British Ecological Society’s extensive study to test if ‘blinding’ can reduce bias in science publishing - August 22, 2019
A two-year randomised controlled trial in the British Ecological Society journal Functional Ecology will be the largest of its kind to date to assess whether hiding author details during peer review reduces bias against under-represented groups in the science publishing process. Scientific papers go through… Read More
SSP webinar offerings discuss Plan S, AI Use Cases, and Content Distribution - August 22, 2019
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) webinar series covers timely topics and delivers highly informative and thought-provoking sessions designed to challenge and stimulate discussion. Building on earlier topics in the 2019 series, SSP is offering the following webinars through the end of the year: Plan… Read More
Zynx Health Introduces new clinical decision support reporting solution for optimising the use of evidence-based standards - August 22, 2019
Evidence- and experience-based clinical improvement solutions provider Zynx Health™ has announced the release of a new clinical decision support reporting solution to help hospitals target the interventions that drive improved patient care. The reporting feature extends the power of Knowledge Analyzer, Zynx Health’s knowledge management solution… Read More
McGraw-Hill expands its Connect Master suite of course materials - August 22, 2019
McGraw-Hill, the leader in learning science and digital learning tools, has announced the expansion of its Connect Master® suite of course materials, with more than 60,000 college students expected to use these innovative, digital-first products this fall. Built with McGraw-Hill's adaptive technology, Connect Master courses provide… Read More
EPJ Photovoltaics now indexed in Ei Compendex - August 22, 2019
OA journal EPJ Photovoltaics is now indexed in the Ei Compendex , joining over 3,600 high-quality peer-reviewed journals. These journals cover a vast number of areas, such as, materials science, applied physics and optics, and instrumentation and nanotechnology. Ei Compendex claims to be the broadest and most complete engineering… Read More
Growth in data and questions on quality are increasing researcher workload, says new study - August 21, 2019
Data proliferation and a lack of confidence in the multitude of research outputs is adding to researcher workload and is likely to impact public confidence in science, according to a survey of the global research community on trust in research – one of the largest surveys known to date. The… Read More
