The Wellcome Trust and UK Research & Innovation back project to push OA ‘transparent pricing’ framework - September 9, 2019
The Wellcome Trust and national funding agency UK Research & Innovation are backing a project to push “more transparent” communication around the nature and prices of OA publishing services. The project is being run on behalf of the international research consortium cOAlition… Read More
ACS names Mary Beth Mulcahy as new editor-in-chief of ACS Chemical Health & Safety - September 9, 2019
The American Chemical Society (ACS), Publications Division, has named Dr. Mary Beth Mulcahy, principal member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories, as the new editor-in-chief of ACS Chemical Health & Safety. ACS recently acquired the journal from the ACS Division of Chemical Health and… Read More
Thieme forms joint venture with learning technology specialist Area9 - September 9, 2019
The Thieme Group and the American-Danish learning technology specialist Area9 have joined forces with immediate effect. The newly founded joint venture Thieme|Area9 develops adaptive e-learning solutions for physicians, residents, medical students, and allied health professionals. The products, designed for national and international markets, combine the Thieme… Read More
American Physiological Society adopts a format-neutral submission policy for new manuscripts - September 9, 2019
The journals of the American Physiological Society (APS) have adopted a format-neutral submission policy (FlexSubmit) for new manuscripts submitted after July 31, 2019. With the change, initial submissions may now be uploaded in any format to streamline the process for authors. FlexSubmit removes the need… Read More
Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research to be official journal of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians - September 9, 2019
Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (CCR) has announced that the Society of Cannabis Clinicians (SCC) has named CCR as its official journal. The SCC is a non-profit educational and scientific society of physicians and healthcare professionals dedicated to the education and research support of cannabis for medical… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - September 9, 2019
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Curtis Kendrick (Guest Post: Cost per Use Overvalues Journal Subscriptions); Paul McKean (Considered and visionary: a grown-up approach to lifelong learning); Rebecca T. Miller (Embargoes Aren’t the Answer); and Roger C. Schonfeld (Will Libraries Help Publishers Prop Up the Value… Read More
