Berlin 12 conference focuses on proposal to flip subscription journals to open access - December 21, 2015
Representatives from several regions (Asia, Europe, and North America) recently met in Berlin, Germany, to discuss a proposal to flip subscription-based journals to open access models. The initiative is being led by the Max Planck Society, the organiser and host of the invitation-only Berlin 12 Open Access Conference. The rationale… Read More
ScholarOne Manuscripts integrate Ringgold’s Identify Database for institutional affiliations - December 21, 2015
Ringgold has announced that Thomson Reuters' premier journal and peer review platform, ScholarOne Manuscripts, has integrated the Identify Database, the authority on institutional identification. ScholarOne's robust application will rely on the Identify Database to enforce accuracy standards for the institutional affiliations of… Read More
China’s high quality research output grew 37 percent from 2012 to 2014, reveals new analysis of Nature Index data - December 17, 2015
China's high quality research output grew 37% from 2012 to 2014, according to new analysis of Nature Index data. The United States saw a 4% drop over this period in the same Nature Index metric (weighted fractional count; WFC). The Nature Index 2015 China supplement,… Read More
STM responds to the Max Planck Digital Library White Paper on the Open Access Transition - December 14, 2015
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has welcomed the Max Planck DL (MPDL) paper on the transition to OA. STM welcomes this contribution to the open access debate and shares the belief that the most sustainable open access… Read More
Reprints Desk releases Autumn 2015 version of journal content access and management platform Article Galaxy - December 11, 2015
Research Solutions, Inc., a pioneer in providing on-demand access to scientific, technical and medical (STM) information for research-intensive organisations, announced the Autumn 2015 version release of the journal content access and management platform Article Galaxy by subsidiary Reprints Desk, Inc. The Autumn 2015 release features short-term… Read More
National Diversity in Libraries Conference 2016 call for presentation proposals deadline extended to December 15, 2015 - December 8, 2015
The National Diversity in Libraries Conference (NDLC ’16), cosponsored by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Library and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), will take place on the UCLA campus August 10–13, 2016. The NDLC ’16 Program Committee has extended the deadline for presentation… Read More
