BioDuro selects SciFinderⁿ from CAS to boost research productivity and shorten cycle times – November 18, 2019
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, has announced that leading contract research, development and manufacturing organisation (CRO/CDMO) BioDuro has signed a five-year agreement for SciFindern. This agreement provides enterprise-wide access to the most advanced scientific information solution for all scientists at BioDuro, ensuring they… Read More
Integration of Airbus’ Vision-1 satellite imagery and the GeoSeer search tool give academics access to millions of open data maps – November 18, 2019
Jisc has announced the launch of the improved Jisc geospatial data service providing universities and colleges easy and free access to more than 1.6 million geographical datasets from around the world, including the most comprehensive index of maps ever brought together. The service features the implementation… Read More
De Gruyter increases staff and geographic reach in Asia Pacific region – November 18, 2019
Academic publisher De Gruyter is expanding internationally and is increasing its geographic reach and staff numbers in the Asia Pacific region (APAC). The announcement of additional investments in APAC follows a recent announcement by the publisher of expansion in North America as well. Wendy Ding, Editorial… Read More
O’Reilly announces co-chairs of inaugural Infrastructure & Ops Conference – November 18, 2019
O’Reilly, the premier source for insight-driven learning on technology and business, has announced Sam Newman as the external co-chair of the O’Reilly Infrastructure & Ops Conference, a new franchise focused on foundational technologies including cloud services, containers, microservices, and AI and operations. Newman will join internal… Read More
Prof. Theodore J. Bornhorst appointed as Section Editor-in-Chief of Minerals – November 18, 2019
Open access publisher Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) has announced that Professor Theodore J. Bornhorst has been appointed as Editor-in-Chief of the Mineral Deposits Section of Minerals. His term started in September 2019. Professor Bornhorst is Professor of Geology in Department of Geological and Mining Engineering… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online – November 18, 2019
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe (Can Geowalling Save Open Access?); Jane Reed (Using AI-powered Text Mining to Re-use Research Insights Published in Scientific Literature); Charlie Rapple (Researchers’ Social License – in Need of Renewal?); and Martin Paul Eve (If we choose to… Read More
ConTech 2019 opens in three weeks – November 15, 2019
ConTech 2019 is scheduled to be held from December 5-6, 2019. The conference will showcase the very latest thinking on how data science, AI and other technologies can unlock a host of new opportunities for content organisations of all types and sizes. This year’s programme looks… Read More
A partnership retrospective: AAAS’ Science Partner Journal Program and Hindawi – November 15, 2019
August 22, 2019 marked the anniversary of the first article published by Research, AAAS’ first Science Partner Journal (SPJ). The SPJ program was established in late 2017 to meet the growing chorus of requests from international associations wishing to partner with AAAS to establish a publication… Read More
CRKN adopts Archivematica as Canadiana’s preservation platform – November 15, 2019
CRKN has announced that it has adopted Archivematica as the new preservation platform for the Canadiana Trustworthy Digital Repository (TDR). Archivematica will replace the preservation management components of the current platform, which were developed in-house over the past decade. Archivematica is an… Read More
Molecular Biology of the Cell is one of the first journals to join portable peer review platform – November 15, 2019
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) is one of the first journals to participate in a new platform that enables journal-independent, ‘portable’ peer review. A research manuscript submitted to the platform, Review Commons, will be reviewed by experts for technical rigor and its contribution to the… Read More
APA elects Atlanta Center for Behavioral Health Director Jennifer Kelly 2021 President – November 15, 2019
Dr. Jennifer F. Kelly, owner and director of the Atlanta Center for Behavioral Medicine, has been elected the 2021 president of the American Psychological Association. In addition to her independent practice, Kelly serves as co-chair of the newly formed APA Advocacy Coordinating Committee, which is responsible… Read More
SPi Global’s SmartDub Solution wins PIC at LocWorld Silicon Valley 2019 – November 14, 2019
SPi Global, the world’s leading content technology and solutions provider, and HOOQ, Southeast Asia’s largest video-on-demand service, have announced that SmartDub, an artificial intelligence (AI) dubbing innovation, emerged as the winner of the recent Process Innovation Challenge (PIC)… Read More
HighWire to host new RCP journals site – November 14, 2019
Scholarly publishing technology provider, HighWire, has supported the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) to launch its new journals site: rcpjournals.org. The site brings together RCP’s two prestigious journals, Clinical Medicine (ClinMed) and Future Healthcare Journal (FHJ), into the… Read More
Library Assessment Conference 2019 call for proposals – November 14, 2019
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the University of Washington Libraries, and the Conference Steering Committee are inviting paper, poster, and workshop proposals for the 2020 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment, beginning December 4, 2019. Proposals will be due… Read More
IFRRO elects new Board of Directors at World Congress and Annual General Meeting 2019 – November 14, 2019
The International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO), a network of collective management organisations around the world, including reproduction rights organisations (RROs) and creators’ and publishers’ associations in the text and image sector working to protect and enable easy legal access to copyright materials, held Board… Read More
Dr. Anna Valdez named Editor in Chief of OADN’s official journal – November 14, 2019
The Board of Directors for the Organisation for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) has announced the appointment of Dr. Anna Valdez as Editor in Chief of the association’s official publication Teaching and Learning in Nursing (TELN). Dr. Valdez has over 25 years of experience in clinical practice… Read More
Editage partners with ReviewerCredits to offer peer review training and author services – November 14, 2019
Editage, a science communications brand by Cactus Communications (CACTUS), has announced a partnership with ReviewerCredits, a spinoff company endorsed by the University of Milano-Bicocca. Through this collaboration, Editage and ReviewerCredits will launch a service platform that will cover key areas such as reviewer education, English editing,… Read More