OpenAthens joins Publishers Association and ALPSP - June 7, 2018
OpenAthens, which provides federated identity and access management services to a global client base, has announced its formal affiliation to the Publishers Association (PA) and membership of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP). Through… Read More
COAR and DuraSpace launch collaborative partnership - June 7, 2018
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and DuraSpace have announced the launch of a collaborative partnership. Both organisations are jointly committed to supporting the adoption of repository platforms that are interoperable, compliant with international standards and protocols, and reflect the vision of next generation… Read More
MDPI appoints Vladimir N. Uversky as Editor-in-Chief of Biomolecules - June 7, 2018
Academic open-access publisher Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) has appointed Vladimir N. Uversky as the Editor-in-Chief of the open access journal Biomolecules. Vladimir N. Uversky is an Associate Professor at the Department of Molecular Biology at the University of South Florida. In addition to being… Read More
Call for submissions open for 6th Annual Asia Pacific HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award - June 6, 2018
HIMSS Asia Pacific and Elsevier, the global information analytics company specialising in science and health, have announced the call for submissions for the 6th Annual Asia Pacific (APAC) HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award 2018. Since 2013, the HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award has attracted… Read More
IOP introduces Print on Demand for journals - June 6, 2018
IOP Publishing has announced that readers, researchers and authors can now order print versions of IOP Publishing journals whenever they require them. IOP Publishing's journal titles will now be available as Print on Demand (POD) copies, delivered through printing partner Hobbs. Starting June 5, 2018,… Read More
Crossref facilitates use of essential peer review information for scholarly communications - June 6, 2018
In response to requests from the community for flexible registering of peer review content (and associated discussions of published content), Crossref has extended its infrastructure to not only support the registration of this content, but also the easy retrieval, use and reuse of it, through its… Read More