Erasmus University Rotterdam and Digital Science announce new agreement to roll out Dimensions and Altmetric Explorer for Institutions across the institution - April 5, 2018
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and Digital Science have announced a new agreement that will see Dimensions and Altmetric Explorer for Institutions rolled out across the institution. Dimensions is a research information platform that enables users to search and analyze over 128 million research documents. In addition… Read More
SAE International introduces Author Accepted Manuscripts to enhance scholarly journals program - April 5, 2018
SAE International has introduced new Author Accepted Manuscripts as part of ongoing efforts to enhance the organisation's scholarly journals program. A first for the mobility engineering industry and for commercial publishers at large, the Author Accepted Manuscripts initiative grants readers free access to newly submitted research… Read More
NFAIS to host Blockchain for Scholarly Publishing conference - April 5, 2018
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will host Blockchain for Scholarly Publishing, a conference on how blockchain could affect researcher workflows, including data collection, peer review, and access to published works. Attendees will explore blockchain's application, review case studies, and debate its challenges and… Read More
California selects ProQuest for K12 - April 5, 2018
ProQuest has announced that its guided research and learning resources, reference solutions and ebooks will be available this fall to California's 6.2 million school children in the state's 10,000 K12 schools. ProQuest is one of three companies selected as part of California's new state-wide digital… Read More
River Valley announces two-way integration of its submission system – ReView, with bioRxiv preprint server - April 5, 2018
Authors of biology and biomedical papers can now choose to submit to a journal directly from bioRxiv, as well as submit to bioRxiv automatically from a journal. The move is the result of a 'two-way' integration of River Valley's ReView platform with… Read More
Canadian Association of Research Libraries signs San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment - April 5, 2018
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has signed on to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which recommends changes in practices by the research community regarding the use of research metrics. Research metrics (or bibliometrics) are a variety of techniques that provide… Read More
