American Chemical Society and the Polish Academic Consortium sign transformative OA agreement - July 24, 2020
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has signed a transformative ‘read and publish’ agreement with the Polish Academic Consortium. The agreement, which lasts through 2022, will benefit 51 institutions across Poland and will enable hundreds of articles to be made open access each… Read More
EBSCO Information Services announces support for the UK Reproducibility Network - July 24, 2020
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is joining the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) as an external stakeholder. In providing in-kind support to UKRN, EBSCO is furthering its goal of supporting open research and reproducibility by teaming up with an organisation of researchers and research institutes dedicated to improving… Read More
ProQuest announces audio-described video inclusion to improve accessibility for visually impaired users - July 24, 2020
ProQuest has announced the addition of audio descriptions to its most-watched video titles in the Academic Video Online and ProQuest OneTM Academic platforms, making educational streaming video more accessible to visually impaired users. Audio description adds narration… Read More
GSW adds Earthquake Spectra to earth science research journals collection - July 24, 2020
GeoScienceWorld (GSW) has announced that Earthquake Spectra has been added to its domain-leading collection of earth science research journals. Earthquake Spectra, a professional peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE and owned by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), aims at improving the practice of earthquake hazards… Read More
BOHS appoints Dr. Rachael M. Jones as new Chief Editor of the Annals of Work Exposures and Health - July 24, 2020
The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) has announced Dr. Rachael M. Jones as the new Chief Editor of the world-renowned scientific and research journal ‘Annals of Work Exposures and Health’. Dr. Jones is an Associate Professor and Industrial Hygiene Program Director at the University of Utah.… Read More
FIZ Karlsruhe begins research project to identify veiled plagiarism in mathematical publications - July 23, 2020
Mathematicians at FIZ Karlsruhe and Bergische Universität Wuppertal have been successful with their project to develop methods for the detection of veiled scientific plagiarism, such as paraphrases, translations or plagiarism of ideas, as they occur especially in the so-called MINT disciplines (mathematics, engineering, natural and technical… Read More
