AAAS to move Science journals to new online platform to enhance user experience - April 8, 2021
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, will be moving all its online content to Atypon’s online publishing platform, Literatum for a better user experience. With this move,… Read More
JSTOR makes ebooks available via Rialto and OASIS Marketplaces - April 8, 2021
New York-based not-for-profit digital library JSTOR has made more than 100,000 ebook titles from more than 275 academic publishers available on Rialto and OASIS marketplaces. JSTOR's unlimited, digital rights management (DRM)-free access model and integration with journals and primary sources creates… Read More
Wolters Kluwer announces two new payer solutions to improve health data analytics and member satisfaction - April 7, 2021
Wolters Kluwer, Health has announced that two new payer solutions have been added to the Health Language platform’s reference data management (RDM) capabilities. RDM for Advanced Analytics offers payers cloud-based content, software, and services to power more dynamic, analytics-based strategic planning. To drive member engagement and satisfaction,… Read More
Cambridge University Press announces massive expansion of Open Access agreements in the US - April 7, 2021
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press is leading the move to new Open Access (OA) journals publishing agreements in the United States through an unprecedented expansion of transformative ‘Read and Publish’ deals. The number of US institutions participating in such agreements will leap from 13 in 2020 to… Read More
Nomination for the 2021 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science now open - April 7, 2021
The John Maddox Prize 2021, is now accepting nominations of individuals who have played an important role in promoting sound science on a matter of public interest, facing difficulty or hostility in doing so. Now in its tenth year, The John Maddox Prize is a joint initiative between the charity… Read More
NISO members approve proposal for new recommended practice to update author name changes - April 7, 2021
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced that their Voting Members have approved the formation of a new Working Group to develop a Recommended Practice to Update Author Name Changes in the Academic Publication Record after Publication as a Result of Identity Change. NISO invites statements… Read More
