Special one day workshop to focus on the wave of activities related to making data ‘FAIR’ - August 27, 2019
A special one day workshop ‘Implementing FAIR Data for People and Machines: Impacts and Implications,’ being organised for data and information professionals, information technologists, and for disciplinary scientists interested in effective data sharing is focused on the wave of activities related to making data “FAIR” (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable).… Read More
ScienceOpen and Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers partner to integrate six orthopedics journals in the ScienceOpen research discovery environment - August 16, 2019
ScienceOpen and Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers have announced a partnership that integrates six orthopedics journals published by Jaypee in the ScienceOpen research discovery environment in the form of a featured collection. Established in 1969, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers is South Asia’s largest and fastest growing… Read More
SPARC urges Department of Justice to block Cengage, McGraw-Hill merger - August 15, 2019
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has submitted a detailed filing to the U.S. Department of Justice urging federal antitrust enforcers to block the proposed merger between college textbook publishing giants Cengage and McGraw-Hill Education. The merger would create the… Read More
Cochrane-WHO collaboration on qualitative evidence syntheses in guidelines showcased in new articles - August 12, 2019
A series of papers highlighting innovative work carried out by the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group and the World Health Organization on using reviews of qualitative research in guideline development processes has been published in Health Research Policy and Systems. Cochrane is… Read More
NISO to host virtual conference – From Submission to Publication: Creating and Conveying Quality - August 9, 2019
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is hosting a virtual conference - From Submission to Publication: Creating and Conveying Quality. The event is scheduled to be held from August 21, 12pm–4pm. One on-going concern in scholarly communication has to do with publication time lags and… Read More
ConTech 2019 announces Not Poster Lightning sessions - August 7, 2019
ConTech 2019 is offering start-ups, vendors, publishers and data scientists the opportunity to talk about their latest ideas. The organisers are looking for content pioneers who already see the benefits of using data science, the data science visionaries who are building new content tools and… Read More
