ProQuest Ebook CentralTM named finalist for 2016 SIIA CODiE Awards for Best Scholarly Research Information Solution ProQuest Ebook CentralTM, an innovative ebook platform, was named a finalist for the 2016 SIIA CODiE Awards for Best Scholarly Research Information Solution, which recognises the ‘research information solution that provides high quality content and meets rigorous standards for… Read More »
NISTEP and Thomson Reuters collaborate to improve assessment of research funding organisations The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the implementation of unified research funders on InCites Benchmarking. This was the first outcome of the 2015 collaboration agreement with the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP) of the Ministry… Read More »
Society for Scholarly Publishing Annual Meeting crosses boundaries, borders and aims to break down barriers The 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) will be held at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver, BC, June 1-3, 2016. Although its membership includes professionals from around the world, this is the first time SSP is… Read More »
Springer Nature and The Hormel Institute launch new OA journal – npj Precision Oncology Global publisher Springer Nature has announced that it will publish npj Precision Oncology, a new open access, international, peer-reviewed journal, in partnership with The Hormel Institute University of Minnesota in Austin, Minnesota, United States. The journal is currently open for submissions.… Read More »
SPARC and Johns Hopkins University Libraries collaborate to launch resource analyzing US federal data sharing policies The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University Libraries, has released a new resource for tracking, comparing, and understanding U.S. federal funder research data sharing policies. This free tool, launched at datasharing.sparcopen.org, provides… Read More »
ProQuest’s Pivot automatic citation ingest from ORCID makes its funding recommendation engine more powerful ProQuest is enabling automated updates from ORCID to scholar profiles in its popular Pivot® research solution. Now, citations added or updated in a scholar’s ORCID profile will cascade near real time and seamlessly into their Pivot profile. Pivot uses researchers’ profile… Read More »
Springer Nature and King Abdulaziz University launch new OA journal – npj Climate and Atmospheric Science Publisher Springer Nature and King Abdulaziz University have launched a new open-access, interdisciplinary journal – npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. The journal seeks to provide researchers, policy makers and the public with up-to-date, freely accessible research on weather and… Read More »
Three Elsevier books receive 2016 textbook awards in the College category from Textbook & Academic Authors Association STM publisher Elsevier has announced that three of its books will receive 2016 textbook awards in the College category from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA). Two titles will receive the Textbook Excellence Award, better known as… Read More »
Elsevier’s Patient Engagement content now available as integrated solution through Veritas’s Chronic Care Management Program STM publisher Elsevier will make its Interactive Patient Education content library available to customers of Veritas, a leader in nursing education and mentorship. Developed to increase patient engagement and reduce readmissions, the content suite will be implemented as part of… Read More »
Elsevier to be lead sponsor of 2016 ICIS Innovation Awards STM publisher Elsevier has announced that it will be the lead sponsor of the 2016 ICIS Innovation Awards, which recognises companies for innovative chemical products and processes that solve customer and business needs and create value through pioneering approaches to business, the environment and sustainability.… Read More »