Springer signs landmark eBooks agreement with ABES in France
French researchers gain access to historical and contemporary Springer eBook collections through ISTEX project
Peer Review 2030: New report looks to the future of peer review
A new report issued by BioMed Central and Digital Science concludes that in order to affect real, industry-wide improvements to the peer review process, publishers, researchers, funders and institutions
Introduction to People Management for Publishing, 23 May 2017, Training, London
The first step in people management is often reported as the most challenging. This course aims to give newly appointed managers and those in their first year of managing one or two staff the core knowledge and basic tools to make it a truly rewarding experience.
Understanding Copyright, 17 May 2017, Training, London
This course provides an essential introduction to copyright law and how it is used in practice. Delegates will gain an understanding of the legal publishing landscape, and be able to make sense of their own organization’s contracts and licences.
Project Management for Publishing, 11 May 2017, Training, London
Projects are vital for all publishing organizations to move forward and implement change. Everyone gets involved in them. They may involve developing new products, new processes and systems, adopting new technologies, reaching new markets, acquiring new business, selecting new suppliers or improving existing processes.
PubFactory works with Altmetric to provide engagement insights
Online publishing platform PubFactory has partnered with data science company Altmetric to provide real-time insights into the latest shares, mentions and engagement relating to individual publications
MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning
Springer collaborates with one of Europe’s largest providers of free multimedia courses to offer authors, lecturers and students an enhanced teaching and learning experience
Protocols.io Tools for PLOS Authors: Reproducibility and Recognition
PLOS, leading Open Access publisher, now partners directly with protocols.io to provide authors better ways to share methodological details about their work, together with persistent, citable identifiers for laboratory methods and practical tools to reduce wasted research efforts.
Atypon Triples Staff Size in Four Years and Now Hosts Over 40% of All...
With the addition of its 330th employee in March, Atypon has officially tripled in size since 2013, adding 220 staff in four years. The...
Copyright Clearance Center Welcomes Samantha Burridge to its Board of Directors
Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), a global leader in content management, copyright licensing, discovery and document delivery solutions, today announced the appointment of Samantha Burridge to the company’s board of directors.
De Gruyter and Publisher Partners support fact-based analysis
De Gruyter and a number of prestigious university presses are making books and journal articles across nine topical areas freely available until the end of 2017 on degruyter.com.
Wiley launches broad scope open access journal covering the health sciences
John Wiley and Sons, Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new open access journal, Health Science Reports. Dedicated to providing exceptional author service through swift evaluation of existing reviews, Health Science Reports will publish peer-reviewed scientifically sound research across the entire spectrum of the medical and clinical sciences.