BMJ partners with Editage to offer BMJ Author Services - February 18, 2019
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has partnered with Editage to offer language editing and translation services to medical researchers who seek to publish in healthcare science journals. BMJ Author Services will enable medical researchers across the globe to clearly communicate their research, potentially in one of BMJ’s… Read More
New Elsevier/Ipsos MORI study shows that the research ecosystem is changing rapidly and profoundly - February 15, 2019
In 10 years' time, the academic world will see new funding models, methods of collaboration, and ways of conceptualising research and measuring its impact - all driven by advances in technology, reveals an empirical study, conducted by information analytics business Elsevier and market research organisation Ipsos… Read More
Brill expands Biology publishing portfolio with the addition of OA journal, Contributions to Zoology - February 15, 2019
International publisher Brill has announced the addition of the Open Access journal, Contributions to Zoology, to its Biology publishing portfolio. Brill has taken over the publishing responsibilities from Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Contributions to Zoology has published cutting edge zoological research since 1848. Focusing on all… Read More
BMJ signs agreement for sales in Japan with USACO Corporation - February 15, 2019
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has signed an exclusive agreement with USACO Corporation for the sale of BMJ resources to institutional customers in Japan. Under the agreement, USACO will be the exclusive agent for institutional sales of a range of BMJ's resources across Japan. These… Read More
Springer Nature and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation partner to improve data sharing - February 14, 2019
A new pilot project by Springer Nature and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) enables researchers to make their research datasets accessible alongside their published articles. From February 2019, all authors whose manuscripts are accepted for publication by npj Breast Cancer will… Read More
SAGE Publishing issues statement on Plan S - February 14, 2019
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has released a Statement on Plan S. The signatories of Plan S seem frustrated by the pace of transition to open access (OA). However, SAGE believes that the hybrid option is a crucial element in the transformation, as long as it is… Read More
