Jacob Hooker appointed editor-in-chief of ACS Chemical Neuroscience - September 22, 2021
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has appointed Dr. Jacob Hooker of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School as the editor-in-chief of ACS Chemical Neuroscience. Hooker is the Lurie Family professor of radiology in the field of autism research at… Read More
Japan’s National Institute of Informatics library goes live with Ex Libris Alma Library Services and Primo Discovery - September 22, 2021
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced that the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform and the Ex Libris Primo® discovery solution have gone live at the National Institute of Informatics (NII), in Japan. The Alma platform will support the NII, which is dedicated to the creation… Read More
Mark Lawrence Clemente to join CDL as new Open Access Publisher Agreements Manager - September 22, 2021
The California Digital Library (CDL) has announced that Mark Lawrence Clemente will be joining CDL as the new Open Access Publisher Agreements Manager, effective September 27, 2021. In this role Mark will be responsible for initiating, developing, and coordinating the implementation and assessment of open access publisher… Read More
Preprints from SSRN now available through Elsevier’s Scopus - September 21, 2021
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, has announced that preprints from SSRN, its world-leading early stage research and preprint platform, are now available through Scopus, Elsevier’s abstract and citation database. This follows preprints from arXiv, ChemRxiv, bioRxiv and medRxiv being… Read More
CME and visualization tools are hot properties in medical publishing M&A, reveals new report - September 21, 2021
An analysis of merger and acquisition activity in the medical publishing space since 2019 revealed strategic demand for continuing medical education (CME) and visualization tools that support health care education and training. This is according to Global Medical Publishing 2021-2025, the latest report from Simba Information. … Read More
Springer Nature partners with protocols.io to better understand open research practices - September 21, 2021
Having easy and open access to protocols and methods sits at the heart of reproducibility in open science. According to a PWC study undertaken for the European Commission, duplicating work due to a lack of awareness of existing research or negative results could cost up to €26 billion in Europe… Read More
