Quantitative Science Studies journal to participate in transparent peer review - August 10, 2020
The MIT Press has announced that Quantitative Science Studies (QSS), the official open access journal of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, has started a pilot program with Clarivate to utilise the Publons transparent peer review and reviewer recognition services on… Read More
AAAS moves Science family publications to Atypon’s online platform, Literatum, to enhance reader experience - August 10, 2020
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the six Science family of journals, will be moving its full suite of online journal content to Atypon’s online publishing platform, Literatum, in the… Read More
McGraw Hill launches McGraw Hill Rise to assist teachers support students who have fallen behind following covid-19 disruptions - August 10, 2020
As teachers prepare for classes to resume this fall, McGraw Hill has announced the launch of McGraw Hill Rise, a new reading and math supplement with embedded assessment and personalisation to help educators identify and address individual learning gaps for each student. The new solution is… Read More
NSF expands quantum education to students nationwide in collaboration with industry and academic leaders - August 10, 2020
The U.S. National Science Foundation and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy are spearheading the National Q-12 Education Partnership with industry and academia to provide training and tools to students ready to become the future quantum workforce. This initiative expands quantum education to… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - August 10, 2020
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: David Bollier (The Frontier beyond open access publishing? Commoning); David Crotty (Two steps forward, one step back — The pandemic’s impact on open access progress); Virgie Hoban (Will COVID-19 mark the end of scientific publishing as we know it?); Alan… Read More
ACS launches two new journals focusing on agricultural and food science - August 7, 2020
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the launch of two new journals, ACS Agricultural Science & Technology and ACS Food Science & Technology. Both journals will be guided by the editor-in-chief of their parent journal, the Journal of Agricultural and Food… Read More
