Canadian Science Publishing in deal to acquire Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering journal - July 27, 2017
Canadian Science Publishing (CSP), an independent, not-for-profit scholarly publisher, and the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME), a constituent society of the Engineering Institute of Canada that offers a wide range of professional development activities for mechanical engineers and students with common fields of interest, have… Read More
ReadCube partners with scholarly Publishing Platform, Sheridan PubFactory - July 27, 2017
Technology company ReadCube has announced a collaboration with scholarly publishing platform Sheridan PubFactory. Host to scholarly content since 1999 and provider of the only truly content agnostic platform, Sheridan PubFactory will support the use of ReadCube Sharing services for publications hosted across… Read More
FASTR legislation to ensure permanency of public access to scientific research - July 27, 2017
SPARC, an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication, has applauded the introduction of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act, which would ensure that public access to research articles becomes the law… Read More
Readers from TrendMD Network save 77 percent more articles to Mendeley, says study - July 27, 2017
A recent study published in Scientometrics illustrates that readers who discover articles from a TrendMD article recommendation save 77% more of these articles to Mendeley. Replicated studies have found that article saves of scholarly articles on reference managers such as Mendeley precede… Read More
Wiley and Instructure partner to build next generation of higher education courseware - July 26, 2017
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc. has announced plans to expand its partnership with Instructure, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology company. Together, the companies will move beyond the current WileyPLUS integration and test prep courses to leverage the Canvas platform to build the next generation of higher… Read More
Elsevier’s CiteScore shines a spotlight on high-quality journals neglected by other metrics - July 26, 2017
Elsevier, a global information analytics company specializing in science and health, claims that its CiteScore is currently the only metric for more than 200 top-quality academic journals from numerous renowned publishers that guides them in their exceptional work. Metrics are an important tool to determine editorial… Read More
