Elsevier and the US Food and Drug Administration collaborate to build predictive drug-induced liver injury algorithm - November 21, 2019
Elsevier, a global information analytics business specialising in science and health, has entered into a Collaborative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Effective October 8, 2019, NCTR and Elsevier began collaborating on… Read More
James G. Neal announced as 2020 Miles Conrad Award recipient - November 21, 2019
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced James G. Neal as the 2020 Miles Conrad Lecturer. Neal will be presented with this prestigious award on February 24, 2020 at the NISO Plus Conference in Baltimore, MD. Neal is the University Librarian Emeritus at Columbia University,… Read More
SSP webinar discusses open access and Plan S - November 21, 2019
Plan S assures to reshape the way scholarly publishing is accomplished, affecting authors, publishers, libraries, and everyone in between. The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) recently conducted a webinar titled: Plan S: Opportunities for the Future of Scholarly Publishing. The speakers were charged with offering business… Read More
IEEE Computer Society appoints Song Guo as Editor-in-Chief for the new IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society - November 21, 2019
IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS) has announced that Song Guo from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University has been appointed the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society (OJ-CS), for the 2020–2022 term. The new journal, dedicated to publishing… Read More
New SPARC Europe survey seeking insights into OE practices within European academic libraries - November 21, 2019
SPARC Europe, in consultation with the European Open Education Librarian Network, has launched a survey targeting academic libraries across Europe. The purpose of the survey is to garner insights into their Open Education practices. The ultimate goal is to use what is… Read More
Frontiers joins the NAS’ list for author transparency - November 21, 2019
Frontiers has joined the National Academy of Sciences’ (NAS) list for Transparency in Author Contributions in Science (TACS). The NAS list includes publishers and funders committed to setting standards for authorship transparency and defining responsibilities for authors. The requirements for journals to be considered on the… Read More
