COAR announces publication of COAR Roadmap: Future Directions for Repository Interoperability - February 6, 2015
Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has announced the publication of the COAR Roadmap: Future Directions for Repository Interoperability. Scholarly communication is undergoing fundamental changes, in particular with new requirements for open access to research outputs, new forms of peer-review, and alternative methods for measuring… Read More
Semantic Web journal accepted for indexing in Journal Citation Reports - February 6, 2015
The Semantic Web journal (SWJ) has been accepted for coverage in Thomson Reuters' Science Citation Index Expanded and the Journal Citation Reports. Because of the timing of the journal's acceptance, it will be included in the 2015 JCR, to be published summer… Read More
Gale revamps popular product lines to create a unified, improved and mobile-optimised user experience - February 6, 2015
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, will introduce a number of enhancements to its most widely-used product lines – GVRL, InfoTrac and In Context, including the optimisation for mobile devices through responsive design. The adoption of a common design and toolset across all products will provide a… Read More
John Wiley & Sons announces transition of three journals to Wiley Open Access publishing program - February 5, 2015
Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the transition of three journals to the Wiley Open Access publishing program, bringing the total number of Wiley's open access titles to 47. From January 1, 2015, all published articles in Conservation Letters, Thoracic Cancer and The… Read More
Elsevier Materials Science journals offer multiple data sharing options for Materials Science researchers - February 5, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that its data sharing infrastructure has been implemented across 13 journals covering all areas of Materials Science. Offering multiple data sharing options for an entire subject discipline not only meets the needs of researchers in the field, but also addresses… Read More
Department Of Justice not to challenge IEEE’s proposal to update patent policy - February 5, 2015
The US' Department of Justice has announced that it will not challenge a proposal by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) to update the IEEE Standards Association's (IEEE-SA) patent policy. That policy governs the incorporation of patented technology in… Read More
