Dutch universities organise second edition of Digital Society Conference - June 5, 2019
After last year's success, the fourteen Dutch universities, united in the Association of Universities in the Netherlands, have announced the return of the Digital Society Conference. Scheduled for November 26, 2019, the Digital Society Conference will focus on Digital Participation. Leading professors of the Digital… Read More
Stakeholders across all scientific disciplines urged to make data open and accessible - June 5, 2019
Institutions, science funders, data repositories, publishers, researchers and scientific societies from all scientific disciplines must work together to ensure all scientific data are easy to find, access and use, according to a new commentary in Nature by members of the Enabling FAIR Data Steering Committee. The Enabling FAIR Data… Read More
cOAlition S appoints Jisc expert, Neil Jacobs, as interim programme manager - June 5, 2019
Neil Jacobs, head of open science and research lifecycle at Jisc, has been appointed as interim programme manager for the international consortium of research funders, cOAlition S. Neil Jacobs will take forward the work of the consortium, Plan S, to help… Read More
Elsevier releases 2018 CiteScoreTM values - June 4, 2019
Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, has released the 2018 CiteScore values, its latest assessment of thousands of all peer-reviewed research journals, book series, conference proceedings and trade publications covered in Scopus. These new values are available for… Read More
First ConTech Forum to be held in less than 3 weeks - June 4, 2019
Delegates from around the world will assemble on June 21, 2019 in London for the first ever ConTech Forum. The programme tackles the impact of AI, machine learning, data science and other emerging technologies on content creation, dissemination and consumption. Max Gabriel, CDO Taylor and… Read More
COAR and WACREN collaborate to advance open access and open science in Africa - June 4, 2019
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) have announced a new collaboration agreement to advance open access and open science in Africa. Greater access to the results of research will contribute to improving the… Read More
