ACS Publications and the Royal Society of Chemistry jointly commit to integration with ORCID The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) have become signatories to the ORCID Open Letter, reasserting the commitment of both organisations to enhancing the scholarly publishing experience for researchers worldwide who are involved… Read More »
Elsevier to showcase new features of its diagnostic decision support tool STATdx at the RSNA 2016 Annual Meeting STM publisher Elsevier will showcase new features of its diagnostic decision support tool STATdx®, highlight new diagnostic imaging textbooks, and recognize several of its distinguished physician authors being honored by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)… Read More »
American Doctoral Dissertations now includes 80,000 new citations from 1902 to present and links to full text American Doctoral DissertationsTM, a free database made available by EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), OhioLINK, H.W. Wilson Foundation and the Congregational Library & Archives in Boston, now offers greater coverage of 20th century research and access to full text.… Read More »
Collaboration between British and EU scientists increased over the four years prior to the UK’s Brexit vote, reports Nature Index According to the Nature Index, collaboration between British and EU scientists increased over the four years prior to the UK’s Brexit vote. The index’s data show that, on average, cross-channel partnerships were producing 26% more… Read More »
London Info International 2016 – free exhibition showfloor programme, new video and Disruptor zone finalists announced London Info International 2016 has announced a packed showfloor schedule. More than 30 sessions will take place on two presentation stages over the two days of the event. Additionally, London Info International 2016 has launched a new video –… Read More »
SAGE Publishing and Perusall in deal to support digital pedagogy and increase class preparation Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced a new agreement allowing access to a selection of SAGE textbooks through the eBook platform and social annotation tool Perusall. Perusall allows students and instructors to annotate digital texts together, connect with other classmates, and… Read More »
Nature Communications to incorporate transparent peer review following a successful ten-month trial Nature Communications is incorporating transparent peer review into the journal on a permanent basis, following a successful ten-month trial. In this scheme, authors are given the option to publish the peer review history of the paper alongside their published research. All papers submitted… Read More »
London Info International 2016: inaugural conference programme London Info International 2016 has announced its inaugural conference programme. The event is schedule to be held from December 6-7, 2016.The opening keynote by David Worlock on December 6 will look at the current state of the scholarly research and professional publishing world, the challenges, the opportunities and… Read More »
Elsevier expands pulmonary patient education video library, adds more than 50 new titles STM publisher Elsevier has expanded its pulmonary patient education video library, adding more than 50 new titles, and introduced a bariatric video library. In addition, Elsevier has launched six individual video titles focused on in-demand topics including Fall Prevention, Lumbar Puncture, Thoracentesis,… Read More »
Jisc Collections and Elsevier sign agreement securing access to research publications and initiating open science collaboration Jisc Collections and STM publisher Elsevier have signed a landmark agreement granting academics access to globally-published, high-quality research at costs lower than the industry average. In addition, Jisc Collections and Elsevier have agreed to cooperate on several Open Science… Read More »