CAB Thesaurus reaches new milestone with over 3 million terms - September 22, 2020
The 2020 edition of CAB Thesaurus has been published after reaching a significant milestone – it now includes more than 3 million terms/labels with special focus given to the needs of Plantwise, Compendia, VetMed… Read More
UCL Press hosts a Peer Review Week Event - September 22, 2020
In concurrence with Peer Review Week 2020, Stephanie Dawson and Ian Caswell of UCL Press will host a virtual event on September 24, 2020, through Zoom describing the Open Peer Review tools behind UCL Open: Environment. The event will have the form… Read More
ASM centralises ethics efforts in new portal - September 22, 2020
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has launched a new, centralised ethics portal. The ethics portal will communicate to and educate ASM members on ASM’s ethics policies and will streamline the way ethical concerns are handled. The new portal seeks to ensure… Read More
Beijing, New York and Boston lead scientific research says, latest analysis from Nature Index 2020 Science cities - September 21, 2020
In the Nature Index 2020 Science Cities supplement, Beijing is named as the top ‘science hotspot’, a position held since 2016, with Boston and New York retaining their standing in the top five. Alongside analysis of the global science hotspots, the Index also points to emerging… Read More
IET launches new Open Access Journal – IET Blockchain - September 21, 2020
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has launched a new gold open access multi-disciplinary journal - IET Blockchain. The first issue of the journal will publish in January 2021 and aims to attract original research and survey articles dedicated to theories,… Read More
IOP Publishing launches first-of-its-kind peer review certification programme - September 21, 2020
IOP Publishing (IOPP) is revolutionising peer review learning with the launch of the world’s first peer review certification programme dedicated to the physical sciences. ‘Peer review excellence: IOP training and certification’ will give early career researchers the ability to review with confidence, increasing trust and standardising… Read More
