Europe PMC adds Altmetric badges visualisations to their database - October 5, 2016
Europe PubMed Central (Europe PMC), a free online database of biomedical research abstracts, has added Altmetric badge visualisations to their database. The new integration offers users a colourful, collated record of online mentions, shares and discussions for each individual article. Including the badges enables academics… Read More
Thieme Chemistry releases Science of Synthesis 4.5, includes Metal-Catalysed Cyclisation Reactions and latest updates - October 5, 2016
Scientific publisher Thieme Chemistry has released the latest update of its most up-to-date evaluated digital reference work, Science of Synthesis, adding two new volumes on metal-catalysed cyclisation reactions. Science of Synthesis 4.5 comprises a total of more than 1,800 printed pages of new content, including a… Read More
Qatar University Library collaborates with Elsevier to improve coverage and discoverability of published research by Qatar University authors - October 4, 2016
Qatar University Library and STM publisher Elsevier have announced their collaboration to maximize visibility, impact and dissemination of articles published by QU faculty and researchers. Through Elsevier's ScienceDirect APIs, QUL's institutional repository (QSpace) now receives an automated feed of metadata, abstracts… Read More
ALPSP and The PA to host debate on Brexit and academic publishing at Frankfurt Book Fair - October 3, 2016
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) and The PA will host a debate on the impact of Brexit on academic publishing at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair on October 20, 2016, 10:30 to 11:00 am, Publishing Perspectives Stage, Hall 6.0. UK Publishing… Read More
ICSTI to organise third webinar in partnership with NISO - October 3, 2016
The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) will organise its third webinar themed 'Enabling Innovations for Researcher Workflows and Scholarly Communication' in close partnership with NISO. This webinar is scheduled for October 26, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.… Read More
The BMJ launches new series to get latest trial evidence into practice - October 3, 2016
The BMJ is launching a new series called 'Rapid Recommendations' - a collaboration with an international group of researchers and doctors, working together with patients - to quickly and reliably transform research evidence into clinical practice recommendations. It is impossible for an individual doctor to… Read More
