PubHive Launches Enterprise Portal & Tailored Literature Workflow

December 20, 2023

PubHive Navigator Enterprise Portal consolidates all workspaces, virtual libraries, folders, and internal content into one intuitive research platform, streamlining tailored research workflow and collaboration.

PubHive Ltd., a leading provider of AI-powered scientific literature & safety information workflows, today announces the launch of its groundbreaking PubHive Navigator Enterprise Portal, a state-of-the-art discovery and content management portal designed to revolutionize research processes for life science companies and their diverse divisions. This innovative platform is poised to transform the research landscape for medical affairs, clinical affairs, pharmacovigilance, drug safety, knowledge management, medical devices, and other related departments.

PubHive Navigator Enterprise Portal offers a comprehensive solution to make research easier and maximize the value of subscribed resources and tailored literature workflows. This powerful platform is designed to break down information silos, streamline literature workflows, and provide fast, secure, and easy access to all the biomedical research needed in a single enterprise literature workflow platform.

Key features of PubHive Navigator Enterprise Portal include:

Unified Enterprise Platform: Consolidate all workspaces, virtual libraries, folders, and internal content into one intuitive portal, streamlining research workflow and collaboration.
Unmatched Content Breadth: Access a collection of over 620 million medical references, including real-time updates from PubMed, Clinical Trials, and Patents.
Customizable Workflows: Create personalized research pathways tailored to specific departments like medical affairs, clinical affairs, pharmacovigilance, and knowledge management. This customization ensures that users have access to the specific resources and data they need, tailored to their research requirements.
Seamless Integration: Integrate external and internal resources, including proprietary content and databases, for a comprehensive research landscape. This integration ensures that users have a comprehensive view of available literature and data, facilitating more informed decision-making.
Smart Content Curation: Leverage AI-powered search and filters to quickly identify relevant research and extract key insights.

“We are thrilled to introduce PubHive Navigator Enterprise Portal, which marks a significant advancement in the way life science companies and their divisions approach research and content management,” said Raj Vaghela, CEO at PubHive. “Our platform empowers users with a single access point to a vast array of biomedical research, coupled with the flexibility to tailor their experience to their unique needs. We believe that PubHive Navigator will save valuable research time and enhance the decision-making process for our clients.“

Beyond Literature Management:

Unlike traditional literature management systems, PubHive Navigator is designed to empower research teams with powerful features beyond content access:

Competitive Intelligence: Gain real-time insights into competitor research activities and trends.
Knowledge Management: Create and share internal knowledge sources to capture expertise and facilitate collaboration.
Research Insights: Extract key data and generate reports to inform strategic decision-making.
Enterprise Library Portal: Users can easily create their customized enterprise library portal, consolidating all workspaces and virtual library content onto one research platform. This consolidation streamlines workflows, making it easier to serve users efficiently and intelligently.

PubHive Navigator is not just about managing research content. It’s about empowering research teams to work smarter, faster, and more collaboratively. By breaking down information silos and providing access to the most comprehensive set of resources, we’re helping life sciences companies make better decisions, drive innovation, and ultimately bring life-saving therapies to the market faster.

PubHive is committed to providing innovative solutions that drive efficiency, collaboration, and productivity within the life sciences industry. For more information about PubHive Navigator and to explore its capabilities, please visit the PubHive website at https://pubhive.com.

Springer Nature increases commitment to early sharing and transparency in peer review

December 20, 2023

1000+ journals including the Discover Journal series now integrated with In Review

In Review, the innovative service which integrates early sharing and increased transparency with the journal submission and peer review process, is now available on over 1000 Springer Nature journals, including the Discover Journals. With the service already integrated across its BMC, Nature and Springer portfolios, the latest roll out means In Review is now available on over a third of Springer Nature’s portfolio, enabling more authors to benefit from the service.

Eugenie Regan, VP Research Solutions commented:

“Transparency in research is an increasingly important tool, and topic, within the ecosystem of research communication. It enables greater sharing, discussion and growth of research and research data, building on the use and re-usability of research and supporting the wider goals of open science.”

“We have always been committed to ensuring transparency around the peer review and publication process. In Review delivers on this commitment. 1000+ journals integrated with the service is a fantastic milestone to reach – and we look forward to supporting more authors in the development and sharing of their research.”

Authors submitting to an In Review title can opt in or out to the service. Those opting in are able to easily cite and share their work while it is still under review, and receive real time updates on the peer review process. If the paper is rejected after peer review, the preprint continues to remain available on the platform, but with all information about imprint and peer review status removed. A further 100+ journals will be added before year end.

In Review is part of the publisher’s portfolio of author services which seek to provide quality, integrated services to ease the burden on researchers, increase transparency, simplify and speed up the publishing experience.

Taylor & Francis Online Streamlines Researcher Access to Cited Articles Through GetFTR Integration

December 20, 2023

Researchers will experience streamlined access to cited articles with the addition of GetFTR (Get Full Text Research) to the references sections of Taylor & Francis journals. The integrated GetFTR indicator enables users to see at a glance which cited articles are available to read next, with smart links for direct access.

GetFTR icons signpost researchers to full text articles available through open access or their institutional library’s subscriptions. The indicator uses real-time entitlement data from all participating publishers’ sites and enables users to access cited articles with a single click.

It also supports Taylor & Francis Online’s existing toll free linking feature, which ensures site users with access to an article can read all Taylor & Francis articles it cites.

Paul Tuten, Chief Product Officer at Taylor & Francis, explained: “Journal articles don’t exist in isolation. Each one builds on previous work and references are vital for helping researchers understand and analyze the latest knowledge. Adding GetFTR to Taylor & Francis Online will strengthen those links between articles and support further discovery.”

Tuten added, “The Taylor & Francis Online platform is constantly evolving and with each update our aim is to improve the experience for researchers, making it quicker and easier for them to find, access and use the content they need.”

Taylor & Francis was one of the founding sponsors of GetFTR, an initiative which has grown to support a wide variety of publishers, discovery resources, scholarly collaboration networks, platform providers and other organizations involved in scholarly communication.

Dianne Benham, Product Director for GetFTR, said: “We welcome Taylor & Francis as the fourth Publisher to integrate GetFTR in article references, improving the researcher’s experience by signaling articles that are available through institutional subscriptions or open access, and by providing streamlined access. Researchers can be confident when seeing GetFTR indicators that they have access to the cited content.”

American Physical Society to Offer No Cost Journal Access to Scientists in More Than 100 Lower and Middle Income Countries

December 15, 2023

The Society will also eliminate all publishing fees for eligible researchers

The American Physical Society (APS) has partnered with Research4Life to share its journals with researchers from nonprofits in over 115 countries, territories, and refugee camps at no cost. The Society will also cover article publication charges for new submissions from scientists belonging to these eligible groups beginning Jan. 1, 2024.

“These latest initiatives underscore the American Physical Society’s continued commitment to removing barriers in scientific publishing and broadening global access to research,” said Rachel Burley, Chief Publications Officer at APS.

As the scientific publishing industry transitions to open access models, the question remains: how do publishers ensure equity for those with limited resources and institutional support?

By joining Research4Life, APS has addressed this challenge and enabled subscription access for all of the Society’s journals to those at teaching hospitals, universities, and national non-governmental organizations in lower and middle income countries that are registered with Research4Life. Backed by five United Nations programs, Research4Life supports equitable, online, free or low-cost access to academic and professional peer-reviewed content from over 200 international publishers.

“Our journals are now more widely available to those who may have previously lacked funding for a subscription. This move provides these scientists with increased access to knowledge so that they can easily participate and be active in the physical sciences community,” said Colin Adcock, the Publishing Manager for Open Science at APS. “Our new industry-leading support for authors from lower and middle income countries will ensure that publishing open access is the default option and welcomes authors to the open research landscape without financial barriers.”

Partnering with Research4Life reflects APS’s mission, vision, and values. These values — which center around equity, inclusion, and advocacy — are also reflected in other APS initiatives that connect the global physics community, including tiered registration pricing for the Society’s March and April Meetings. Moreover, APS’s support for Research4Life advances the platform’s goal to provide equitable access to scientific publishing in the Global North and South.

“We are delighted that APS has joined Research4Life to offer reading and publishing support for lower and middle income country researchers,” said Sarah Phibbs, Director, R4L Publisher Partnerships, STM at Research4Life. “This partnership fuels Research4Life’s strategy to increase knowledge exchange between higher and lower income countries to enrich scholarship and solve our most pressing global challenges.”

Beyond providing subscription access, APS has also expanded its previous guidelines for article publication charges (APCs). APS will cover the APCs for researchers at institutions across lower and middle income countries. Moreover, the process will be automated. Eligible authors of papers submitted after Jan. 1, 2024 will not have to request APC waivers, removing another barrier in the process.

“The ability to submit papers, share results, and receive feedback has become much more feasible for many members of the international physical sciences community,” said Burley. “In taking this next step, we hope to make the field more inclusive and allow more voices to share their science.”

The Company of Biologists renews Read & Publish agreement with The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and expands Open Access publishing opportunities

December 15, 2023

The Company of Biologists is delighted to announce the renewal and expansion of our Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) from 2024-2026.

From 2024, corresponding authors at more than 100 CSIC research institutes will now benefit from publishing an uncapped number of accepted Open Access research articles in our two fully Open Access journals – Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open, in addition to our hybrid journals, Development, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Experimental Biology – without paying an article processing charge (APC). Researchers at participating institutions also benefit from unlimited access to the journals and their archives dating back to 1853.

Agnès Ponsati, Director of the Scientific Information Resources Unit (URICI), Spanish National Research Council, says:

“In 2021, CSIC signed a transformative agreement with The Company of Biologists that supported the publisher’s transition to Read & Publish models. URICI, in its strategy of promoting open access to research outputs, has followed the path of collaborating in this transition with both large publishers and smaller ones, such as The Company of Biologists. In the renewal of this agreement for 2024, the step is taken to also incorporate two fully Open Access journals, since they have been shown to be of great interest among the CSIC’s biology community.”

Rich Blount, Regional Sales Manager at The Company of Biologists, says:

“We are delighted that our continuing partnership with CSIC has enabled us to expand the number of journals from three to five from 2024, which will in turn offer more opportunities for authors in over 100 CSIC research institutes to submit fee-free Open Access articles.”

Data training revealed as top unmet need for UK and US researchers in integrity surveys

December 15, 2023

Data released today shows that a lack of training around data management is the top concern for researchers in the UK and US. When asked where more support was needed, eight out of ten of the top unmet needs related to data. This included training on data management, data repositories, data policies, metadata and the curation of data.

The analysis features in Springer Nature’s latest national research integrity surveys, which this time focus on the UK and US respectively. The surveys form part of an ongoing programme launched by Springer Nature last year, which by taking a regional focus, aim to provide a tailored, evidence-based approach to perceptions of, and access to, training in research integrity. The US and UK surveys follow on from theAustralian survey released in 2022.

Comparing the data across all three surveys to date, additional key findings showed that:

Over half of respondents from all three regions felt research integrity training should be mandatory for postgrads and early career researchers;
UK and US institutions lag behind Australia in providing training in research integrity. Just over 50% of participants from the US and UK said they had access to research integrity training, compared to nearly 70% in Australia
Early and mid-career researchers in the UK and Australia feel they are less likely to receive research integrity training via their institution compared to institutional managers and senior researchers. Over 70% of institutional managers in the UK and Australia said their institutions provided training versus less than 65% of ECRs. In the US, responses were more aligned, with a difference of just 56% to 53% between institutional management and ECRs.

Dr Ed Gerstner, Director of Research Environment Alliances at Springer Nature, commented:

“There is still a way to go for research integrity training and ensuring it is available to all. However, reassuringly all three surveys show that more researchers than not have access to training, and despite the pressures on their time, they agree it is important, with the overwhelming majority saying that training should be mandatory.

In addition, the surveys have shown a consistent pattern to that of our State of Open Data surveys which finds that support for researchers in the sharing, curation and management of data is lacking. The collective data builds a concerning global picture, because most major research funders will soon require, or already do require, that researchers openly share the data from the studies they fund, yet clearly the researchers do not have the support they need to do so. We all have a role in addressing this gap”

The surveys are a key part of Springer Nature’s commitment to support good practices internationally by providing insights into research integrity training and needs. National surveys in India and Japan are ongoing, with results to be released in 2024, adding to the evolving picture of training in research integrity globally.

Sage Partners with Overton on Free-to-Use Tool that Empowers Researchers to Uncover Their Policy Impact

December 14, 2023

Sage has launched a tool to empower researchers to discover the real-world impact of their work on policy. Sage Policy Profiles lets researchers easily see specific citations of their work in policy documents and then illustrate and share that work’s impact graphically. The tool is powered by Overton, which hosts an extensive repository of global policy documents, guidelines, think-tank publications, and working papers.

The free-of-charge, browser-based tool shows researchers where their work appears in evidence-based policies, offering insights into how policymakers make use of their research. Sage Policy Profiles presents these results in a personalized dashboard from which researchers can export citations and present their policy impact visually.

“Here at Sage, we’ve long focused on making sure everyone outside of the social and behavioral science community can see—and make use of—the clear benefits this research brings to tackle wicked problems,” said Ziyad Marar, president of Global Publishing at Sage. “The launch of Sage Policy Profiles is really the other side of that coin, allowing researchers themselves to both see how important their work is and then be able to alert a wider audience to that very real impact,” he continued. “We believe it will help widen the research impact conversation so that it centers not just on scholarly progress but on societal good.”

Additional functionalities include:

Identifying second-order citations where policies citing their work have continued to influence subsequent discussions and decisions.
Personalized alerts that inform users when cited or mentioned in new policy documents.
Exporting results into PowerPoint for presenting.
Creating a shareable link to personalized dashboards.

“The current system we have for assessing research impact and researchers has real flaws, but we don’t need to overhaul the whole thing to make meaningful improvements for researchers who want their work to be useful,” said Euan Adie, founder and managing director of Overton. “We share with Sage the belief that there are incremental improvements we can make, and Sage Policy Profiles is an important next step.”

Sage is committed to broadening how research impact is defined, shifting the focus from purely scholarly dimensions to encompass its contributions to policy, practice, and the public. Recognizing that such a transformation will require time and dedication, Sage, as an independent company, is committed to this goal for the long term.

While researchers in all disciplines can benefit from the tool, given social and behavioral sciences (SBS) outsized impact in the policy world, Sage has housed it on Social Science Space to bring attention to the unique, real-world value of SBS.

STM – New white paper launch: Generative AI in Scholarly Communications

December 14, 2023

Today, STM released a new white paper — Generative AI in Scholarly Communications: Ethical and Practical Guidelines for the Use of Generative AI in the Publication Process. A followup to AI Ethics in Scholarly Communication which STM released in April 2021, this new publication is a resource for stakeholders in scholarly publishing and addresses the increasingly significant role of Generative AI (GenAI) technologies.

The paper looks at the ethical, legal, and practical aspects of GenAI, highlighting its potential to transform scholarly communications, and covers a range of topics from intellectual property rights to the challenges of maintaining integrity in the digital age. The paper provides best-practice principles and recommendations for authors, editorial teams, reviewers, and vendors, ensuring a responsible and ethical approach to the use of GenAI tools.

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Jisc and The Glenlead Centre partner to make digital tools and AI more accessible in higher education

December 14, 2023

The accessible digital futures project will convene higher education (HE) leaders from across the UK to highlight opportunities and address barriers to accessibility in digital and artificial intelligence (AI). New digital and AI technologies are radically transforming all facets of society, including HE where they can improve opportunities for inclusiveness and productivity through accessibility.

To explore how accessible technologies can help the UK remain one of the most attractive countries in which to work and learn, Jisc and The Glenlead Centre have partnered on a project to examine the potential of accessible digital and AI technologies in HE.

Titled ’Accessible digital futures: unlocking the potential for accessible digital and AI technologies in higher education (HE)’, the project will bring together digital leads from across UK HE for a series of bespoke events focused on how digital and AI technologies can be inclusively integrated into institutional settings.

Topics to be covered include:

Opportunities for accessible AI
Products and procurement
Institutional ownership
International lessons learned

The outputs from these events will be used to inform advice and guidance for key stakeholders across policy, industry and the HE sector.

Get involved

Join the Jisc accessibility and assistive technology community of practice for more information on upcoming events and to continue the conversation.

Dr Ann Kristin Glenster, executive director at The Glenlead Centre, said:

“The potential scope of accessible technologies could be a great avenue for the UK on its path to becoming a global leader in digital and AI technologies.

“Through accessible digital futures we will investigate how the UK tech sector can be a leading innovator of accessible digital and AI technologies to HE nationally and globally, and how the UK HE sector can be at the forefront of the accessible digital and AI transformation.

“Technology that enables independence and is usable by all will be best placed, long term, to meet the changing needs of populations at home and overseas.”

Kellie Mote, accessibility subject specialist at Jisc said:

“Accessible technology solutions should be more than an after-thought or an after-the-fact bolt-on merely to satisfy a legal requirement.

“Done right, the development and adoption of accessible digital and AI technologies can boost Britain’s productivity, promote its technology industry, and ensure the UK continues to be one of the most attractive places to study in the world.

“The accessible digital futures project allows us to act as a facilitators for the HE sector in this space, and we are excited to work with education leaders and industry to realise the potential of making digital and AI accessible to all.”

For more information on the potential for accessibility in generative AI, read the latest blog from Jisc’s National Centre for AI (NCAI).

AIP Publishing and ResearchGate announce new Journal Home partnership for their open access journals

December 13, 2023

ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, and AIP Publishing, the publishing division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), today announced AIP Publishing’s core group of open access journals will benefit from an enhanced presence on ResearchGate through the network’s Journal Home offering. The agreement covers seven journals, including three new launches: APL Energy, APL Machine Learning, and APL Quantum (which will publish its first content in 2024).

AIP Publishing’s mission is to advance, promote, and serve the physical sciences for the benefit of humanity by empowering researchers and breaking down barriers to open, equitable research communication. The new agreement supports this mission by widening the visibility and readership for these AIP Publishing journals, with all version-of-record content from these titles available on ResearchGate immediately on publication, as well as backlist content amounting to approximately 17,500 articles.

Authors of the articles included in this partnership will benefit from having their content automatically added to their profiles on ResearchGate. This helps highlight the impact of their work, including who is reading and citing their research — providing authors with a unique opportunity to connect with their readers.

Dedicated Journal Home profiles will be activated throughout the ResearchGate platform, with each journal prominently represented on all associated article pages and other relevant touch points throughout the platform. Through the journal profiles, authors and readers will have a central location for each journal where they can learn more about the journal, discover new relevant article content, and understand how, through their network, they are connected to the journal’s community of authors and editors.

“We couldn’t be happier to see AIP Publishing embark on this new partnership with ResearchGate,” said Sören Hofmayer, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at ResearchGate. “There is growing evidence that journals benefit from the increased brand visibility that our researcher-centric community provides to some 25 million active users. AIP Publishing will now be able to better understand who is engaging with their journals and grow those readers into high potential authors.”

“We are delighted to begin this new partnership with ResearchGate, which offers a new way for researchers to find relevant publications by extending the reach and visibility of our open access journals,” added Penelope Lewis, Chief Publishing Officer at AIP Publishing. “We’re especially looking forward to how ResearchGate can support our newest journals in fostering an engaged reader and author community.”

For more information about ResearchGate, please visit www.researchgate.net.

For more information about AIP Publishing, please visit https://publishing.aip.org/

ASM International, AACR and SciSummary latest to join GetFTR

December 13, 2023

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), ASM International, and SciSummary, become the latest partners to join GetFTR – Get Full Text Research.

GetFTR provides researchers with quicker access to the published content they are entitled to via their institutional subscriptions, alongside access to open access (OA) and free content in both hybrid and fully OA journals. Both ASM International and AACR host research content on the Silverchair Platform, which joined GetFTR in 2021, and add to the now over 30 publishing partners that have joined the service since its founding in 2019.

Speaking about the decision to join GetFTR, Christine Battle, Publisher and Vice President of Scientific Publications commented:

“To help accomplish its mission to prevent and cure all cancers, the AACR supports all mechanisms that accelerate the dissemination of new research findings among scientists, clinicians, and others dedicated to the conquest of cancer. In working with GetFTR , we look forward to enhanced discoverability and accessibility of the AACR’s journal content for the researchers, regardless of where they search for it”

Alongside its core proposition, the last 13 months have seen GetFTR expand its service offerings with the introduction of its browser extension, and its program to support all organisations in being able to take advantage of the GetFTR service to help their researchers quickly reach the content they are entitled to read. Publisher ASM International joins as part of this free tier initiative.

Scott D Henry, Content Director ASM International said:

“Discoverability and ease of access are very important considerations for the content we publish in the ASM Digital Library on the Silverchair platform. We are very pleased to work with GetFTR to make sure that engineers and researchers can quickly access the information they need.”

SciSummary, founded in 2023 and focused on utilising AI technology to summarise and understandscientific articles and research papers, takes the number of discovery services to directly integrate with GetFTR to 20+. Speaking about the onboarding process, founder Max Heckel stated:

“Joining GetFTR was really simple and we see great synergies between our organisations’ goals and theirs. Being part of the service is going to bring immense value to our customers as they have to context switch between platforms much less.”

Welcoming the new partners and reflecting on the year, Dianne Benham, Product Director, GetFTR added:

“The last 12 months alone have seen GetFTR receive over 4.5billion DOI requests – this is clear evidence of the role GetFTR has built itself within the publishing sector and the value that we offer back to our customers, partners and their researchers. We are delighted to welcome our new partners as we continue to build out our offering to publishers and discovery services. We look forward to more of the same next year as we continue to work collaboratively on our shared goal of improving the discovery and accessibility of research for all researchers.”

To find out more about how GetFTR can work for you – contact Dianne Benham at dianne@getfulltextresearch.com

PIPRA AG Wins the Fourth Annual Vesalius Innovation Award by Karger Publishers

December 13, 2023

The Swiss startup that has developed an AI-based pre-surgical disease risk assessment tool was awarded on December 5th in London.

This year marks the fourth consecutive time that Karger Publishers has presented its Vesalius Innovation Award. The award honors internationally active startups that offer innovative solutions for the rapidly changing needs of the Health Sciences ecosystem. This year’s competition focused on knowledge communication, patient centricity, and artificial intelligence.

The award was presented today as a part of the STM Innovations Day in London. The following five finalists pitched their innovative ideas to the jury: Ludenso, Paindrainer AB, Teraquiz, Global Campus, and PIPRA AG. The Swiss company PIPRA AG, engaged in the development of a patient-centric technology to prevent postoperative delirium, managed to rise above the competition as the final winner.

Pipra AG received the award from Daniel Ebneter, CEO of Karger, who in his remarks highlighted the importance of entrepreneurship and innovation in the field of health sciences and publishing. In addition, he thanked the jury, the VIA team and the participating startups for their outstanding dedication to advancing scientific research in novel ways.

“Pipra is changing the lives of patients at risk of postoperative delirium with the additional benefit of saving healthcare systems a lot of resources,” explains Gabriella Karger, jury member and Chairwoman of the Board of Directors at Karger Publishers. “They have embraced AI by leveraging it directly to help patients. The jury was impressed with the way PIPRA has identified an unmet need and worked towards providing an innovative solution with determination and careful execution.”

Runner-up prizes were awarded to two startups: Ludenso for their Augmented Reality platform helping to enrich publications with 3D models, and Teraquiz for their medical education app bringing tailored information to Healthcare Professionals in six subject areas.

This year, in addition to the prize money, the winner and both runners-up each received a voucher for a 60-second bespoke 2D Animation. The Vesalius Innovation Award is endowed with a total of 25,000 US dollars.

You can find more information about the Vesalius Innovation Award at ›karger.com/via and in this ›video.

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