Two new titles join Nature Research journals portfolio Two new titles will join the Nature Research journals portfolio in January 2018 – Nature Catalysis and Nature Electronics. They will open for submissions in the spring of 2017. The journals will be online-only and subscription-based. They will be included in Springer Nature’s SharedIt content sharing initiative,… Read More »
Evidence-based characteristics could help authors recognize predatory journals A study published in the open access journal BMC Medicine identifies 13 evidence-based characteristics by which potential predatory journals may be distinguished from presumed legitimate ones. While the characteristics identified in this study may not be sensitive enough to detect all potentially predatory journals, the authors hope… Read More »
New report on digital transformation in publishing finds slow advancement in digital transformation, high emphasis on metadata investment An in-depth study analyzing digital transformation in the publishing industry has found that 25 percent of publishers see themselves as “lagging” versus the rest of the industry in their current transformation efforts, while only 25 percent feel… Read More »
Elsevier announces publication of five new microtechnology and nanotechnology titles STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of Functionalized Nanomaterials for the Management of Microbial Infection: A Strategy to Address Microbial Drug Resistance edited by Rabah Boukherroub, Sabine Szunerits and Djamel Drider. Elsevier also announced the publication of four additional microtechnology and nanotechnology books. More… Read More »
Springer Nature’s new semantic platform with Linked Open Data to serve the needs of the research community Publisher Springer Nature is giving a boost to researchers with the launch of its new Springer Nature SciGraph. The new Linked Open Data (LOD) platform aggregates data sources from Springer Nature and cooperating partners, making it easier to… Read More »
Search Alert: 128 new results Your search alert called “UCD/UCDMC” has found 128 new results on Scopus. | View all new results in Scopus First 25 of 128 results Document Author(s) Date Source Title 1 . Antifungal effect of poly(lactic acid) films containing thymol and R-(-)-carvone against anthracnose pathogens isolated from avocado and citrus Boonruang, K.,… Read More »
The American Anthropological Association renews publishing agreement with Wiley The American Anthropological Association (AAA) has renewed its publishing agreement with Wiley, continuing a decade long partnership. The AAA Executive Board’s decision to renew with Wiley was the result of an 18-month process centering on a detailed request for proposals and evaluation of many publisher submissions.… Read More »
Elsevier publishes updated version of Petroleum Production Engineering, announces three new oil and gas industry titles for engineers and managers STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of an updated version of Petroleum Production Engineeringby Boyun Guo, Xinghui Liu and Xuehao Tan. The new edition addresses critical production challenges, such as flow assurance, horizontal and… Read More »
Artificial intelligence powers major content expansion of Nature Research solution, Nano Nano, a Nature Research solution, has just been given a boost by artificial intelligence (AI), increasing the information available to users by sourcing data from over 400,000 relevant research papers. Launched in June 2016, Nano offers highly-indexed and structured information on nanotechnology. The scale-up… Read More »
Springer Nature becomes largest publisher to open up all reference lists Springer Nature, a global research, educational and professional publisher, has become the largest academic publisher to open up reference lists to advance data discovery and reuse. Working closely with Crossref, Springer Nature will make the metadata for reference lists available across all academic books… Read More »