NISO, NFAIS merger finalised - July 2, 2019
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) have announced that efforts to merge the two organisations have been successfully completed. The fully-integrated entity consists of more than 250 libraries, government agencies, associations, and content… Read More
CAS launches computer-aided retrosynthetic analysis solution, drives increase in R&D productivity - July 2, 2019
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society specializing in scientific information solutions, has launched a computer-aided retrosynthetic analysis solution that systematically identifies new pathways to chemical compounds. Now available to all SciFindern users, this next-generation capability is empowering chemistry researchers around the world to rapidly… Read More
Global Views Monthly and Elsevier announce 2019 Taiwan University Ranking results - July 2, 2019
Global Views Monthly (GVM) and Elsevier, the global information analytics business specialising in science and health, commemorated their three-year collaboration at a signing ceremony to provide data for Taiwan and GVM's Taiwan University Ranking. The three-year annual ranking exercise – from 2019 to 2021 –… Read More
ALPSP partners with Cadmore Media to offer enhanced video recordings of its annual conference - July 2, 2019
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has announced a three-year, media partnership agreement with Cadmore Media, which will help make the association’s post-event videos more engaging, accessible and searchable. Working primarily on the flagship Annual Conference and Awards,… Read More
IOP Publishing selects Figshare to demonstrate impact and value of research outputs across journal collections - July 2, 2019
IOP Publishing has selected Figshare to openly store, share, and cite research outputs from across their portfolio of over 85 journals. These research outputs will be available in a fully-branded Portal at iop.figshare.com. IOP Publishing and Figshare… Read More
AIP Publishing names Prof. Lesley F. Cohen as Editor-in-Chief of Applied Physics Letters - July 2, 2019
AIP Publishing, a not-for-profit scholarly publisher in the physical sciences, has announced the appointment of Lesley F. Cohen, Imperial College London, as Editor-in-Chief of Applied Physics Letters (APL). Cohen currently holds a number of educational and administrative roles at Imperial College London. Professor Cohen’s research… Read More