Elsevier and University of Oxford announce 5-year collaboration to support early career researchers in the field of mathematics and data science - January 16, 2018
Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, and the University of Oxford, a world-leading centre of learning, teaching and research and the oldest university in the English-speaking world, have announced their five-year collaboration to develop exceptional research talent in the field of mathematics… Read More
The Publishers Association unveils data protection toolkit - January 16, 2018
The Publishers Association is launching a new online toolkit for members to help them prepare for the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will introduce widespread changes to data protection laws in Europe. The resources, which have been developed for the PA by law… Read More
Digital Science launches Dimensions, a next-generation research and discovery platform linking publications, grants, policy, data and metrics for the first time - January 16, 2018
Global technology company Digital Science has announced the launch of Dimensions, a new platform that aims to democratise and transform scholarly search. A collaboration between six Digital Science portfolio companies (Altmetric, Digital Science Consultancy, Figshare, Readcube, Symplectic and ÜberResearch) and more than 100 research funders and… Read More
Journal of Transition Medicine joins De Gruyter’s medicine portfolio - January 16, 2018
Academic publisher De Gruyter has announced that the recently launched OA publication the Journal of Transition Medicine will join its medicine portfolio. The journal will be published in cooperation with the German Society for Transition Medicine (DGfTM). Dr. Martina Oldhafer of the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein… Read More
Joachim Flickinger appointed new Managing Director of S. Karger GmbH in Freiburg - January 16, 2018
Joachim Flickinger has been appointed as the new Managing Director of S. Karger GmbH in Freiburg, Germany, on January 1, 2018. He succeeds Sibylle Gross who had been in charge of the Freiburg office since 1993 and retired at the end of 2017. Alongside his… Read More
2018 RedLink Index now available - January 16, 2018
The 2018 RedLink Index, covering the 2017 subscription year, is now available. The 2018 RedLink Index provides benchmarks and comparisons of usage patterns, aggregating information about more than 1,700 journals from a variety of international publishers covering all areas of science and scholarship. More than 7,500 subscribing institutions are served… Read More
