De Gruyter and Code Ocean partner to improve research reproducibility - July 16, 2018
Academic publisher De Gruyter and Code Ocean, a computational reproducibility platform, have announced a partnership that enables journal authors to publish and share working code associated with their research so readers can immediately reproduce the results. Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and… Read More
ARL invites libraries to register for 2018 LibQUAL+ survey - July 16, 2018
The Association of Research Libraries is inviting libraries to join the global assessment community of LibQUAL+® by registering for the 2018 LibQUAL+ survey. LibQUAL+ is a tool that libraries use to solicit, track, understand, and act upon users' opinions of service quality. The protocol is… Read More
The BMJ launches special collection on research for health in the Americas - July 16, 2018
The BMJ is launching a special collection of articles that will explore how research can drive effective and efficient health systems across the Americas. The collection seeks to shape the research agenda and help fulfil the promise of high quality health for all. High quality… Read More
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics appoints Angela Barlow as editor-in-chief of new practitioner journal - July 16, 2018
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) has announced Angela Barlow, dean of the University of Central Arkansas Graduate School, as the editor-in-chief of its new practitioner journal: Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PreK-12, which will launch January 2020. The new journal reflects the… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - July 16, 2018
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Jessica Borger (Peer review has some problems - but the science community is working on it); EBSCOpost Blog (Search Subject Indexes for Targeted Results); Adrian Barnett (An idea to promote research integrity: adding badges to papers where the authors fought… Read More
SPARC Europe announces new research initiative on open incentives and reward systems - July 13, 2018
SPARC Europe has announced that it is undertaking a new research initiative that will shed light on the various patterns of rewards and incentives being employed by funding organisations as well as those that address openness of the research they fund. Funders are crucial players in… Read More
