UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health to launch publishing platform with F1000
UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health will become the first to launch an institute-focused publishing platform with F1000, a provider of a suite of services to support researchers, institutions and funders.
The Association of American Publishers Welcomes Major Judgment Against “Sci-Hub” Pirate Site
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) welcomes the June 21, 2017 ruling of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York regarding the willful infringement of scores of scholarly articles protected by copyright law.
Figshare Partners With ASHA to Enhance Discoverability and Reuse of Their Research Outputs
Figshare, an online digital repository for academic research, today announced a new partnership with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to showcase supplementary research outputs...
ProQuest Solutions Help Libraries Reclaim Space
Over 80% of U.S. librarians have deemed space reclamation a priority or stated that it will be in the near future, according to research conducted by ProQuest. In response, ProQuest is combining content solutions with digitization, assessment and discovery services to help libraries transform spaces and bring more value to their users.
The American Society of Plant Biologists launches flagship journals on HighWire Press’s JCore platform
The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) has just announced that its two flagship journals The Plant Cell and Plant Physiology, are now live...
ACS titles post impressive Impact Factors
The peer-reviewed journals of the American Chemical Society (ACS) are once again the most-cited and/or most-impactful scientific journals across 14 scientific categories, including six core chemistry categories, according to the 2016 Journal Citation Reports® (JCR)
Elsevier launches PharmaPendium DMPK solution
Elsevier, the information analytics company specializing in science and health, has launched the PharmaPendium DMPK (Drug Metabolism-Pharmacokinetic) solution.
Cabells to feature Altmetric data in Journal Whitelist Analytics
Cabells, an industry leader in connecting researchers, librarians, administrators, and institutions to the journal titles they need, today announced the integration of Altmetric data into the redesigned Journal Whitelist database, which provides journal quality metrics on over 11,000 journals spanning 18 disciplines.
IET announce significant increases in impact factors across journal portfolio
Latest JCR reports show ratings have increased on average by 45%
Emerald Publishing delivers best ever Impact Factor results
Emerald Publishing has received its best ever Impact Factor results in the data release of the 2016 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) from Clarivate Analytics, with overall citations up by 41%.
BMJ launches new open access paediatrics journal
BMJ Paediatrics Open adds to expanding portfolio of 60+ specialist journals
Springer Nature sponsors first Singapore Three Minute Thesis competition
PhD students from four universities in Singapore compete at Nanyang Technological University for popular science communication award