Springer Nature and PubChem partner to improve accessibility to material and property data – March 19, 2020
Springer Nature has announced a partnership with open access database PubChem, hosted by the US National Institute of Health, to enable researchers to quickly identify reliable property information of materials and links to primary research. Springer Nature’s materials and properties database, Read More
Wiley makes COVID-19 research freely available in publicly funded archives – March 19, 2020
John Wiley and Sons Inc., a global leader in research and education, is making all current and future research content and data on the COVID-19 Resource Site available to PubMed Central, the archive of biomedical and life science at the US National Institutes of Health’s National… Read More
Publishers provide scholarly content free on Project MUSE during COVID-19 crisis – March 19, 2020
In response to the challenges created by the global public health crisis of COVID-19, Project MUSE is supporting its participating publishers in making scholarly content temporarily available for free on its platform. With many higher education institutions moving into an exclusively online learning environment for… Read More
ProQuest partners with publishers to provide coronavirus-impacted libraries with unlimited access to Ebook Central holdings – March 19, 2020
ProQuest has announced a partnership with more than 90 publishers to support libraries in providing unlimited access to Ebook Central holdings for all patrons – at no extra charge. The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is having an unprecedented effect on higher-education institutions across… Read More
Editage partners with Common Ground Research Networks to provide manuscript editorial services to authors – March 19, 2020
Editage, a science communications brand by Cactus Communications (CACTUS), has partnered with US-based not-for-profit Common Ground Research Networks (CGRN) to support their authors with translation, language editing, and formatting for research manuscripts and books. CGRN publishes about 90 journals, with about 78 percent indexed by… Read More
EPJ N announces completion of topical issue: ‘Progress in the Science and Technology of Nuclear Reactors using Molten Salts’ – March 19, 2020
EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies (EPJ N) has announced the completion of the topical issue, ‘Progress in the Science and Technology of Nuclear Reactors using Molten Salts’, guest edited by Jan Leen Kloosterman (TU Delft), Elsa Merle (LPSC-IN2P3-CNRS, UJF, Grenoble INP) and Jean Ragusa (Texas A&M University). The two remaining… Read More
SAGE Publishing issues statement on the COVID-19 Pandemic – March 18, 2020
The work of the research community will be critical to addressing the challenge of COVID-19. To support this, academic publisher SAGE Publishing has taken a number of actions. SAGE has removed the subscription gateway to articles that it believes will be of value to researchers and… Read More
Cambridge University Press offers free access to cutting edge research on coronavirus – March 18, 2020
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press is offering 700 textbooks free to all, online access to higher education textbooks and coronavirus cutting edge research during the COVID-19 outbreak. In addition, existing customers are being offered free access to key reference works on request to help them… Read More
Bentham Science announces new journal, ‘Coronaviruses’ – March 18, 2020
STM publisher Bentham Science has announced a new journal, ‘Coronaviruses’ to cover the latest research on coronaviruses related outbreak and the methods employed to treat coronavirus infections. Every article in the first volume of the journal will be published as Open Access. Coronaviruses will publish… Read More
BMJ appoints Chris Jones as new CEO – March 18, 2020
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has announced the appointment of Chris Jones as next Chief Executive, effective April 6, 2020. BMJ publishes one of the world’s most cited general medical journals, The BMJ, and over 70 specialty journals. The company also offers digital professional development courses and… Read More
ORCID officially launches Irish Consortium – March 18, 2020
ORCID has announced the official launch of the Irish Consortium at the Irish Research eLibrary (IReL). The new consortium will be led by Dr Catherine Ferris, IReL Open Scholarship Officer, who will manage community and technical support for consortium members. ORCID consortia foster communities of… Read More
Anne Simoneau, Director of Business Development at EDP Sciences, joins OA Switchboard Advisory Group – March 18, 2020
EDP Sciences has announced that Anne Simoneau, Director of Business Development, has been invited to join the Advisory Group of the OA Switchboard project. As the demand for open access publications is increasing, the models to fund these publications are becoming more diverse and complex.… Read More
Registration Opens for the Editorial Manager User Group Meeting (EMUG 2020) – March 18, 2020
Aries Systems is inviting current and prospective users of Editorial Manager® and ProduXion Manager® to register and attend the 18th annual Editorial Manager User Group Meeting (EMUG 2020), on June 11-12th, 2020 at the Courtyard Marriott Boston Downtown Hotel in Boston, MA.… Read More
COVID-19 – Publishers extend immediate access to resources – March 17, 2020
Publishers have announced an extended commitment to support the continued global response to the rapid worldwide spread of COVID-19. Sharing the worldwide concern about the spread and impact of COVID-19, publishers recognise the crucial role they can play in supporting the response to this crisis and advancing the research that… Read More
Elsevier allows PubMed Central to access content on its COVID-19 Information Center to fight against coronavirus – March 17, 2020
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics specialising in science and health, has made its research and data content on its COVID-19 Information Center available to PubMed Central, the archive of biomedical and lifescience at the US. National Institutes of Health’s National Library… Read More
Emerald Publishing launches publishing fund to cover APCs, supporting Social Scientists to make their research on health emergencies such as Covid-19 rapidly available – March 17, 2020
Academic publisher Emerald Publishing has launched a publishing fund of £20,000 to cover the article publishing charges (APCs) for any research that relates to societal impacts as a result of the outbreak of Coronavirus (Covid-19) and similar health emergencies. As the Covid-19 outbreak continues to… Read More
Cochrane announces revised Conflict of Interest policy for Cochrane Library Content – March 17, 2020
Cochrane has released its revised Conflict of Interest policy for Cochrane Library Content. The policy was created with the support of a project board made up of key stakeholders and conflict of interest experts from within and outside Cochrane, following a rigorous… Read More
Scholastica announces The State of Journal Production and Access survey – March 17, 2020
Scholastica is conducting a survey on ‘The State of Journal Production and Access’ among scholarly societies, university presses, and university libraries that publish one or more journals independently. In the world of academic journal publishing, change has traditionally occurred gradually. However, as new digital publishing standards… Read More
VitalSource and publishers come together to provide free access to eTextbooks to students affected by COVID-19 – March 17, 2020
VitalSource® has joined leading publishers to help ensure students affected by the COVID-19 pandemic will have free access to quality digital learning materials through the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester. Beginning March 16 through May 25, 2020, access to an expansive catalogue of eTexts… Read More
Cactus Communications and Cadmore Media collaborate on solution for scientific event recordings – March 17, 2020
Cactus Communications (CACTUS) and Cadmore Media have announced an end-to-end media capture and publication solution for societies wishing to expertly publish the output of scientific conferences, whether they are being held virtually or in person. With CACTUS’s global network of subject specialists, professional media production,… Read More