BioOne, adopts Dimensions to monitor data and trends in OA - July 2, 2019
Digital Science and BioOne have announced an agreement that will provide Dimensions Analytics to BioOne staff members. BioOne is a community-driven, nonprofit publisher with more than 200 subscribed and open-access titles in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. Dimensions will enable… Read More
Wiley in deal to acquire Zyante Inc. - July 1, 2019
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire Zyante Inc., a leading provider of computer science and STEM education courseware. Under the terms of the agreement, which will close on July 1, 2019, Zyante shareholders will receive $56 million in cash. Zyante was… Read More
IOP Publishing initiates open data trial - July 1, 2019
IOP Publishing is trialing a new data policy on three of its journals to encourage and support authors to make the data underpinning their article more accessible. The trial will begin in July on the journals Environmental Research Letters, Journal of Physics: Complexity, and Machine… Read More
Academies call for a sustainable European data governance approach - July 1, 2019
ALLEA, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, and the Royal Society have jointly published a discussion paper on Flourishing in a data-enabled society (PDF). Based on the outcomes of discussions during an ALLEA/Royal Society conference in November 2018, the… Read More
UKRI signs San Francisco Declaration of Research Assessment - July 1, 2019
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has signed an international declaration aimed at strengthening and promoting best practice in the way research is assessed. The San Francisco Declaration of Research Assessment (DORA) recognises the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of research are… Read More
Melanie Keen appointed Director of Wellcome Collection - July 1, 2019
Wellcome has announced that Melanie Keen, currently Director and Chief Curator of Iniva (the Institute of International Visual Arts), has been appointed Director of Wellcome Collection, the free museum and library for the incurably curious in London, UK. She will take up… Read More
