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
Dr. Norihiro Hagita announced as fourth NISO Plus 2021’s keynote speaker - January 15, 2021
NISO has announced Dr. Norihiro Hagita as its fourth and final keynote speaker for 2021’s NISO Plus conference. Dr. Hagita will introduce NISO to the Japan Science & Technology Agency’s Moonshot Program 1, for which he is Program Director. Dr. Hagita’s keynote is scheduled… Read More
Wiley and Iowa State University sign transitional open access agreement - January 15, 2021
John Wiley and Sons, Inc. and Iowa State University have announced the signing of a three-year transitional open access agreement, among the first-of-its-kind in the United States. The agreement will advance Iowa State University’s goal to increase open access publishing and expand its open access offerings, allowing… Read More
Taylor & Francis joins the SDGs Publishers Compact - January 15, 2021
Taylor & Francis has signed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Publishers Compact, a pledge which features 10 action points to accelerate progress towards the SDGs by 2030. It affirms Taylor & Francis’ ongoing commitment to sustainable practices and to champion the SDGs during the… Read More
Springer Nature Group announces changes to company’s Management Board and Executive Team - January 15, 2021
Springer Nature Group’s Chief Executive Officer Frank Vrancken Peeters has announced changes to the company’s Management Board and Executive Team. Following a remarkable year of achievements - given the challenging environment - including the completion of major transformative agreements (including those with Projekt DEAL in Germany… Read More
