The BMJ launches special collection on research for health in the Americas - July 16, 2018
The BMJ is launching a special collection of articles that will explore how research can drive effective and efficient health systems across the Americas. The collection seeks to shape the research agenda and help fulfil the promise of high quality health for all. High quality… Read More
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics appoints Angela Barlow as editor-in-chief of new practitioner journal - July 16, 2018
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) has announced Angela Barlow, dean of the University of Central Arkansas Graduate School, as the editor-in-chief of its new practitioner journal: Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PreK-12, which will launch January 2020. The new journal reflects the… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - July 16, 2018
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Jessica Borger (Peer review has some problems - but the science community is working on it); EBSCOpost Blog (Search Subject Indexes for Targeted Results); Adrian Barnett (An idea to promote research integrity: adding badges to papers where the authors fought… Read More
SPARC Europe announces new research initiative on open incentives and reward systems - July 13, 2018
SPARC Europe has announced that it is undertaking a new research initiative that will shed light on the various patterns of rewards and incentives being employed by funding organisations as well as those that address openness of the research they fund. Funders are crucial players in… Read More
New analysis reveals OA journals have clear citation advantage over subscription journals - July 13, 2018
Open-access scholarly publisher Frontiers is the 4th most cited publisher amongst the 20 largest publishers, ranked by average citations over a three-year period (2015-2017). The same analysis also reveals a citation advantage of Open Access journals over subscription journals in the last three years. In… Read More
The CCDC and FIZ Karlsruhe launch joint deposition and access services for crystal structure data - July 13, 2018
The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) and FIZ Karlsruhe - Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure (FIZ Karlsruhe) have announced the launch of their joint deposition and access services for crystallographic data across all chemistry. These services will enable researchers to share data… Read More
