BMC Biology becomes the first specialist biology journal to offer Registered Reports - May 4, 2017
BMC Biology has become the first dedicated biology journal to accept Registered Reports. This innovative approach to publishing allows authors to submit their rationale and methods for peer-review before any experiments are conducted. Articles that pass peer-review will be accepted in principle meaning that, as long… Read More
Springer and ABES sign landmark eBooks agreement - May 3, 2017
STM publisher Springer and ABES (agence bibliographique de l'enseignement supérieur) have signed a national license which gives access to four complete eBook collections. The agreement entitles French researchers to use one of the world's largest scientific and technical eBook collections, available on Springer's platform SpringerLink. The… Read More
New BioMed Central and Digital Science report looks to the future of peer review - May 2, 2017
Open access publisher BioMed Central and Digital Science have announced a new report, according to which, in order to affect real, industry-wide improvements to the peer review process, publishers, researchers, funders and institutions need to be willing to experiment with different models,… Read More
Elsevier and Thai Academic Consortium announce three-year collaboration to enhance research capabilities - May 1, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics company specialising in science and health, has announced a three-year collaboration with the Thai-Journal Citation Index (TCI) Centre and Thailand Research Fund (TRF) to generate exposure, improve impact and increase collaboration opportunities for Thai research. The collaboration aims to strengthen the research… Read More
UC Libraries acquire STMnetBASE frontlist ebook collection from CRC Press/Taylor & Francis for next three years, 2017 – 2019 - May 1, 2017
The UC Libraries have acquired the STMnetBASE frontlist ebook collection from CRC Press/Taylor & Francis for the next three years, 2017 – 2019. All ten campuses and CDL contributed towards this purchase. The agreement includes 16 new collections and replaces the previous licensing of individual… Read More
Springer Nature announces two new ORCID initiatives - April 28, 2017
Springer Nature has announced two new initiatives in support of ORCID, which gives researchers a unique, personal, persistent identifier (an iD) that distinguishes them from every other researcher. ORCID also enables organisations to link researchers' affiliations and works – including their publications… Read More
