COPE issues statement on inappropriate manipulation of peer review processes |
The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) has become aware of systematic, inappropriate attempts to manipulate the peer review processes of several journals across different publishers. These manipulations appear to have been orchestrated by a number of third party agencies offering services to authors. COPE has issued a statement after consultation with a variety of publishers. More Search for more news in this Category |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation set to introduce new open access policy in January 2015 |
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is set to introduce an open access policy next month for the studies it funds that goes further than most other research funders. According to Trevor Mundel, the foundation’s president of global health, the policy will enable other researchers to access the latest evidence and draw on it to advance their own research to help tackle malnutrition, infectious diseases, and child and maternal mortality. More Search for more news in this Category |
American Society of Hematology names Glenn Landis as Editorial Director of journal Blood |
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) has announced that Glenn Landis will assume the position of Editorial Director of Blood, the journal of ASH, effective January 5, 2015. With more than 13 years of editorial experience at the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO), Landis brings extensive knowledge of the peer review process, technology infrastructure standards, and the medical journal community to his role at ASH. More Search for more news in this Category |
FIZ Karlsruhe presents new information brochure ‘A Focus on Mathematics’ |
FIZ Karlsruhe —Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure presents its completely revised information brochure ‘A Focus on Mathematics’. The publication is dedicated to new directions of integrated knowledge management in mathematics. Seven articles by expert authors, among them Prof. Gert-Martin Greuel, who is also editor-in-chief of zbMATH, span the bridge from the beginnings of the documentation of scientific results in the ‘Jahrbuch der Fortschritte der Mathematik’ (1868) to today’s mathematical online portal zbMATH. More Search for more news in this Category |
RSuite 4.1 provides extensive use of templates to drive efficiencies into the book publishing process |
RSuite CMS, a publishing automation and multi-channel publishing content management solution, has released version 4.1. RSuite 4.1 provides an extensive use of templates to drive efficiencies into the book publishing process. The pre-configured environment allows book publishers to realise their goal of multi-channel publishing by simply utilising the free Microsoft Word templates to automatically generate XML, ePub, PDF, and other outputs. More Search for more news in this Category |
IMS Health receives regulatory clearance for Cegedim transaction |
Global information and technology services company IMS Health has announced that the company has received approval from the European Commission in connection with the pending acquisition of certain Cegedim information solutions and customer relationship management (CRM) businesses. In addition to the Commission’s approval, the waiting period for the U.S. antitrust review under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR) expired on December 5, 2014. More Search for more news in this Category |
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online |
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Jill O’Neill (Doing Better With Open Access Advocacy); Lorraine Estelle (Unravelling the true cost of publishing in open access); Ben Allanach (Ben Allanach, On Open Access); Joseph Esposito (Getting the University Presses Back in the Game); and Zoë Sheppard, Vanora Hundley, Edwin van Teijlingen and Paul Thompson (Collaborative ‘science of science’ needed to ensure research and education make a difference to practice). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here. |
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