Nature Research opens new editorial office in Berlin - November 7, 2017
Springer Nature is celebrating the establishment of a new editorial centre in Berlin for Nature Research, the portfolio that includes Nature and the Nature-branded research journals. The new office will include the editorial team for Nature Catalysis, a new journal, which is launching in January 2018.… Read More
Court ruling in favour of ACS in a case against Sci-Hub - November 7, 2017
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has welcomed the court ruling in its case against Sci-Hub, a self-proclaimed web pirate organisation that steals and then illegally reproduces and disseminates copyrighted scientific research articles on the internet. Issued by Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on Nov. 3, the ruling… Read More
EBSCO information Services partners with BiblioLabs to support open access discovery of electronic theses and dissertations - November 7, 2017
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and BiblioLabs have announced the launch of a collaborative open access initiative dedicated to advancing library and industry innovation related to electronic theses and dissertations (ETD). OpenDissertations.org is committed to facilitating open and free access to ETD metadata… Read More
Scholarly publishers come together to launch Scientific Society Publisher Alliance - November 7, 2017
A group of prestigious not-for-profit scientific membership societies have announced the launch of the Scientific Society Publisher Alliance (SSPA), an initiative focused on building awareness of and support for publication of scientific research by scientist-run scientific societies. The SSPA started as a collaboration of scientific societies… Read More
IOS Press acquires StemBook - November 7, 2017
STM publisher IOS Press has acquired StemBook, an online open access review of stem cell biology that was launched by the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) in collaboration with the MIND Informatics group at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2008. IOS Press will update, develop, expand and… Read More
Registrations for SCOAP3 Forum 2017 now open - November 7, 2017
The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) will be hosting its annual online Forum - an open event presenting achievements after almost four years and an outlook into the future of the initiative, on December 7, 2017. The Forum also offers an… Read More
