ALPSP member briefing on Plan S - September 24, 2018
Science Europe recently announced Plan S, a proposal for the transition of European-funded research to a fully open access environment, in line with the principles of open science. The plan is supported by 11 European national funding councils, joined by the European Commission and the
American Physical Society releases new physics classification scheme, PhySH - September 24, 2018
The American Physical Society (APS) has announced that PhySH, APS's new physics classification scheme, is now publicly available under a Creative Commons CC0 license. Created to provide a fully open, high-quality classification scheme for the entire physics community, PhySH groups concepts into a flexible hierarchy that… Read More
Provation unveils Provation Apex, a cloud-based procedure documentation SaaS platform to increase clinical efficiency and physician satisfaction - September 24, 2018
Clinical productivity software provider Provation has announced the launch of Provation® Apex, a new, cloud-based procedure documentation SaaS platform designed to improve outcomes, clinical efficiency and physician satisfaction in ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals. Accessible on any internet-enabled device, Apex is designed to be intuitive… Read More
PKP and SciELO to develop open source Preprint Server system - September 24, 2018
The Public Knowledge Project (PKP) and SciELO Program have announced an agreement to develop a Preprint Server system on the principles that have guided these two organisations over the last two decades. These governing principles include recognising the value of: independent manuscript evaluation systems and… Read More
Reprints Desk and Digital Science partner to provide intelligent citation references and journal article stats - September 24, 2018
Research Solutions, Inc., a provider of cloud-based workflow solutions for R&D driven organisations, has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Reprints Desk and technology company Digital Science have forged an agreement bringing together the power of two research tools:… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - September 24, 2018
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Charlotte Perry-Houts and Tyler Ruse (Why good metadata matters: discoverability, tracking, marketing and more…); Tim Vines (Plan T: Scrap APCs and Fund Open Access with Submission Fees); EBSCOpost Blog (Mastering the Pre-Discovery Phase of Biopharmaceutical Research); and Lucy Montgomery and… Read More
