Clarivate Analytics and RISTEKDIKTI sign collaborative agreement to improve research performance in Indonesia - May 28, 2019
Clarivate Analytics has signed a collaborative agreement with the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of Indonesia (RISTEKDIKTI) to improve research performance in Indonesia. In Indonesia’s pursuit of research excellence, RISTEKDIKTI has made stunning progress in helping Indonesia’s research to grow exponentially over the… Read More
Newcastle University announces launch of institutional research data repository powered by Figshare - May 28, 2019
Newcastle University has announced the launch of their institutional data repository, data.ncl.ac.uk, to make research data from the university searchable, discoverable, and citable. Research data uploaded to the repository will be marked for indexing in Google Scholar and Google Dataset Search… Read More
Cochrane appoints Dr. Christopher Bunt as inaugural Editor in Chief of Cochrane Clinical Answers - May 28, 2019
Cochrane has announced the appointment of Dr. Christopher Bunt as the inaugural Editor in Chief of Cochrane Clinical Answers (CCAs), reporting to Karla Soares-Weiser, Editor in Chief of Cochrane. Chris has been a practicing Family Medicine physician in the US since 2004 and has recently added… Read More
Inera Inc. launches eXtyles Arc to offer hands-free intelligent document structuring and XML conversion - May 28, 2019
Inera Inc., a provider of editorial and XML software for scholarly and technical publishers, has announced the launch of eXtyles Arc, designed to offer hands-free document structuring and XML conversion from raw Microsoft Word manuscripts. Designed for a range of implementations including integration with journal… Read More
As the move towards open science progresses, the relevance of data sharing and data management increases, says new Springer Nature whitepaper - May 24, 2019
Springer Nature has published a whitepaper titled ‘Challenges and Opportunities for Data Sharing in Japan.’ The whitepaper reports a survey of researchers in Japan about data sharing and management. The report includes a summary of discussions by key opinion leaders from the Japanese research community, and… Read More
New SAGE Publishing report lays groundwork for improving social and behavioral science impact metrics - May 24, 2019
While measurement of science impact has traditionally been synonymous with citation counts in academic journals, such counts fail to capture the influence that research can have on policy, practice, and the public. While the social and behavioral sciences (SBS) are uniquely positioned to make this impact and thus benefit society,… Read More
