Global production of scientific papers hit an all-time high in 2018 with emerging economies rising fastest - December 27, 2018
Emerging economies showed some of the largest increases in research output in 2018, according to estimates from the publishing-services company Clarivate Analytics. Egypt and Pakistan topped the list in percentage terms, with rises of 21 percent and 15.9 percent, respectively. China's publications rose by about… Read More
Swiss National Science Foundation signs new Lead Agency agreement with Poland National Science Centre - December 27, 2018
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has signed a Lead Agency agreement with the funding organisation of Poland, the National Science Centre (NCN), to simplify collaboration with Polish researchers. Under the Lead Agency process, a joint application by researchers in Switzerland and Poland can be… Read More
Springer Nature announces OA agreement with Electronic Information Service National Programme - December 24, 2018
Springer Nature and the Hungarian Academic Consortium (EISZ) have announced an agreement that combines reading access and open access (OA) publishing in one single framework. Effective from January 2019, researchers from the participating consortium institutions will gain access to over 2,000 Springer journals and will have… Read More
INSPEC to move from Web of Science to Engineering Village platform - December 24, 2018
INSPEC, the premier database for physics, astronomy, electronics engineering, computer science, mechanical and production engineering, and information technology will move from Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science (WoS) platform. Beginning January 1, 2019, INSPEC will be available for UC libraries on the Engineering Village (EV) platform, with… Read More
Hindawi completes digitisation of all content for Psyche: A Journal of Entomology - December 24, 2018
Hindawi has completed the digitisation and online publication of all content for Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. Through collaboration with Jonathan Rees from the Cambridge Entomological Club, all content ever published by Psyche is now freely available and accessible to both entomologists and the public on… Read More
SPARC Europe releases updated analysis of Open Data and Open Science policies - December 24, 2018
SPARC Europe has released the updated analysis of Open Data and Open Science policies across Europe. It reports a continued increase in the growth of related policies and an increase in uptake in countries where no such policy previously existed. The report is the latest… Read More
