Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 4, 2018
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Thomas Basbøll (A scientific paper shouldn't tell a good story but present a strong argument); Helen Duriez (Examining Trust and Truth in Scholarly Publishing); David Read (Structure and Description: Five Ways to Create More Accessible Articles and Papers); and Tim… Read More
Elsevier and Egyptian Knowledge Bank sign national license agreement for access to SciVal - June 1, 2018
Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, has signed a national license agreement with the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB) for access to SciVal, Elsevier's research management tool. The EKB now has quick, easy access to research data analytics of 9,400 research institutions located… Read More
Oxford University Press joins Coalition for Responsible Sharing - June 1, 2018
Academic publisher Oxford University Press has joined the Coalition for Responsible Sharing, an alliance of publishers and learned societies who are taking action against copyright infringement by ResearchGate. The Coalition for Responsible Sharing aims to prevent the illicit hosting of millions of subscription articles on the… Read More
EBSCO Information Services and ALZAD Inc. expand partnership to support its libraries using FOLIO Library Services Platform - June 1, 2018
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and ALZAD Inc. have expanded their partnership to ensure libraries adopting the FOLIO Library Services Platform (LSP) will be able to rely on hosting and services support. The agreement confirms ALZAD's commitment to provide FOLIO implementation and support services backed by… Read More
IOP Publishing launches new journal – Plasma Research Express - June 1, 2018
IOP Publishing (IOP) has launched Plasma Research Express (PREX) to its plasma physics portfolio. Led by Editor-in-Chief Professor Hae June Lee (Pusan National University, Republic of Korea), PREX is a broad, multidisciplinary journal publishing new experimental and theoretical research covering all areas of fundamental, engineering,… Read More
Frontiers and the National Library of Sweden sign Open Access Framework Agreement - June 1, 2018
Under the national agreement signed between Frontiers and the National Library of Sweden (NLS), on behalf of the organisations participating in the Bibsam Consortium, Swedish researchers can now publish their articles in Frontiers' open access journals through a simplified process that covers publishing fees. The… Read More
