Two IOP Publishing journals to offer authors the choice of single or double-blind peer review from 2017 - September 22, 2016
IOP Publishing has announced that two of its journals - Materials Research Express and Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express - will offer authors the choice of single or double-blind peer review from 2017. Feedback from the research communities suggested that there is a growing demand… Read More
CHORUS announces pilot initiative to aid academic community effectively comply with the US Funder Public Access requirements - September 22, 2016
Non-profit organisation CHORUS has announced a pilot initiative to help the academic community effectively comply with the US Funder Public Access requirements. CHORUS signed a letter of agreement with the University of Florida (UF) and Scopus to explore how their services can be extended to institutions… Read More
Thieme partners with Publons to recognise reviewers - September 22, 2016
International medical and science publisher Thieme has announced a partnership with Publons to recognise the efforts of their reviewers. It will now be easier for Thieme reviewers to have their peer review contributions formally recognised. With two simple clicks, reviews for… Read More
Pulsus Group acquires openaccessjournals.com - September 22, 2016
Medical Publisher Pulsus Group has announced the acquisition of Openaccessjournals.com with a view to enrich the current research in the field of Medicine. The move is seen as a crucial first step towards strengthening and integrating standard medical publications across the globe.… Read More
New ‘results free’ peer-review process to be piloted for academic publishing - September 21, 2016
The open access journal, BMC Psychology, has announced it will launch the first ever randomised controlled trial to find out if a 'results free' peer-review process can help reduce publication bias. 'Results free' means that reviewers of research manuscripts submitted for publication will not be able… Read More
Over 750 publisher journals to integrate with Publons - September 21, 2016
Publisher John Wiley & Sons has announced that a further 750 journals will be integrated with Publons, the world's leading peer review recognition platform. The partnership is an expansion of a 6-month pilot program that Wiley and Publons ran in 2015. … Read More
