PLOS appoints Alison Mudditt as Chief Executive Officer - May 19, 2017
Open access journal publisher Public Library of Science (PLOS) has announced the appointment of Alison Mudditt as its Chief Executive Officer, effective June 19, 2017. For the past six years Mudditt served as Director of University of California Press (UC Press) where she ushered in new… Read More
Cochrane announces latest Associate Centre, Cochrane Sweden - May 19, 2017
Cochrane, a global independent network of researchers, professionals, patients, carers and people interested in health, has announced its newest Associate Centre, Cochrane Sweden. The new Cochrane Sweden Centre is located in the city of Lund, and is affiliated with the Department of Research & Development… Read More
Baker & Taylor’s Global Publishers Services and Simon & Schuster India announce distribution agreement - May 19, 2017
Baker & Taylor, a worldwide distributor of digital and print books, and Simon & Schuster India have entered into a distribution agreement for Baker & Taylor's Global Publishers Services (GPS) effective May 1, 2017. Baker & Taylor's GPS specialises in supporting client publishers with international sales,… Read More
ORCID and ICSU World Data System partner to support reuse of research data - May 19, 2017
ORCID and the ICSU World Data System (ICSU-WDS) have agreed to enter into a formal partnership, the ultimate goal of which is to build levels of trust to enable sharing of research data. Both organisations met during International Data Week in Denver… Read More
Wiley launches new OA journal in collaboration with Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery - May 18, 2017
Publisher Wiley has launched a new open access journal, Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, published in collaboration with the Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery (JSGS). Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery is an international, peer-reviewed title publishing high-quality research from across the fields of surgery, oncology, gastroenterology and hepatology.… Read More
Springer sponsors two award lectures at EUROANALYSIS XIX conference - May 18, 2017
Scientific publisher Springer is sponsoring two key prize lectures at the upcoming EUROANALYSIS XIX conference, which will be held in Stockholm, Sweden from 28 August to 1 September, 2017. The conference is organised by the Division of Analytical Chemistry (DAC) of EuCheMS (the European Association for… Read More
