Frontiers, the Austrian Science Fund and University of Vienna sign landmark Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement - December 22, 2017
Under a landmark Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement signed between Frontiers, the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and the University of Vienna, Austrian researchers affiliated with or funded by these institutions can now publish their articles in Frontiers' open access journals through a simplified process that covers… Read More
Syed Hasan to step down as President Global Sales of Springer Nature - December 22, 2017
Syed Hasan, President Global Sales, will be leaving Springer Nature at the end of January 2018 to take advantage of a sabbatical period and subsequently pursue new challenges outside of Springer Nature. Syed has held senior management sales roles within Springer since 1998. He was… Read More
IOS Press publishes inaugural issue of OA journal – Data Science - December 22, 2017
STM publisher IOS Press has announced the publication of the first issue of Data Science, a new interdisciplinary peer-reviewed Open Access journal covering a broad range of aspects around Data Science, aiming to unleash the field's full potential. The journal's Editors-in-Chief are Michel Dumontier (Maastricht… Read More
Wiley and Proforums partner to create an online community for CPA candidates - December 21, 2017
John Wiley and Sons Inc., a global research and learning company, and Proforums, a provider of online communities for professional exams, have announced a partnership to launch CPAforum as a free resource to help CPA candidates pass the CPA Exam. The partnership makes Wiley the founding… Read More
Panelists discuss new developments in Open Access monographs in the humanities and social sciences at OASPA and Knowledge Exchange webinar - December 21, 2017
Eelco Ferwerda (OAPEN), Lucy Montgomery (Knowledge Unlatched Research), and Christina Emery (Springer Nature) recently joined OASPA and Knowledge Exchange for a webinar to discuss new developments in Open Access monographs in the humanities and social sciences. Jeroen Sondervan (Knowledge Exchange) chaired the discussion. The Copyright Clearance… Read More
Cell Press CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Cell Dr. Emilie Marcus to pursue new career at UCLA - December 21, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, has announced that Emilie Marcus, CEO of Cell Press and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Cell, has decided to move on to a new role at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Cell Press is… Read More
