AAAS launches Science Partner Journal, Cyborg and Bionic Systems, in affiliation with Beijing Institute of Technology – July 20, 2020

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced the launch of a new Science Partner Journal, Cyborg and Bionic Systems, published in affiliation with the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT). Cyborg and Bionic Systems’ mission is to promote the knowledge interchange and… Read More

Principles to enhance research integrity and avoid ‘publish or perish’ in academia – July 20, 2020

Amid growing criticism of the traditional “publish or perish” system for rewarding academic research, an international team has developed five principles that institutions can follow to measure and reward research integrity. Published on July 16, 2020 in the open access journal PLOS Biology, the team believes… Read More

Clarivate announces new Global Business Center in Penang, Malaysia – July 20, 2020

Clarivate Plc, a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, has announced the establishment of a Global Business Center in Penang, Malaysia. It is one of three new Global Business Centers that Clarivate is building to provide world-class services… Read More

AMA expands online education hub to streamline physicians’ needs – July 20, 2020

The American Medical Association (AMA) has announced the expansion of its online education portal aimed at offering physicians and other health care professionals a centralised location for finding, earning, tracking and reporting continuing medical education (CME) and other education on a wide range of clinical and… Read More

UKRI to switch its COVID-19 open call to JeS and IFS – July 20, 2020

The application process for UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) COVID-19 open call will change on July 31, 2020. After this date, instead of submitting a proposal via email, researchers and businesses must apply via UKRI’s online submission systems, the Joint Electronic Submission (JeS) and the Innovation… Read More

Latest edition of Blogspeak now online – July 20, 2020

The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Richard Van Noorden (Open-access Plan S to allow publishing in any journal); Roy Kaufman (Guest post — is it time to (finally) get serious about submission charges?); Molly Buccini (4 reasons why information managers should use specialised ontologies across structured… Read More