Winners of 2016 ALPSP Awards announced at ALPSP Conference Dinner on September 15 - September 16, 2016
The ALPSP Council presented this year's ALPSP Award for Contribution to Scholarly Publishing to Alice Meadows. As Director of Community Engagement and Support at ORCID, Alice has played a central role in expanding its presence with an endeavour that really bridges the… Read More
Elsevier and National Academy of Sciences announce winners of 2016 NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Awards at 10th year anniversary celebration - September 16, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier and the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), has announced the winners of the 2016 NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Awards and the 10th year commemoration of the awards. First introduced in 2006, the program was officially institutionalized within India's… Read More
EPAM Systems partners with Wiley to relaunch efficientlearning.com - September 16, 2016
EPAM Systems, Inc., a global provider of product development and software engineering solutions, and publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc. have announced the successful relaunch of efficientlearning.com, a global, mobile-optimised learning platform for institutions, students, and exam takers.… Read More
Wolters Kluwer to publish new OA journal – Progress in Preventive Medicine - September 16, 2016
Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has been chosen by The European Society of Preventive Medicine and its partner organisations to publish a new open access journal, Progress in Preventive Medicine. Dr. Ross Arena and Dr.… Read More
Over one million scholarly blog posts now part of the PlumX Suite mentions - September 16, 2016
A new partnership between Plum Analytics, an EBSCO company, and ACI Information Group will give PlumX Suite users access to metrics collected from the world's only scholarly blog service. Scholarly blogs are increasingly part of the public discourse… Read More
New forum for responsible research metrics launched - September 16, 2016
A group of research funders, sector bodies and infrastructure experts are working together in partnership to promote the responsible use of research metrics. The 2015 independent report The Metric Tide highlighted growing pressure on higher education institutions, researchers, funders and policymakers to use metrics in managing and assessing research.… Read More
