AAAS announces updates on OA publication - January 18, 2021
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the nonprofit publisher of the six Science family journals, is announcing an update to its terms of open access (OA) publication. On a trial basis, AAAS will allow authors funded by cOAlition S organisations to place a CC… Read More
SPARC Africa partners with AfLIA to advance open sharing of knowledge and research - January 18, 2021
SPARC Africa has partnered with African Library & Information Associations & Institutions (AfLIA) in a new effort to advance the open sharing of knowledge and research on the continent. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed in December 2020 to formalise the partnership.… Read More
Diamond technology breakthroughs to be published in new Open Access journal - January 18, 2021
A new Open Access journal is to be the home for the latest in high-quality, peer-reviewed research on diamond technology breakthroughs, following a new agreement between Taylor & Francis and scientific and technological enterprise Zhengzhou Research Institute for Abrasives & Grinding Co. Ltd. Covering all aspects… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. and Max Planck Digital Library enter into Read & Publish agreement - January 18, 2021
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers and the Max Planck Digital Library have entered into a three-year Read and Publish agreement. Covering all Mary Ann Leibert, Inc. journals previously subscribed, the transformative agreement covers the cost for open access publishing of all articles by corresponding… Read More
Dr. Juan Franco as new Editor-in-Chief for BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine - January 18, 2021
Dr. Juan Franco has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, one of more than 70 specialist journals published by BMJ. Dr. Franco succeeds Carl Heneghan, Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) and Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM) at Oxford University’s… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - January 18, 2021
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: The Editorial Board Blog (Open access: new science-tech policy); Elena Louder, Carina Wyborn, Chris Cvitanovic and Angela Bednarek (Four guiding principles for choosing frameworks and indicators to assess research impact); Rachel Caldwell (Guest post — Evaluating publishers as partners with… Read More
