American Chemical Society terminates Philadelphia spring national meeting - March 10, 2020
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has decided, after careful analysis of a variety of inputs, that for the safety and protection of its members, staff and the citizens of Philadelphia, it will terminate its Spring 2020 National Meeting & Expo scheduled for March 22-26, 2020, in… Read More
2020 volume of the Annual Review of Cancer Biology switches from gated to open access - March 10, 2020
Non-profit publisher Annual Reviews has announced that the 2020 volume of the Annual Review of Cancer Biology has been converted from gated to open access, with all articles published under a CC BY license. The back volumes, dating from 2017, are also freely available. The Annual… Read More
French National Fund for Open Science support to three international infrastructures - March 10, 2020
The French National Fund for Open Science (FNSO) has decided to support three international open science infrastructures as part of SCOSS, the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services initiative. As announced when the fund was created, the Steering Committee for Open Science has decided… Read More
China increases remote access to scientific information in response to Coronavirus lockdown - March 10, 2020
Since the start of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, Chinese schools, universities and research organisations have been in lockdown. Many of China’s learners and researchers have needed to stay at home, losing access to vitally important education and research. Responding to China’s urgent need, IOP Publishing… Read More
IOP Publishing releases 2019 Annual Report - March 9, 2020
Scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOPP) has released its 2019 Annual Report. It sets out how IOPP has contributed to ensuring trust in scientific research, and advancing scientific discovery through its widest dissemination. It also looks at how this work will continue into… Read More
SPARC and COAR submit joint response to White House RFI on research data repositories - March 9, 2020
SPARC has collaborated with COAR on a comprehensive set of recommendations to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy RFI on desirable characteristics of repositories for sharing and managing federally funded research data. Good data management is critical for ensuring… Read More
