IntechOpen Announces Incoming CEO – Dr. Anke Beck
IntechOpen, the first native scientific publisher of Open Access books, announced today that Anke Beck, PhD, will join the company as incoming CEO. Dr....
Cambridge University Press Announces New Home for Authors
Cambridge University Press (the Press) has today announced the expansion of Author Hub into a new, integrated online platform for book authors.
Extending Publons’ Reviewer Recognition Service to 250 Taylor & Francis Journals
Over 40,000 peer reviews for Taylor and Francis have been tracked after a successful pilot. 20th March 2018 – Today, the peer review platform Publons announced an extended partnership with Taylor & Francis following a successful pilot. Through Publons Reviewer Recognition Service, they will provide automated recognition to peer reviewers for up to 250 academic journals.
Clarivate Analytics Welcomes Caroline Birkle as the New General Manager of Converis
Data company Clarivate Analytics has announced the appointment of Caroline Birkle as the General Manager of their leading research information management system, Converis. Converis...
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft to grow open access publishing with IOP
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG) and IOP Publishing (IOP) have announced a new pilot agreement to help grow the society’s participation in open access publishing.
Digital Science and Katalysis Lead Initiative to Explore Blockchain Technologies for Peer Review
Digital Science and Katalysis are pleased to announce the launch of a pilot project to test blockchain technologies to support the peer review process. They are joined in this pilot project by founding partner Springer Nature.
De Gruyter and Gorgias Press enter partnership
Gorgias Press and De Gruyter have formed an editorial and commercial partnership for Gorgias Press titles. Through this agreement, eBook versions of all Gorgias Press titles will be available on degruyter.com.
Brexit is an opportunity to forge a stronger European Research Area, according to new...
The European Research Area should be strengthened and broadened as part of the Brexit process, to increase scientific collaboration across member states and associated countries such as the UK, Norway and Switzerland, according to a new report from Wellcome.
PLOS Collaborates on Recommendations to Improve Transparency for Author Contributions
In a new report, a group convened by the US National Academy of Sciences and including a dozen journal editors reflects on authorship guidelines and recommends new ways to make author contributions more transparent.
SpringerNature hurries 7 billion euro Frankfurt listing
SpringerNature, the publisher of science magazine Nature, has brought forward a listing which may value it at more than 7 billion euros (6.17 billion pounds)including debt, to reduce the risk from volatile stock markets, people close to the matter said.
Elsevier Collaborates with Hypothesis to Integrate Open Annotation
Today, Elsevier and Hypothesis are announcing a collaboration to align annotation capabilities in Elsevier’s Research Products with the emerging ecosystem of interoperable clients and services for annotation based on open standards and technologies.
Atypon’s Artificial Intelligence R&D Fuels Four More BioASQ Awards in Semantic Technologies
For the fifth year in a row, Atypon has placed in the widely respected International BioASQ Awards competition. Atypon’s ongoing research and development (R&D) into artificial intelligence technologies led to four awards for four different semantic technology categories in the 2017 BioASQ Challenge.