Hindawi completes digitisation of all content for Psyche: A Journal of Entomology - December 24, 2018
Hindawi has completed the digitisation and online publication of all content for Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. Through collaboration with Jonathan Rees from the Cambridge Entomological Club, all content ever published by Psyche is now freely available and accessible to both entomologists and the public on… Read More
International science journal Nature to celebrate 150th anniversary in 2019 - December 21, 2018
2019 will mark the 150th anniversary of the international science journal Nature. Founded in 1869, Nature was launched with a mission to 'place before the general public the grand results of Scientific Work and Scientific Discovery' and to aid scientists by 'giving early information of all… Read More
Elsevier acquires Science-Metrix Inc. - December 20, 2018
Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, has acquired Science-Metrix Inc., a research evaluation firm that provides science research evaluation and analytics to assess science and technology activities. Headquartered in Montréal, Canada, Science-Metrix is known for high-quality and independent bibliometric analysis and research… Read More
Astronomy & Astrophysics and Max Planck Society sign transformative Open Access agreement - December 19, 2018
Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A), the international Journal that publishes papers on all aspects of astronomy and astrophysics and one of the leading journals in its field, has signed a two-year transformative Open Access agreement with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Under this agreement, funds previously… Read More
BMC launches formal portable peer review policy on BMC Biology - December 18, 2018
BMC, the first publisher to openly post named peer reviewer reports alongside articles, has announced the launch of a formal portable peer review policy on BMC Biology. The policy aims to speed up the peer review process and decrease waste in publishing. 'Portable peer review' is… Read More
IOP Publishing and the Korean Society for Composite Materials partner to launch a new journal – Functional Composites and Structures - December 18, 2018
IOP Publishing and the Korean Society for Composite Materials (KSCM) have announced a partnership to launch a new journal - Functional Composites and Structures (FCS). Co-owned by KSCM and IOP Publishing, FCS will deal with materials with mechanical integrity, whose functional properties can be achieved,… Read More