Growing international collaboration not yet enough to halt decline in Japan’s research output, reports Nature Index 2019 Japan supplement - March 21, 2019
The Nature Index 2019 Japan supplement shows that global research performance in Japan continues to fall, but the number of international research partnerships is increasing. Japan’s contribution to high-quality scientific research fell by 19.9 percent between January 2012 and October 2018. But efforts to increase international… Read More
Springer Nature announces divestment of InfoChem GmbH to DeepMatter Group Plc. - March 15, 2019
Springer Nature has announced the completion of the sale of InfoChem GmbH to DeepMatter Group Plc. InfoChem has built up a set of high-quality chemical data-management and synthesis prediction software and tools, serving global pharmaceuticals and chemicals giants such as AstraZeneca and BASF. Following the… Read More
Wiley and The Norwegian Directorate for ICT and Joint Services in Higher Education and Research in deal to advance scholarly research and publishing in Norway - March 15, 2019
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a global leader in research and education, and Unit - The Norwegian Directorate for ICT and Joint Services in Higher Education and Research – have announced a combined open access and subscription agreement effective March 14, 2019.… Read More
Association of Arab Universities and Elsevier in deal to host Arab journals on Digital Commons - March 14, 2019
The Association of Arab Universities and Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, have reached an agreement to co-create the Arab Journals Platform, an open electronic network of scholarly journals that will help raise awareness of leading research carried out in the Arab… Read More
Hindawi and Publons partner to improve peer review process - March 14, 2019
Open access publisher Hindawi and Publons, a peer review platform and part of the Web of Science Group, have announced a new partnership to improve peer review processes. Hindawi has integrated the new reviewer search service, Publons Reviewer Connect, with their… Read More
IntechOpen announces two new STEM Program Directors - March 13, 2019
IntechOpen has named Peter Mitchell and Dr. Richard Murray as its new STEM Program Directors. Peter Mitchell is Editorial Director and Head of STEM Program for the UK & Scandinavia and Dr. Richard Murray is the Head of STM Program for the Iberian Peninsula. They bring… Read More
