Accessibility developments drive Taylor & Francis Online towards WCAG 2.1 level AA - April 23, 2020
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group has updated its Accessibility Statement to confirm major steps towards achieving level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG). WCAG standards are set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), a globally adopted standard ensuring websites are useful… Read More
IOP Publishing announces Reviewer Award winners for 2019 - April 23, 2020
Scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOPP) has named the winners of its Reviewer Awards for 2019. Peer review forms the backbone of scholarly communication, providing essential rigour and validation for published papers. The awards are part of IOP Publishing’s commitment to recognise and reward peer review.… Read More
Xibei Gongye Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Northwestern Polytechnical University now indexed in the DOAJ - April 23, 2020
Xibei Gongye Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Northwestern Polytechnical University has been accepted into the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), where it joins over 14,000 open access, peer-reviewed journals. These journals cover all areas of science, technology, medicine, social science and humanities. Indexation in the DOAJ means… Read More
IARLA issues statement on access to digital content for education and research during the COVID-19 crisis - April 23, 2020
The International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA), representing the research libraries of Australia, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, has amplified the calls that the associations and others have made toward easing access restrictions on digital content during the COVID-19 crisis. … Read More
ConTech.Live helps keep the community together, free webinars starting April 29 - April 22, 2020
ConTech is launching free weekly webinars to provide a new way to be able to reach out to colleagues, extended networks and friends. The webinars will cover topics that are central to the way we are working and doing business today. Lasting just 30 minutes, each… Read More
Three new journals to join Springer Nature’s portfolio from January 2021 - April 22, 2020
Three new journals will be launched under the Nature Research imprint at the beginning of 2021. The motivation for launching these journals, as well as their focus and structure, reflects the specific needs of research communities. The journals aim to foster cross disciplinary research and provide… Read More
