Dutch universities and Elsevier extend current license agreement by six months Agreements about subscription fees for academic journals are made with academic publishers on behalf of all Dutch universities. The Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) is currently negotiating with these … Continue reading →

 Nature Index 2018 reviews China’s scientific performance over the past five years The Nature Index 2018 supplement on China reveals that China’s contribution to the Nature Index rose by 75% between 2012 and 2017, much more than a selection of leading countries … Continue reading →

 Springer Nature and Publons partner to bring greater efficiency and recognition to peer review Research publisher Springer Nature and Publons, part of Clarivate Analytics, have announced a partnership to improve the peer review process and enable peer reviewers to receive recognition for their … Continue reading →

 China set to become global leader in AI research, says new Elsevier report Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, has released a new study, according to which, China is growing in importance as a global leader … Continue reading →

 Elsevier partners with health professionals to launch new event highlighting clinical decision support, AI and big data in the hospital Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, is organising a symposium dedicated to Clinical Decision Support Systems … Continue reading →

 Funding Bodies sign open letter in support of ORCID ORCID has announced the launch of an open letter in support of the use of ORCID identifiers (iDs) in the grant application and reporting process. Nine funding bodies around the world have … Continue reading →

 Elsevier unveils latest addition to Advances series – Advances in Molecular Pathology Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, has announced the launch of a new annual Continuity publication. The series, Advances in Molecular Pathology, offers articles … Continue reading →

 Springer Nature and Project DEAL make considerable progress in negotiations for a groundbreaking model for publishing and reading scientific literature Springer Nature and Project DEAL of the Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany have made considerable progress in their negotiations on a groundbreaking … Continue reading →

 ConTech 2018 closes on a high The first ever ConTech conference took place last week at the Chelsea Harbour Hotel, London, UK. Attendees witnessed three first class and completely different keynotes, ground breaking speaker sessions as well as a pharma focused special … Continue reading →

 ChemRxiv announces Direct Journal Transfer to streamline submission of research for journal peer review ChemRxiv, a chemistry preprint server for the global chemistry community, has announced Direct Journal Transfer, a new feature that will help authors submit their posted preprints … Continue reading →