Springer Nature updates policy to encourage preprint sharing for its journals - May 20, 2019
For more than two decades, Nature and its sister journals have supported pre-publication sharing of manuscripts on preprint servers. Nature’s first editorial on this goes back to 1997 — although, back then, the practice was common only among physicists. By making early research findings accessible quickly… Read More
Atairos acquires ownership position in ProQuest - May 20, 2019
ProQuest, a global leader in educational technology, and Atairos, an independent private company focused on supporting growth-oriented businesses, have announced that Atairos will acquire an ownership position in ProQuest. ProQuest will use the proceeds from the transaction to repurchase most of the shares owned by entities… Read More
ConTech 2019 first draft programme released - May 20, 2019
ConTech.Live has announced the release of the ConTech 2019 first draft programme. At ConTech, delegates get ground-breaking insights into the biggest technical revolution to hit the content world since the birth of the internet – the intersection of data science and content. This year… Read More
Future Science Group set to launch The Evidence Base at the upcoming ISPOR 2019 Conference - May 20, 2019
Future Science Group (FSG) will be launching their newest resource, The Evidence Base, at the upcoming ISPOR 2019 Conference. The Evidence Base is a free-to-join, online community to share knowledge, discuss the latest research and continue developments in real-world data and its applications to real-world problems… Read More
DOAJ reaches its funding target to cover operational costs - May 20, 2019
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has reached its funding target to cover its operational costs as outlined in its SCOSS application. Eight consortia and 175 institutions/organisations from 18 different countries have committed support to DOAJ. There are organisations that have already made the… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 20, 2019
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Simon Wakeling, Stephen Pinfield and Peter Willett (Guest Post - A Study of Commenting on PLOS Articles); Kurt Heisler (Is Your APC Workflow Working?); Inez van Korlaar (Find out who’s talking about your funded and Open Access research); Lisa Matthias,… Read More
