2020 SSP Emerging Leader Award – call for nominations - February 5, 2020
The Society for Scholarly Publishing has announced that nominations are now open for the 2020 Emerging Leader Award, which will be presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting, May 27-29 in Boston, MA. This award recognises an SSP member who began working in the scholarly communication field… Read More
ACS Publications and ORCID in deal to recognise ACS reviewers - February 5, 2020
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced that reviewers of ACS journal articles can now claim credit for their efforts through ORCID. This new collaboration will provide acknowledgement for reviewers’ crucial contributions to the scholarly publication process. Reviewers give their time and… Read More
IOP Publishing launches new website to help researchers in China navigate the world of scientific publishing - February 5, 2020
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has launched a new website dedicated to helping researchers in China navigate the world of scientific publishing. IOPChina will offer Chinese researchers information on their publishing options, and how IOPP can work with them in getting their latest research published. It also has… Read More
Hindawi announces the acceptance of International Journal of Chemical Engineering into the Science Citation Index Expanded - February 5, 2020
Open access publisher Hindawi has announced the acceptance of International Journal of Chemical Engineering into the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), an index of more than 8,500 notable and significant journals from Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science. The addition of the journal to SCIE means that… Read More
The Royal Society of Chemistry unveils new open access journal for materials science - February 5, 2020
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced the launch of Materials Advances, sister to Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C. The new journal will be free to read and free to publish in for two years. Materials Advances, which will… Read More
Acta Acustica, the journal of the European Acoustics Association, now live - February 5, 2020
Last June EDP Sciences and the European Acoustics Association (EAA) agreed to publish Acta Acustica (formerly Acta Acustica united with Acustica) in partnership from January 2020. At the time, it was also announced that the journal would become fully gold open access from January 2020. With… Read More