Altmetric Now Capturing Attention to Books Listed on Amazon
New data offers a more comprehensive view of online sharing and discussion for thousands of books. Data science company Altmetric today announced it has started tracking attention to books listed on Amazon, providing further insights into the online discussions and engagement relating to individual titles.
The De Gruyter Book Archive: digitizing a treasure
De Gruyter has taken the decision to digitize the entirety of its backlist all the way back to 1749. The decision to make this significant investment to complete the prestigious archive was taken earlier this year and the digitization process will begin shortly.
Enago Academy Launches the First Mobile App on Academic Publishing Resources for the Scholarly...
Enago Academy, a leading knowledge-sharing platform for researchers across the globe, announces the launch of its app to facilitate faster information dissemination on scholarly publishing. The Enago Academy app is the first of its kind in the field of academic and scholarly communication.
Springer Nature expands Management Board with the creation of Chief Commercial Officer role
Senior publishing executive Frank Vrancken Peeters is to join Springer Nature as Chief Commercial Officer on September 4th. This newly created Management Board level appointment has been established to support the future growth and strategy of the group.
BMC Medicine becomes the first clinical research journal to accept Registered Reports
BMC Medicine has become the world’s first clinical research journal to accept Registered Reports, enabling researchers to take a proactive approach towards improving transparency and reproducibility in science.
Altmetric Badges Now Available on EuroIntervention Journal
Europa Digital & Publishing, a branch of The Europa Group, announced today that it has integrated Altmetric badges — dynamic visualisations that provide an at-a-glance summary of the attention relating to published research — to the article pages of the EuroIntervention journal.
ChemRxiv™ Beta open for submissions and powered by Figshare
ChemRxiv, a new chemistry preprint server for the global chemistry community, is now available in a fully functioning Beta version for use and feedback by researchers.
Nature Index points industry to institutions providing ideas behind inventions
The Nature Index 2017 Innovation supplement, published today, sheds new light on the impact academic research is having on innovation by examining how research articles are cited in third party patents.
SSRN launches ChemRN – a new network dedicated to chemistry
Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, announces SSRN, its world leading working paper repository and preprint server, today launches the Chemistry Research Network – ChemRN.
The Spotify of the textbook world takes off as Bibliotech is go
The Spotify of the textbook world takes off as Bibliotech is go. As libraries look to widen access to core texts, how can they make this affordable to both universities and students?
LII Announce Conference Programme: Uncertainty, Brexit, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security and Fake news
LII Announce Conference Programme: Uncertainty, Brexit, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security and Fake news
Enago and Thieme partner to Empower Researchers to Achieve Publication Goals
Enago, an internationally trusted name in author services for the global research community, has recently concluded an agreement with Thieme, the award-winning international medical and science publisher serving both health professionals and students for more than 125 years.