IOP Publishing and APS commit to ORCID scheme - July 19, 2017
IOP Publishing and the American Physical Society (APS) have signed up to the ORCID Open Letter, committing to collecting ORCID iDs for authors submitting to their journals following stated best practices. ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) claims… Read More
SAGE Research Methods Video and Index on Censorship magazine receive awards for Publication Excellence - July 19, 2017
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced that SAGE Research Methods Video has received an Award of Excellence and Index on Censorship magazine has received a Grand Award from the Annual Awards for Publication Excellence (APEX Awards). SAGE Research Methods Video is a collection of nearly 500… Read More
CABI merges with SciDev.Net to create stronger organisation for sustainable development - July 19, 2017
Scientific publisher CABI and SciDev.Net have agreed to merge, creating a stronger and more diverse combined organisation to help boost their shared mission to improve lives around the world. CABI claims to be an intergovernmental, not-for-profit organisation that improves people's lives… Read More
RCUK confirms its Open Access block grant funding levels until 2020 - July 19, 2017
Research Councils UK (RCUK) has announced that the Open Access block grants will be continued at current levels for a further 2 years. The grants fund costs relating to articles published in peer reviewed journals that have resulted from RCUK funded research and which acknowledge Research… Read More
Altmetric badges now live on CSIRO Publishing platform - July 19, 2017
Alternative metrics provider Altmetric has announced that the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Publishing has integrated Altmetric data into its journal platform to highlight the online shares and discussion surrounding published articles. CSIRO Publishing is part of the federal… Read More
Authorea integrates with bioRxiv to allow direct submission of preprints - July 19, 2017
Authorea, an online collaborative document editor for researchers, has announced a partnership and direct submission agreement with bioRxiv, a preprint server for biological research. The agreement enables researchers writing documents on Authorea to submit preprints directly to bioRxiv with one-click. bioRxiv, a non-profit service of… Read More
