Springer Nature announces two new ORCID initiatives - April 28, 2017
Springer Nature has announced two new initiatives in support of ORCID, which gives researchers a unique, personal, persistent identifier (an iD) that distinguishes them from every other researcher. ORCID also enables organisations to link researchers' affiliations and works – including their publications… Read More
Elsevier updates comprehensive text on sustainable farming systems - April 28, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics company specialising in science and health, has announced the publication of Agricultural Systems: Agroecology and Rural Innovation for Development, Second Edition, edited by Sieglinde Snapp and Barry Pound. It presents an overview of the emerging area of agroecology applications transforming farming systems… Read More
BioMed Central signs San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment - April 27, 2017
Open access publisher BioMed Central has become a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), the commitment to move away from a single measure of a journal's impact (Impact Factor) to the provision of a wider set of metrics and measurements. BioMed Central… Read More
Elsevier unveils new book series on chemical process safety - April 26, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics company specialising in science and health, has announced the publication of Methods in Chemical Process Safety, Volume 1, the first book in Elsevier's new series focused on process safety, risk assessment and management and loss prevention. An informative tool and user manual… Read More
Springer collaborates with Federica Weblearning to launch MOOCs and books initiative - April 25, 2017
STM publisher Springer has announced a partnership with Federica Weblearning, an academic platform devoted to innovation, experimentation and the dissemination of multimedia distance learning. The collaboration allows authors and lecturers several options of preparing both a textbook and a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on a… Read More
Elsevier launches new journal – Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry - April 25, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics company specialising in science and health, has announced the launch of Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry, a new journal dedicated to advancing basic, clinical and therapeutic knowledge of personalised medicine in psychiatry. The application of personalised medicine in psychiatry is a new… Read More
