PLOS and Uppsala University announce two 3-year publishing agreements - February 17, 2021
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and the Uppsala University have announced two 3-year publishing agreements that allow researchers to publish in PLOS journals without incurring article processing charges (APC). The Community Action Publishing (CAP) agreement enables Uppsala University researchers to publish fee-free in the journals PLOS… Read More
ASABE unveils Figshare-powered portal to make supplementary research data openly available, citable, and discoverable - February 17, 2021
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) have announced the launch of a platform to make supplementary research data openly available, citable, and discoverable with a Figshare-powered portal - https://asabe.figshare.com/. Supplementary research data published in the journals — Transactions of the… Read More
eLife and the Novel Coronavirus Research Compendium collaborate to support scientists and the public navigate high volume of key new research - February 17, 2021
eLife, a non-profit organisation created by funders and led by researchers, has announced a collaboration with the Novel Coronavirus Research Compendium (NCRC). NCRC is a publicly available resource from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, US, that rapidly curates and reviews emerging scientific evidence about SARS-CoV-2… Read More
Hindawi and Maverick announce open access publishing services collaboration - February 15, 2021
Maverick Publishing Specialists and Hindawi Limited have recently entered into an open access publishing collaboration whereby a dedicated team of Maverick specialists and Hindawi's Publishing Partnerships business division will work collaboratively to broaden awareness of Hindawi's range of publishing services amongst journal publishers. … Read More
South African Government places DOAJ on list of accredited journals - February 15, 2021
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has announced its inclusion in the recognised list of journals, lists and indexes accepted by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training. The move represents the first time that an open access listing has been recommended to South African… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 15, 2021
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Mark Carden (Guest post — What should a conference cost?); Serge Horbach (How the pandemic changed editorial peer review – and why we should wonder whether that’s desirable); Alison Mudditt (Emerging from the pandemic: The future of work is now);… Read More
