Scientific journal Nature Methods officially retracts contentious CRISPR study - April 3, 2018
In 2017, a study published in the journal Nature Methods caused controversy in the scientific community after claiming to find over 100 unintended large genetic deletions or insertions related to the CRISPR gene-editing process. The journal has now officially retracted the paper after a thorough review… Read More
Experts in information science and scholarly communication convene at MIT to set research agenda - April 3, 2018
Forty-five experts from across disciplines gathered at MIT March 19-23 for a week of workshops focused on the most vital issues in information science and scholarly communication. Supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the summit on Grand Challenges… Read More
Discovery Medicine to preserve e-journals with Portico - April 3, 2018
Digital preservation service Portico has announced that Discovery Medicine will preserve e-journals with Portico, ensuring that their content will be secure and available into the future. Discovery Medicine is an evidence-based, peer-reviewed, open-access, and scholarly biomedical journal indexed in MEDLINE/PubMed by the U.S. National Library… Read More
Higher education publishers join Ohio textbook affordability initiative - April 2, 2018
AAP members Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, Pearson, and Wiley recently partnered with the Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK) and the Ohio Department of Higher Education on state-wide Inclusive Access textbook affordability initiative. Ninety non-profit institutions of higher education in Ohio are members of OhioLINK. The initiative could… Read More
French research organisations and universities and SpringerNature unable to reach consensus for access to journals; publisher continues access while talks continue - April 2, 2018
French research organisations and universities have reportedly cancelled their subscriptions to Springer journals. The move is the result of an impasse in fee negotiations between the publisher and Couperin.org, a national consortium representing over 250 academic institutions in France. After more… Read More
Portico announces the trigger of one of the first scientific e-journals – Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials - April 2, 2018
Digital preservation service Portico recently alerted to a groundbreaking journal that was no longer available to the academic community. The Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials (OJCCT) launched in 1992 as part of a collaboration between OCLC and the American Association for the Advancement of Science… Read More
