Peer Review Week 2017 to run from September 11 – 17 - May 3, 2017
Following on from the success of Peer Review Week 2016, a group of organisations is working collaboratively to plan a week of activities and events to strengthen and celebrate peer review for the third year in a row. The theme of Peer Review Week 2017 is Transparency in Review,… Read More
Atypon’s Literatum online publishing platform now supports CHORUS - May 3, 2017
Atypon has announced that its widely used online publishing platform, Literatum, now supports CHORUS and enables access while improving the discoverability of funded research. CHORUS is a global non-profit organisation committed to enabling sustainable, cost-effective, and transparent public access to content… Read More
Society for Scholarly Publishing to pilot new Mentorship Program - May 2, 2017
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) will pilot a new Mentorship Program starting in June 2017. The SSP Career Development Committee is seeking up to 12 mentors and up to 12 mentees to participate in this new program and provide feedback. This new program is ideal… Read More
New BioMed Central and Digital Science report looks to the future of peer review - May 2, 2017
Open access publisher BioMed Central and Digital Science have announced a new report, according to which, in order to affect real, industry-wide improvements to the peer review process, publishers, researchers, funders and institutions need to be willing to experiment with different models,… Read More
ACS’ Publications Division forms C&EN BrandLab, a custom content studio to serve the marketing needs of chemical and pharmaceutical organisations - May 2, 2017
The American Chemical Society's (ACS') Publications Division has announced the establishment of C&EN BrandLab, a custom content-development studio to serve the marketing needs of chemical and pharmaceutical organisations. C&EN BrandLab, a new unit within the ACS' award-winning Chemical and Engineering News (C&EN) Media Group, will build… Read More
Publons launches Publons Academy to help researchers master peer review and connect with editors at elite journals - May 2, 2017
Publons, the online network of peer reviewers, has launched the Publons Academy: a free, practical peer review training course to speed up scholarly communication and improve researcher development. The Publons Academy is a comprehensive online course developed together with world renowned researchers, peer reviewers, journal… Read More
