 ‘Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge’ to be the theme of 2019 International Open Access Week |
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The 2019 Open Access Week Advisory Committee has announced that the theme for the 2019 International Open Access Week, to be held October 21-27, will be ‘Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge.’ This year’s theme will build on the groundwork laid last year when discussions focused on ‘Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge.’ The 2018 theme highlighted the importance of making a central commitment to equity as we transition toward new systems for sharing knowledge, and the past twelve months have only seen the pace of that transition increase. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Elsevier’s Via Oncology wins 2019 MedTech Breakthrough Award for innovation in cancer care |
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MedTech Breakthrough, an independent organisation that recognises the top companies and solutions in the global health and medical technology market, has selected Elsevier’s Via Oncology as the winner of its ‘Best Computerized Decision Support Solution’ award in the 2019 MedTech Breakthrough Awards program. Elsevier’s Via Oncology is a national leader in cancer care management and clinical decision support that incorporates advanced technology to identify and match eligible patients with clinical trial opportunities. More Search for more news in this Category |
 The Cambridge Structural Database reaches one million structures |
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The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC), experts in structural chemistry data, software and knowledge for materials and life science research and application, has announced a huge milestone for structural chemistry with the addition of the millionth structure into the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD). The CSD is the world’s repository of highly curated experimentally determined organic and metal-organic crystal structures. More Search for more news in this Category |
 CSHL, Yale University, and BMJ set to launch new preprint server for the health sciences |
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), Yale University, and BMJ have announced the forthcoming launch of medRxiv (pronounced “med-archive”), a free online archive and distribution service for preprints in the medical and health sciences. medRxiv is expected to begin accepting manuscripts on June 6th and will be overseen by the three organisations. medRxiv will host manuscripts from researchers around the world, regardless of their organisational affiliation, will be publisher-neutral, and will be guided in its mission by an international advisory board. More Search for more news in this Category |
 Akadémiai Kiadó partners with Sheridan PubFactory to host their journals |
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STM publisher Akadémiai Kiadó, majority owned by Wolters Kluwer, is relaunching their AKJournals publishing program – over 60 peer-reviewed STM titles – on Sheridan PubFactory’s online hosting platform. Akadémiai Kiadó is Hungary’s oldest continuously operating publishing house and one of the largest scientific publishers in Central and Eastern Europe. Sheridan PubFactory can guide and support publishers through any point in the content lifecycle. More Search for more news in this Category |
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