Publishers require authors to use an ORCID identifier during the publication process A group of seven publishers have announced, during 2016, they will begin requiring authors to use an ORCID identifier (iD) during the publication process. The American Geophysical Union … Continue reading →

Springer Nature hits milestone of 200,000 ORCID identifiers Springer Nature, a global research, educational and professional publisher, has reached an important new milestone, with over 200,000 ORCID identifiers in use for journal articles as of January 1, 2016. This follows … Continue reading →

Elsevier announces expansion of Knovel Interactive Equations More than 1,100 definitive equations across eight subject areas are now available through Knovel’s powerful search engine and featuring interactivity unique to the Knovel platform. Knovel’s fully integrated Math Solver enables engineers and … Continue reading →

Dr. Ralph Paroli of the National Research Council of Canada begins term as 2016 ASTM International Board Chairman Dr. Ralph M. Paroli, of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in Ottawa, Ontario, has started his term as 2016 chairman … Continue reading →

F1000Research to be preserved with Portico Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that F1000Research will be preserved through Portico’s E-Journal Preservation Service, ensuring that its content will be secure and available into the future. F1000Research is an Open Science publishing … Continue reading →

American Journal of Nursing announces 2015 Book of the Year Awards The American Journal of Nursing (AJN) has recognised the best nursing and healthcare publications of 2015 with an announcement of its annual Book of the Year Awards. Winners in … Continue reading →

Researchers from universities across Israel to benefit from CAS solutions Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, and MALMAD consortium – Israeli Center for Digital Information Services have announced a five-year agreement to provide SciFinder® with … Continue reading →

Elsevier and the National Medical Association announce publishing agreement STM publisher Elsevier has been selected by the National Medical Association (NMA) to publish its journal, Journal of the National Medical Association (JNMA), as of January 2016. JNMA, the official peer-reviewed … Continue reading →

Emerald partners with the Egyptian Government to help create the largest digital library Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing recently signed a four year agreement to provide Egyptian citizens with access to Emerald content via the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB) project, … Continue reading →