Springer Nature becomes academic research publisher to join England’s Time to Change mental health pledge to support staff wellbeing - January 18, 2019
Springer Nature is joining a growing group of more than 1000 employers in England to sign the Time to Change employer pledge to tackle mental health stigma and discrimination. The first academic research publisher to do so, Springer Nature is making a series of commitments which… Read More
Wiley and Projekt DEAL partner to enhance the future of scholarly research and publishing in Germany - January 16, 2019
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a global leader in research and education, has announced a countrywide partnership agreement with Projekt DEAL, a representative of nearly 700 academic institutions in Germany. Under an annual fee, this transformative three-year agreement provides all Projekt DEAL institutions with access to… Read More
International Journal of Optics accepted into the Science Citation Index Expanded - January 15, 2019
Hindawi has announced that the International Journal of Optics has been accepted into the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), an index of more than 8,500 notable and significant journals from Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science. The addition of the journal to SCIE… Read More
Nature honours four US scientists for mentorship - January 11, 2019
Nature, an international weekly journal of science, has honoured four US scientists for their mentorship of young scientists. The Nature Awards for Mentoring in Science were first established in 2005 to champion the importance of providing young scientists with valuable support to help further their careers.… Read More
Springer Nature and The Open University partner to launch Computer Science Ontology (CSO) - January 10, 2019
Research publisher Springer Nature and the Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) of The Open University have partnered to provide a comprehensive Computer Science Ontology (CSO) to a broad range of communities engaged with scholarly data. CSO can be accessed free of charge through the CSO Portal, a… Read More
PLOS announces five new appointments to its Board - January 10, 2019
PLOS has announced the appointment of five new members to its Board. The new Board Chair is Alastair Adam, currently CEO of innovative digital textbook publisher, FlatWorld. Alastair brings to the role not only a strong understanding of publishing - including scientific journals - but… Read More
