International repository networks meet to strengthen their aim to develop a global, open access knowledge commons For a second year in a row, major open access repository networks met to develop closer ties and further align their expanding repository networks. The meeting, organised by the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), was held on April… Read More »
Elsevier launches OA journal bridging nutrition and food science – NFS Journal STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of NFS Journal, a new open access journal. The journal is published by Elsevier in cooperation with the Society of Nutrition and Food Science (SNFS), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to bringing together nutrition and food scientists… Read More »
Springer Science+Business Media and majority of Macmillan Science and Education combined to form new company, Springer Nature Key competition authorities including the European Union and the US Department of Justice have cleared the merger of Springer Science+Business Media and the majority of Macmillan Science and Education. The new company will be called Springer Nature. More… Read More »
Elsevier launches Knovel Quick Search for AutoCAD STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of Knovel Quick Search for AutoCAD. Available to customers at no cost, the feature rich, easy-to-use search plugin connects Knovel’s essential insights with one of the most widely used CAD software programs in engineering markets. This integration significantly improves the users’… Read More »
Elsevier’s Free MOOC to help med students prepare for the United States Medical Licensing Examination STM publisher Elsevier has launched a free MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) designed to help medical students prepare for the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1, the first and most daunting of the three exams medical students must… Read More »
USTR’s 2015 Special 301 Report highlights key IP issues, misses out on importance of copyright concerns in Canada The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has applauded the release of the US Trade Representative (USTR) 2015 Special 301 Report, identifying many key copyright concerns and market-access barriers in U.S. trading partners. However, AAP is disappointed that… Read More »
Elsevier launches new journal, Journal of Commodity Markets STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new journal, Journal of Commodity Markets. The journal aims to publish high-quality research in all areas of economics and finance related to commodity markets. M. Prokopczuk from Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany; B. Simkins from Oklahoma State University,… Read More »
Max Planck Digital Library study calculates redeployment of funds in Open Access The Max Planck Digital Library has put forward a study on the transformation of the subscription-driven system for scientific publications to an Open Access model. For the first time, quantitative parameters are presented showing that the liberation of scholarly literature is possible at… Read More »
Elsevier collaborates with Friedrich-Althoff Consortium to create digital scientific literature infrastructure, ‘Archive of Berlin’ STM publisher Elsevier has announced its collaboration with Berlin’s Charité, the Humboldt University (Humboldt-Universität), the Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität) and the Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität), all part of the Friedrich-Althoff Consortium, to create a comprehensive digital scientific… Read More »
New Science Europe principles on Open Access Publisher Services Members of Science Europe – comprising 50 major public research organisations in Europe – adopted four new common principles on Open Access Publisher Services at its General Assembly meeting in Vienna on April 15. Science Europe is an association of major European research funding and research… Read More »