 Projekt DEAL and Springer Nature reach understanding on world’s largest transformative OA agreement |
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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between MPDL Services, on behalf of Projekt DEAL, andSpringer Nature, sets the scene for the world’s most comprehensive open access (OA) agreement to be finalised later this year. The agreement is expected to see well over 13,000 articles a year from German researchers published OA, meaning they will be freely and universally available for the world’s students, scholars and scientists to read, share, use and reuse from the moment of publication. More Search for more news in this Category |
 British Ecological Society’s extensive study to test if ‘blinding’ can reduce bias in science publishing |
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A two-year randomised controlled trial in the British Ecological Society journal Functional Ecology will be the largest of its kind to date to assess whether hiding author details during peer review reduces bias against under-represented groups in the science publishing process. An estimated 2500 research papers submitted to the journal will be randomly allotted into two workflows: single- or double-blind peer review. The study will assess whether author characteristics affect peer-review scores and acceptance of papers, as well as the effectiveness of the blinding process. More Search for more news in this Category |
 SSP webinar offerings discuss Plan S, AI Use Cases, and Content Distribution |
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The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) webinar series covers timely topics and delivers highly informative and thought-provoking sessions designed to challenge and stimulate discussion. Building on earlier topics in the 2019 series, SSP is offering the following webinars through the end of the year: Plan S: Opportunities for the Future of Scholarly Publishing – September 17, 2019; Are There Finally Real Use Cases for AI? – October 23, 2019; and The Scholarly Kitchen Webinar – The Future of Content Distribution: Licensing or Leakage – November 19, 2019. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Zynx Health Introduces new clinical decision support reporting solution for optimising the use of evidence-based standards |
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Evidence- and experience-based clinical improvement solutions provider Zynx HealthTM has announced the release of a new clinical decision support reporting solution to help hospitals target the interventions that drive improved patient care. The reporting feature extends the power of Knowledge Analyzer, Zynx Health’s knowledge management solution that maximises the value of EHRs and aligns organisations’ clinical decision support (CDS) with their clinical and financial goals. More Search for more news in this Category |
 McGraw-Hill expands its Connect Master suite of course materials |
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McGraw-Hill, the leader in learning science and digital learning tools, has announced the expansion of its Connect Master® suite of course materials, with more than 60,000 college students expected to use these innovative, digital-first products this fall. Built with McGraw-Hill’s adaptive technology, Connect Master courses provide affordable active learning experiences to improve students’ engagement, critical thinking skills and ability to apply knowledge to real-world challenges. More Search for more news in this Category |
 EPJ Photovoltaics now indexed in Ei Compendex |
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OA journal EPJ Photovoltaics is now indexed in the Ei Compendex , joining over 3,600 high-quality peer-reviewed journals. These journals cover a vast number of areas, such as, materials science, applied physics and optics, and instrumentation and nanotechnology. Ei Compendex provides a truly holistic and global view of peer-reviewed and indexed publications with over 20 million records from 77 countries across 190 engineering disciplines. More Search for more news in this Category |
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