Anna Akhmanova succeeds Fiona Watt as eLife’s third Deputy Editor - March 12, 2018
eLife has announced Anna Akhmanova, Professor of Cell Biology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, as a new Deputy Editor. Working alongside Eve Marder (Brandeis University, US) and Detlef Weigel (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Germany), and reporting to Editor-in-Chief Randy Schekman (University of California… Read More
Peter Lang transitions eleven subscription-based scholarly journals to full open access - March 12, 2018
Academic publisher Peter Lang has announced plans to transition eleven of its subscription-based scholarly journals to full open access as part of its ongoing commitment to Open Access in academic publishing. Free online access to articles from these journals will be available on the new… Read More
Association of Research Libraries organises Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2018, highlights balance in the copyright system - March 12, 2018
The fifth annual Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week took place February 26-March 2, 2018, growing to 153 participating organisations-as well as numerous individuals-celebrating the important and flexible doctrines of fair use and fair dealing worldwide. This year's event was organised by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)… Read More
Georg Thieme Verlag to publish new specialist journal for physiotherapists – Der Schmerzpatient - March 12, 2018
Georg Thieme Verlag is now publishing a new specialist journal 'Der Schmerzpatient'. It offers physiotherapists current knowledge from pain research and best practice examples for the treatment of acute and chronic pain. More than 12 million Germans suffer from chronic pain, reports the Deutsche Schmerzgesellschaft… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - March 12, 2018
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Tim Vines (A Curious Blindness Among Peer Review Initiatives); David Matthews (Europe set to miss flagship open access target); Stephanie Dawson (Submit your manuscript via ScienceOpen); and Allen Wilhite (False investigators and coercive citation are widespread in academic research). Blogspeak… Read More
Two SAGE Publishing journals win 2018 PROSE Awards - March 9, 2018
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced that two of its journals were recently announced as winners of the 2018 PROSE Awards, the publishing industry's highest honours for professional and scholarly works presented by the Association of American Publishers (AAP). Communication & Sport (C&S), published in association… Read More
