Oxford University Press to publish two journals of the American Ornithological Society - July 19, 2018
Academic publisher Oxford University Press and the American Ornithological Society have announced their new partnership to publish The Auk: Ornithological Advances and The Condor: Ornithological Applications, the society's two peer-reviewed, top-ranked, Journal Citation Reports indexed journals. The Auk and The Condor will serve as OUP's flagship… Read More
CRKN Board of Directors reject proposal to charge Francophone and bilingual CRKN member institutions a significantly higher price than Anglophone institutions for a full collection - July 19, 2018
Under the direction of its Content Strategy Committee (CSC) and with approval from its Board of Directors, the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) will not be renewing its national license with Cairn, an aggregator of Francophone publications in the social sciences and humanities. This decision comes… Read More
Portico explores digital preservation landscape in UKSG Insights - July 19, 2018
There has been tremendous growth in the amount of digital content created by libraries, publishers, cultural institutions and the general public. While there are great benefits to having content available in digital form, digital objects can be extremely short-lived unless proper attention is paid to preservation. The rise of… Read More
Springer Nature set to publish official journal of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration from 2019 - July 18, 2018
Springer Nature, a global publisher that serves and supports the research community, will publish the international peer-reviewed journal Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (MME) of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME), beginning January 2019 with volume 36. This broad-based forum for the exchange of real-world… Read More
SAGE Publishing to publish the Journal of Comorbidity - July 18, 2018
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing will publish The Journal of Comorbidity (JOC). The first SAGE issue of the open access journal will publish in July 2018. JOC is dedicated to studies that will improve the health and wellbeing of those affected with comorbidity and multimorbidity. The… Read More
AAAS adopts Dimensions to expand analytical capabilities - July 18, 2018
Digital Science and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) have announced an agreement that will provide Dimensions to the publishing organisation within AAAS. The Dimensions platform brings together over 95 million publications, $1.3tn of grants, 400,000 clinical trials, 35… Read More
