Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. names Kevin Davies as Executive Vice President of Strategic Development - May 9, 2017
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers has announced that Kevin Davies has joined the company as Executive Vice President, Strategic Development. In this new role, Davies will oversee strategy development for the company's life science franchise, including GEN (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News) and Clinical OMICS, as… Read More
Techstreet partners with Standards Developing Organizations and private label stores to expand licensed content - May 9, 2017
Techstreet, a web solution for enterprise standards management, is living up to its accolade by providing users a total of 13 new partnerships with Standard Developing Organizations (SDOs) and private label stores. Techstreet's expanded licensed content assists in placing them as a key player among… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 8, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Aoileann Ní Mhurchú, Laura McLeod, Stephanie Collins and Gabriel Siles-Brügge (The REF’s focus on linear and direct impact is problematic and silences certain types of research); Joseph Esposito (How Societies Structure Deals with Their Partners); Rick Anderson (When the Wolf… Read More
ORCID and Canadian Research Knowledge Network, in association with 16 Canadian stakeholders collaborate to build ORCID-CA, the ORCID consortium in Canada - May 8, 2017
ORCID and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), with support from a working group of 16 Canadian stakeholders who are all deeply committed to supporting research, scholarship, and innovation in Canada, are collaborating to build ORCID-CA, the ORCID consortium in Canada. Together,… Read More
VSNU and Oxford University Press unable to reach new agreement for access to academic journals - May 8, 2017
The universities in the Netherlands and Oxford University Press (OUP) have been unable to reach a new agreement for access to academic journals. The key priority in the negotiations for VSNU (the Association of Universities in the Netherlands) was facilitating the transition… Read More
PubMed to include authors’ conflict-of-interest statements and link them to abstracts - May 8, 2017
PubMed, the leading database of abstracts from medical and life science journals, will reportedly include authors' conflict-of-interest statements and link them to abstracts so they are accessible on search pages. Most journals necessitate authors to reveal funding and conflicts. To simplify reporting to PubMed, all… Read More
