Hindawi joins Transpose initiative - June 21, 2019
Open access publisher Hindawi has announced that all Hindawi journals are now included in the Transpose database, which brings together multiple journals’ policies on peer review, co-reviewing, and preprinting, acting as a single source of easy to access policy information for authors and publishers alike, improving… Read More
Ex Libris acquires resource-sharing solutions provider RapidILL - June 21, 2019
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has acquired RapidILL, the provider of industry-leading document-delivery and resource-sharing solutions. Developed by staff at the Colorado State University (CSU) Libraries, RapidILL’s flagship product, also named RapidILL, serves more than 330 institutions, which benefit from a fast, cost-effective request and… Read More
OAPEN and De Gruyter enable retroactive open access for ERC-funded publications - June 21, 2019
The OAPEN Foundation and De Gruyter have developed a framework agreement that outlines good practice for retroactive open access to books and chapters resulting from research funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the 7th EU Research Framework Programme (FP7). … Read More
AAMC names Dr. Laura Roberts as next Editor-in-Chief of Academic Medicine - June 21, 2019
The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) has announced the appointment of Dr. Laura Roberts, as the next editor-in-chief of Academic Medicine, one of its peer-reviewed, scholarly journals. She will succeed Dr. David Sklar, a distinguished professor emeritus of emergency medicine at the University of New… Read More
EMBO Press relaunches redesigned publications website on Atypon’s Literatum - June 21, 2019
EMBO Press has relaunched a completely redesigned publications website on Atypon’s Literatum, the scholarly publishing industry’s most widely used online publishing platform. The move to Literatum brings EMBO Press journals together on a single platform for the first time. The journals will… Read More
Elsevier makes latest climate change research freely available via Mendeley - June 20, 2019
Elsevier, the global information analytics business specialising in science and health, is making over 5,000 subscription articles on climate change freely available from across its world-leading scientific, technical and medical journals. The articles will be available to download and read for a test period on Mendeley,… Read More
