Peer Review Week 2017 to run from September 11 – 17 - May 3, 2017
Following on from the success of Peer Review Week 2016, a group of organisations is working collaboratively to plan a week of activities and events to strengthen and celebrate peer review for the third year in a row. The theme of Peer Review Week 2017 is Transparency in Review,… Read More
Publons launches Publons Academy to help researchers master peer review and connect with editors at elite journals - May 2, 2017
Publons, the online network of peer reviewers, has launched the Publons Academy: a free, practical peer review training course to speed up scholarly communication and improve researcher development. The Publons Academy is a comprehensive online course developed together with world renowned researchers, peer reviewers, journal… Read More
CERN and the American Physical Society sign agreement for SCOAP3 - April 28, 2017
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the American Physical Society (APS) have signed an agreement for SCOAP3 – the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics. Under this agreement, high-energy physics articles published in… Read More
Upcoming webinar to Optimise Your Medical Publications and Avoid - April 26, 2017
A panel of industry experts will provide tips and tools to enhance medical publication efforts and avoid so-called "predatory journals" in a webinar titled Optimise Your Medical Publications and Avoid "Predatory Journals", scheduled for May 9, 2017. Jeffrey Beall, Scholarly Communications Librarian and Associate Professor at the University of Colorado… Read More
HIMSS acquires Health 2.0 conferences, expands global educational offerings - April 26, 2017
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has acquired the conference component of Health 2.0, effective immediately, expanding its global educational offerings to familiar and new audiences. HIMSS will establish a new Health 2.0 business unit within the enterprise that includes HIMSS North America, HIMSS Analytics,… Read More
Theme of 2017 International Open Access Week to be ‘Open in order to…’ - April 25, 2017
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), in conjunction with this year's Open Access Week Advisory Committee, has announced that the theme for this year's 10th International Open Access Week, to be held October 23-29, will be 'Open in order to….' This year's theme… Read More
