2018 USTR Notorious Markets List includes problematic sites named by publishers - April 29, 2019
The Association of American Publishers has welcomed the announcement by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) of the 2018 Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Report of Notorious Markets. The inclusion of problematic online and physical markets on the list encourages the market operators or responsible authorities… Read More
Future Science Group starts using Jisc’s Publications Router service - April 29, 2019
Future Science Group (FSG) has begun supplying full-text articles to Jisc's Publications Router service, enabling onward distribution to institutional repositories. All journals published by Future Medicine, Future Science and Newlands Press will henceforward send articles to Jisc’s Publications Router, as they… Read More
Kudos and Good for Kids announce launch of first Kudos Pro project profile - April 29, 2019
Kudos, the award-winning service for accelerating research impact, and Good for Kids, a healthy eating and activity program led by the New South Wales Government’s Hunter New England Population Health, have announced the launch of the first Kudos Pro ‘project profile’. The Physical Activity for Everyone… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 29, 2019
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Michael Clarke (Revisiting - Navigating the Big Deal: A Guide for Societies); Erin McKiernan, Juan Pablo Alperin and Alice Fleerackers (The “impact” of the Journal Impact Factor in the review, tenure, and promotion process); Holly Else (Elsevier strikes its first… Read More
Jisc and Springer Nature renew transformational deal securing OA for UK higher education - April 26, 2019
Jisc and academic publisher Springer Nature have agreed a further ‘read and publish’ agreement that meets the aims of Plan S and offers researchers a funder compliant route to publishing in hybrid journals. Plan S requires that, from 2020, scientific publications funded… Read More
University of Kentucky partners with Wiley Education Services for online program support - April 26, 2019
Wiley Education Services, a division of Wiley that provides tailored services and technology solutions to higher education institutions, and the University of Kentucky have entered into a partnership to offer the College of Social Work’s Master of Social Work online, launching in Fall 2019. The… Read More
