ScienceOpen and UCL Press announce new hosting partnership - September 13, 2017
ScienceOpen has announced a new hosting partnership with UCL Press, the first fully Open Access university press in the UK, based at the University College London. With this, ScienceOpen extends its portfolio of dedicated features for publishers to enhance the visibility and… Read More
Springer Nature initiates charitable incentive system for peer reviewers - September 12, 2017
Peer reviewers are enabling people in developing countries to access safe drinking water as the result of a collaboration between Springer's journal Environmental Earth Sciences and the non-profit humanitarian organisation 'Filter of Hope.' Since the start of the initiative at the beginning of 2017, almost 600… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry partners with Publons to give peer reviewers more recognition - September 12, 2017
The Royal Society of Chemistry has launched a formal partnership with Publons - a third-party reviewer recognition service - for a twelve-month trial on ten RSC journals. Publons is a service that reviewers can sign up for and record their peer… Read More
Emerald Publishing sponsors Peer Review Week 2017 - September 12, 2017
Academic publisher Emerald Publishing is a co-organiser and sponsor of Peer Review Week 2017, September 11-17, with its theme of 'Transparency'. Peer Review Week is a global event celebrating the essential role that peer review plays in maintaining scientific quality. The event brings together individuals,… Read More
Knowledge Unlatched unveils KU Open Services - September 12, 2017
Knowledge Unlatched (KU) will open its services to publishers with Open Services, designed to help publishers achieve greater impact for their Open Access (OA) books. The new service is an additional offer for those OA titles that have not been financed through KU's traditional crowd funding… Read More
Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar appointed as Library Director of King Abdullah University of Science & Technology - September 12, 2017
Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar has been appointed as the Library Director of King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia as of July 1, 2017. Vijay joined KAUST in 2009 and has contributed to the library's growth in many leadership roles, including… Read More
