Applications for 2018 Altmetric Annual Research Grant now open - March 14, 2018
Alternative metrics provider Altmetric has opened the call for applications for its 2018 Annual Research Grant. First awarded in 2016, the grant provides up to £1,500 ($1,900 USD) to support research studies that explore different facets of altmetrics or a related topic that impacts the… Read More
Springer Nature and VSNU renew open access publishing agreement - March 13, 2018
Springer Nature and the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) have renewed their agreement to secure open access publishing for Dutch universities up to 2021. VSNU and Springer Nature together were the first to sign a hybrid open access agreement of this type in 2014.… Read More
Oxford University Press extends partnership with DeepDyve - March 13, 2018
DeepDyve and Oxford University Press (OUP) have announced that OUP has agreed to make over 400 journals available via DeepDyve's innovative scholarly journal rental platform. The collaboration follows a successful pilot program dating back to 2012 whereby OUP made a subset of… Read More
NoveList announces leadership changes - March 13, 2018
NoveList®, a division of EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), has announced the retirement of NoveList Co-Founders Duncan Smith and Roger Rohweder. During their tenure with NoveList, Smith and Rohweder have helped empower librarians and connect communities through the readers' advisory solution. Danielle Borasky… Read More
Health Research Alliance launches new application powered by Figshare and Dimensions - March 13, 2018
The Health Research Alliance has launched a new application, HRA Open, powered by Figshare. HRA Open will allow HRA member-funded awardees to link their awards to their research outputs and deposit publications into PubMed Central. HRA Open is an HRA-sponsored web-based service that promotes open… Read More
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems appoints Prof. Claire Kremen as its Field Chief Editor - March 13, 2018
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems has announced the appointment of Professor Claire Kremen as its founding Field Chief Editor. Claire Kremen is Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at University of California, Berkeley. She is also the Faculty Director for the… Read More
