New SPARC Europe report on Open Data and Open Science policies in Europe - March 17, 2017
SPARC Europe, together with the Digital Curation Centre (DCC), has released a report that provides a snapshot of various Open Data and Open Science policies, as they currently stand throughout Europe. The report gives an overview and quick access via live links to the sourced policy… Read More
MyScienceWork wins NFAIS national ‘Startup Shootout’ competition - March 17, 2017
The 2017 Winner of the Year in the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) Startup Shootout was MyScienceWork, a startup organisation that serves the whole scholarly community with services and products optimized by strong semantic algorithms and one of the largest databases of research content… Read More
Annual Reviews appoints Eva Emerson to lead new digital magazine - March 17, 2017
Nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews has announced that Eva Emerson has been appointed editor to lead a soon-to-be launched digital magazine. Eva has an outstanding track record in the communication of science, having most recently served as Editor of Science News. The magazine is set to… Read More
AAU, ARL, AAUP to launch Open Access Monograph Publishing Initiative - March 17, 2017
The Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and Association of American University Presses (AAUP) are implementing a new initiative to advance the wide dissemination of scholarship by humanities and humanistic social sciences faculty members… Read More
ACCUCOMS to represent Meteo Inc. in North America - March 17, 2017
ACCUCOMS has announced a partnership with Japanese publisher Meteo Inc. for its sales representation services in North America. Meteo Inc., a provider of Japanese medical information, has partnered with ACCUCOMS to expand the reach of Medical*Online-E information service into the United States and Canada. … Read More
Evidence-based characteristics could help authors recognize predatory journals - March 16, 2017
A study published in the open access journal BMC Medicine identifies 13 evidence-based characteristics by which potential predatory journals may be distinguished from presumed legitimate ones. The 13 characteristics identified by researchers at Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada include an interest in publishing research on… Read More
