PubFactory and Altmetric partner to provide engagement insights - April 26, 2017
Online publishing platform PubFactory has partnered with data science company Altmetric to provide real-time insights into the latest shares, mentions and engagement relating to individual publications immediately enabling authors, readers, and editors to gather a more comprehensive view of the reach and… Read More
Upcoming webinar to Optimise Your Medical Publications and Avoid - April 26, 2017
A panel of industry experts will provide tips and tools to enhance medical publication efforts and avoid so-called "predatory journals" in a webinar titled Optimise Your Medical Publications and Avoid "Predatory Journals", scheduled for May 9, 2017. Jeffrey Beall, Scholarly Communications Librarian and Associate Professor at the University of Colorado… Read More
HIMSS acquires Health 2.0 conferences, expands global educational offerings - April 26, 2017
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has acquired the conference component of Health 2.0, effective immediately, expanding its global educational offerings to familiar and new audiences. HIMSS will establish a new Health 2.0 business unit within the enterprise that includes HIMSS North America, HIMSS Analytics,… Read More
Five additional publishers working with CLOCKSS to preserve publications for future generations - April 26, 2017
CLOCKSS, a not-for-profit joint venture between the world's leading academic publishers and research libraries, has announced that five additional publishers are working with the archive to preserve their publications for future generations of researchers. CLOCKSS, the decentralized preservation archive that ensures that the digital assets… Read More
New ÜberResearch and the UArctic Science & Research Analytics Task Force report showcases global support for Arctic Research - April 25, 2017
Data company ÜberResearch and the UArctic Science & Research Analytics Task Force has released a report analyzing global funding trends in Arctic research: International Arctic Research: Analyzing Global Funding Trends. A Pilot Report (2017 Update). In this annual update to the… Read More
Theme of 2017 International Open Access Week to be ‘Open in order to…’ - April 25, 2017
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), in conjunction with this year's Open Access Week Advisory Committee, has announced that the theme for this year's 10th International Open Access Week, to be held October 23-29, will be 'Open in order to….' This year's theme… Read More
