SPIE appoints Sean Shaheen as new editor-in-chief for Journal of Photonics for Energy - June 17, 2020
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has appointed Sean Shaheen as new editor-in-chief of the Journal of Photonics for Energy (JPE), effective July 1, 2020. Shaheen succeeds the journal's founding editor-in-chief, Zakya Kafafi, who has served in this position since… Read More
Manchester Metropolitan University to join OCLC’s WorldShare Management Services to provide increased visibility of resources and enhanced user access - June 17, 2020
Manchester Metropolitan University has signed on to use OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS), a cloud-based library services platform, as their new library management system to integrate workflows and increase visibility and access to resources. Manchester Metropolitan University, with roots dating back… Read More
The Royal Society of Chemistry signs the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) - June 16, 2020
The Royal Society of Chemistry has signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), continuing its drive to modernise how to measure excellence in the chemical sciences. The Royal Society of Chemistry is the first major chemical society to sign up to the declaration’s… Read More
eLife and PREreview partner on open discussion and review of preprints - June 16, 2020
eLife has announced a partnership with PREreview, a platform for the crowdsourcing of preprint reviews, to bring together scientists globally for a series of virtual discussions around research posted as preprints. These live-streamed discussions, known as preprint journal clubs, will take place once a month… Read More
University of Westminster Press publications join ScienceOpen’s discovery platform - June 16, 2020
Research and publishing network, ScienceOpen, and the University of Westminster Press (UWP) have released several collections of open access articles and books in the humanities and social sciences that are now available on ScienceOpen. The publications will be embedded in the discovery environment of ScienceOpen for… Read More
Kudos, Impact Science partnership to provide communications services to key research stakeholders - June 16, 2020
Kudos, the award-winning networking and communications tracking service for accelerating research impact, has announced a partnership with Impact Science, a Cactus Communications (CACTUS) brand that offers solutions for science dissemination and engagement with peers, public, and policymakers for wider research outreach. With… Read More
