Artificial Intelligence – driving next generation innovation in Southeast Asia, says new report - March 14, 2018
Southeast Asia is one region that has invested heavily in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and as a result boasts huge growth in its AI capabilities and understanding. Developers in Southeast Asia are increasingly competing to uncover new approaches and broaden its reach. By recognizing AI's capacity to influence both business and… Read More
Digital Science and Katalysis launch pilot project to test blockchain technologies - March 7, 2018
Technology company Digital Science and Katalysis, a startup based in Amsterdam, have announced the launch of a pilot project to test blockchain technologies to support the peer review process. They are joined in this pilot project by founding partner Springer Nature. The problems of research… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health to acquire Firecracker - March 6, 2018
Wolters Kluwer Health has signed an agreement to acquire Firecracker, an adaptive learning, assessment, and study-planning solution used by more than 20 percent of U.S. medical students. Firecracker will become part of the Health Learning, Research & Practice group, which produces high quality medical education and… Read More
SPARC Europe and Digital Curation Centre release an update to its analysis of Open Data policies in Europe - March 1, 2018
Open Data policy development in Europe is constantly evolving. In an effort to stay abreast of these changes on behalf of the community, SPARC Europe, together with the Digital Curation Centre (DCC), recently released an update to its analysis of Open Data policies in Europe. … Read More
Brexit is an opportunity to forge a stronger European Research Area, says new Wellcome report - February 27, 2018
According to a new report from Wellcome, the European Research Area should be strengthened and broadened as part of the Brexit process, to increase scientific collaboration across member states and associated countries such as the UK, Norway and Switzerland. The Future Partnership Project report, based… Read More
New research shows hybrid journals key for extending author choice - February 26, 2018
A report by the Publishing Research Consortium, Research Consulting and Pleiade Management & Consultancy has shown that hybrid journals play an important role in extending author choice. The report, which aims to understand authors' motivations when selecting to publish in Hybrid… Read More