All participating Jisc member articles published with De Gruyter to be open access – November 9, 2020
Jisc Collections and De Gruyter have signed an agreement to provide default open access publishing in De Gruyter journals for all authors at participating institutions, and subscription access to the complete De Gruyter e-Journal collection. The agreement runs for three years… Read More
The Pistoia Alliance helds virtual roundtable to discuss learnings from COVID-19 – November 9, 2020
The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life science and healthcare R&D, has held a virtual roundtable with leaders from global pharma organisations, including Gilead Sciences, Roche, and AbbVie, to discuss learnings to date from COVID-19. Attendees heard… Read More
Bentham Science and Universidade Lusófona partner for publishing research – November 9, 2020
Bentham Science, a science, technology, and medical (STM) publisher, has partnered with the Portugese university, Universidade Lusófona to provide researchers, from the university, an opportunity to publish their research under an Open Access license under economical terms. The agreement is a continuation of Bentham Science Publishers’… Read More
ASH appointed Dr. Catherine as Editor-In-Chief of Blood Advances – November 9, 2020
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) has appointed Dr. Catherine Bollard, the Director of the Centre for Cancer and Immunology Research at the Children’s National Research Institute, as the next editor-in-chief of its journal Blood Advances, effective September 2021. Blood Advances is a peer-reviewed online… Read More
Qatar National Library supports global reach of Qatar’s research – November 9, 2020
Open access aims to return academic publishing to its original intention of spreading knowledge and sharing research without the barriers of high publishing, distribution and licensing costs. Open access journals provide increased visibility for researchers and their work, and give students or other researchers easy access to the information they… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online – November 9, 2020
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Jennifer Goodrich (The pandemic’s effect on the scientific publishing ecosystem); MinPun (Academic Publishing in Nepal during the COVID-19 crisis); Susan Spilka (Guest post — What we can learn from how academics and the public view diversity, inclusion, and… Read More
