PLOS Endorses Open Pharma Position Statement on Open Access - March 13, 2020
PLOS has joined a list of endorsers of the Position Statement on Open Access coordinated by Open Pharma, a group of pharmaceutical clients, publishers, patients, academics, regulators, editors, non-pharmaceutical funders, and societies. PLOS is a fully Open Access publisher, with all content… Read More
APA Publishing and the Society of Clinical Psychology announce new publishing partnership - March 13, 2020
APA Publishing and the Society of Clinical Psychology have announced a publishing partnership for the society's flagship journal, Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice (CP:SP). The journal will move to the APA PsycArticles database, and new issues will be published with APA Journals starting in 2021. … Read More
EBSCO eBooksTM named top e-book platform provider in 2020 ASPIRE Accessibility Audit - March 13, 2020
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has been named one of the top e-book platform providers in the ASPIREverified Accessibility Audit with the first-ever perfect score of 100 percent. This honour recognises an organisation’s commitment to improving the content and communication of its accessibility… Read More
Amber Watson joins Data Conversion Laboratory as Sales Director, Publishing - March 13, 2020
Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL), a structured data and content transformations industry, has announced that Amber Watson has joined its team as Sales Director, Publishing. Amber will support commercial publishers, libraries, museums, and other global content-centric organisations, solving digital transformation challenges with DCL’s innovative AI and NLP… Read More
Elsevier acquires Authess, creator of advanced performance-based competency assessments - March 12, 2020
Elsevier, a global leader in information analytics specialising in science and health, and part of RELX, has acquired Authess, the Boston-based developer of an advanced performance-based competency assessment platform that evaluates how students solve complex, open-ended problems they would encounter on the job. Founded in 2015,… Read More
Scientific American appoints Laura Helmuth as Editor-in-Chief - March 12, 2020
Scientific American has announced Laura Helmuth as its new Editor-in-Chief. Helmuth becomes the ninth Editor-in-Chief in the nearly 175-year history of the magazine. In her role, Helmuth will be responsible for overseeing the flagship magazine, scientificamerican.com and other branded products. She will be based in the… Read More