ScienceOpen and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics partner to showcase Space Science & Technology Research - July 8, 2020
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has collaborated with ScienceOpen to create a featured collection comprising a wide array of aerospace related research from four different AIAA journals. As the world’s largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession,… Read More
NISO’s Manuscript Exchange Common Approach Recommendations now published - July 7, 2020
NISO has announced the publication of NISO RP-30-2020, Manuscript Exchange Common Approach (MECA) Recommended Practice — an open protocol for the transfer of manuscripts within and between manuscript systems. As well as developing a common vocabulary, the MECA Working Group has also made specific recommendations for… Read More
CABI unveils new portal to help facilitate collaboration on fall armyworm research - July 7, 2020
CABI has partnered with leading researchers and institutions to launch a new portal that facilitates global research collaboration to help fight the devastating crop pest fall armyworm (FAW). The CABI-led Fall Armyworm Research Collaboration Portal is a free-to-access platform that enables the sharing of research… Read More
Upcoming ConTech webinars - July 7, 2020
ConTech’s insightful series of webinars at 4.30pm BST each Wednesday continues. Open science is important, but it is also hard. Unfortunately, “hard” has often meant that scientific quality checks are both slow and inadequate, falling in an unsatisfactory middle ground between two opposing goals. Currently, it can take months… Read More
Spanish National Research Council and the Microbiology Society sign three-year transformative agreement - July 7, 2020
Not-for-profit Society publisher, the Microbiology Society, and the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), have announced a three-year pilot transitional open access (OA) agreement from 2021– 2023. The ’Publish and Read’ deal, will allow researchers at all CSIC’s… Read More
The Company of Biologists freezes e-journal price for 2021 - July 7, 2020
The Company of Biologists has announced that there will be no increase in their e-journal prices in 2021 in recognition of the unprecedented and ongoing challenges facing the library and research communities worldwide. As a not-for-profit publisher committed to maximising the availability of high-quality biological science… Read More
