Wiley and UNSILO collaborate on testing UNSILO’s Manuscript Evaluation software suite - May 23, 2019
John Wiley and Sons Inc. and UNSILO have partnered in a pilot to boost researcher capacity for simplified submission and screening of research content using UNSILO's artificial intelligence tools. An increasing amount of time is spent by authors, editors, and reviewers… Read More
PLOS announces published peer review option - May 23, 2019
PLOS has announced that all its journals will offer authors the option to publish their peer review history alongside their accepted manuscript. They are making major strides towards a more open publication process and this peer review option gives authors and reviewers more choices about how… Read More
Elsevier launches OA journal – Physics Open - May 22, 2019
Elsevier, the global information analytics business specialising in science and health, is launching a novel broad scope open access journal, covering all areas of physics and related interdisciplinary areas - be that fundamental or applied. The Editorial Board will bring together editors from across Elsevier’s existing… Read More
Springer Nature updates policy to encourage preprint sharing for its journals - May 20, 2019
For more than two decades, Nature and its sister journals have supported pre-publication sharing of manuscripts on preprint servers. Nature’s first editorial on this goes back to 1997 — although, back then, the practice was common only among physicists. By making early research findings accessible quickly… Read More
Elsevier is one of five Diamond Sponsors of the 2019 Imperial Barrel Award - May 17, 2019
Elsevier, the global information analytics business specializing in science and health, will be one of five Diamond Sponsors of the 2019 Imperial Barrel Award (IBA), an annual prospective basin evaluation competition for geoscience graduate students worldwide, jointly managed by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)… Read More
Springer Nature’s iversity expands its product portfolio with new media format, Espresso Courses - May 14, 2019
Springer Nature’s online learning platform iversity has expanded its product portfolio with a new format called Espresso Courses. These courses focus on ‘point of need learning’, and are designed to impart knowledge in a fast and efficient way. iversity’s existing formats PRO courses and MOOCs (Massive… Read More
