Publons launches inaugural Global State of Peer Review report - September 7, 2018
Publons, a scholarly peer review platform, has launched the Global State of Peer Review report, the largest study of peer review. The report brings together novel results of a survey of more than 11k global researchers alongside data from Publons, ScholarOne, and Web of Science. The… Read More
SPARC Europe supports new funder-driven mandate on researchers to publish OA - September 7, 2018
A new initiative aimed at greatly accelerating the migration to a fully Open Access research environment in Europe was recently announced: Plan S. Backed by 11 national funding organisations joined together in the guise of cOAlition S, and with the support of the European Commission and the European Research Council,… Read More
IOP Publishing launches Environmental Research Communications to its journal portfolio - September 7, 2018
IOP Publishing has launched Environmental Research Communications (ERC) as the newest addition to its journal portfolio. ERC is an inclusive open access journal for the rapid publication of high-quality research in all areas of environmental science. The journal does not make a subjective assessment… Read More
Microbiology Society launches new Open Science journal, Access Microbiology - September 7, 2018
The Microbiology Society has announced the launch of their new Open Science journal, Access Microbiology. The journal introduces a new service to members of the community allowing the publication of replication studies, negative or null results, research proposals, data management plans, additions to established methods, and… Read More
Frontiers and King’s College London form OA publishing agreement - September 7, 2018
King's College London (KCL) has established an institutional agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. King's College London supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this support, King's Library Services has entered into an institutional… Read More
LetPub opts for Editorial Manager Ingest Service - September 7, 2018
Online submission system provider Aries Systems has announced that LetPub will join a growing list of submission partners using the Editorial Manager Ingest Service. The partnership will enable authors using LetPub's editing, illustration, formatting, translation, and multimodal research communication services to submit files and metadata… Read More
