a qualitative follow up to the survey report, Editage has now released a report that analyses all comments received in response to this question.
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