Australasian Society for Immunology Inc. and Wiley announce new publishing partnership - May 3, 2017
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc. has announced its selection by the Australasian Society for Immunology Inc. (ASI) as publishing partner for its prestigious scholarly journals in immunology. With over 1000 members, the ASI is the major learned society for immunology in the Asia-Pacific region. … Read More
Taylor & Francis and Chinese Academy of Sciences partner to support access to research in China - May 3, 2017
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis has announced a partnership with Chinese Academy of Sciences to support access to research in China. A new partnership between Taylor & Francis and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Sciences Library, will ensure that all… Read More
Peer Review Week 2017 to run from September 11 – 17 - May 3, 2017
Following on from the success of Peer Review Week 2016, a group of organisations is working collaboratively to plan a week of activities and events to strengthen and celebrate peer review for the third year in a row. The theme of Peer Review Week 2017 is Transparency in Review,… Read More
Atypon’s Literatum online publishing platform now supports CHORUS - May 3, 2017
Atypon has announced that its widely used online publishing platform, Literatum, now supports CHORUS and enables access while improving the discoverability of funded research. CHORUS is a global non-profit organisation committed to enabling sustainable, cost-effective, and transparent public access to content… Read More
Society for Scholarly Publishing to pilot new Mentorship Program - May 2, 2017
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) will pilot a new Mentorship Program starting in June 2017. The SSP Career Development Committee is seeking up to 12 mentors and up to 12 mentees to participate in this new program and provide feedback. This new program is ideal… Read More
New BioMed Central and Digital Science report looks to the future of peer review - May 2, 2017
Open access publisher BioMed Central and Digital Science have announced a new report, according to which, in order to affect real, industry-wide improvements to the peer review process, publishers, researchers, funders and institutions need to be willing to experiment with different models,… Read More