New Scholastica white paper proposes democratized OA academic journal publishing to solve serials crisis - March 2, 2017
Scholastica, a peer review and open access (OA) publishing platform for academic journals, has announced 'Democratizing Academic Journals: Technology, Services, and Open Access,' a new white paper on the state of academic journal publishing. The paper proposes an upending of the corporate publisher paradigm to make… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal for healthcare professionals dealing with burn injuries - March 2, 2017
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of Burns Open: An International Open Access Journal for Burn Injuries. Published on behalf of the International Society for Burn Injuries (ISBI), and a companion to Burns, this new international open access journal aims to foster the exchange of… Read More
Research institutions in the US, France and Germany top second annual Reuters Top 25 Global Innovators ranking of government research institutions - March 2, 2017
The US Department of Health and Human Services, France's Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission and Germany's Fraunhofer Society top the Reuters Top 25 Global Innovators ranking of government research institutions, a list that identifies and ranks the publicly funded institutions doing the most to advance science and technology. The… Read More
Arizona Universities Library Consortium opts for Ex Libris Alma, Primo and bX solutions - March 2, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the Arizona Universities Library Consortium (AULC) has chosen the Ex Libris Alma® library management service, along with the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery platform and bX® scholarly recommender service, to make scholarly resources more readily available to… Read More
Emerald Publishing launches new titles for World Book Day - March 2, 2017
World Book Day this year coincides with Emerald Publishing announcing a number of new book titles, series and products that help bridge the gap between academia and the real world. Emerald is celebrating its 50th year in 2017. Alongside new volumes in its top-selling books… Read More
Future Science Group unveils online knowledge hub for infectious diseases - March 2, 2017
Future Science Group (FSG) has announced the launch of their new resource, Infectious Diseases Hub (ID Hub) – the new home of medical microbiology information. ID Hub, powered by FSG Connect, is a new online knowledge hub providing up-to-date, essential research and information on key aspects… Read More
