Europe PMC partners with UKCDR to make COVID-19 grant information more widely available and accessible – July 28, 2020
As a response to the current pandemic crisis, organisations worldwide have increasingly made funding available for COVID-19 research. As part of the COVID CIRCLE programme, the Medical Research Council (MRC) has worked with the UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR) and the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GLoPID-R)… Read More
ScienceDirect integrates SeamlessAccess to provide researchers with improved remote access options – July 28, 2020
Elsevier’s world-leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature, ScienceDirect, has integrated SeamlessAccess to provide researchers with convenient and secure institutional access to its site, anytime, anywhere and on any device. Researchers will now see an ‘Access through your institution’ button clearly marked on ScienceDirect. When they click… Read More
Digital driving 2019 growth in academic publishing – July 28, 2020
2019 saw the invoiced value of combined UK publisher sales of academic and professional books and journals rise by 1.3%, to nearly £3.3bn – 25.8% higher than in 2015. Digital is driving this growth in academic publishing, with a 4.2% rise in digital sales revenue in 2019 slightly outweighing… Read More
American College of Cardiology expands JACC family of journals, set to launch JACC: Asia – July 28, 2020
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is expanding its JACC family of peer-reviewed journals to include JACC: Asia, which will publish original manuscripts focused on Asian populations and by Asian authors. The journal will be the first region-specific cardiovascular journal with original peer-reviewed content. JACC: Asia,… Read More
Jonathan W. Friedberg to succeed Dr. Stephen A. Cannistra as next editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Oncology – July 28, 2020
Dr. Jonathan W. Friedberg has been appointed as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO), the flagship journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), for five years effective June 2021. JCO publishes cutting-edge research on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with… Read More
BioOne appoints Beth Hutchins as Director of Product Management – July 28, 2020
BioOne has appointed Beth Hutchins as Director of Product Management, effective July 21, 2020. Beth will be an advocate for users and producers of BioOne’s digital products, beginning with (BioOne Complete). She will also plan and implement digital initiatives for current and… Read More
American Society of Microbiology selects Atypon’s Literatum as new online publishing platform – July 28, 2020
The American Society of Microbiology (ASM) has selected Atypon’s Literatum as its new online publishing platform. In addition to its 18 journals, Literatum will also host ASM multimedia, datasets, and supplemental materials. Literatum will enable ASM to… Read More
