AAAS acquires Peer Review Evaluation service to help promote transparency and public trust in science - July 13, 2015
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), publisher of the Science family of journals, has announced the acquisition of 'Peer Review Evaluation' (PRE), a web-based service that promotes public trust in science by making the review of original research more transparent and verifiable. Offering… Read More
BioMed Central launches Archives of Physiotherapy journal in partnership with the Italian Society of Physiotherapy and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland - July 13, 2015
Open access publisher BioMed Central has launched Archives of Physiotherapy in partnership with the Italian Society of Physiotherapy and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland. Archives of Physiotherapy is one of the few open access journals specializing solely in the subject of… Read More
Wiley partners with the University of Delaware to support extension of graduate education to new student markets - July 13, 2015
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced a new partnership with the University of Delaware that will support the extension of the University's graduate education to new student markets. The partnership will help grow the current online Master of Education in Teacher Leadership program,… Read More
Hindawi concludes in-depth investigation into peer review fraud - July 13, 2015
In November 2014 BioMed Central announced that it had uncovered systematic abuse within the peer review process of a number of its journals. This abuse seems to have been coordinated by a number of third-party agencies that were helping authors to get published in well-respected scholarly… Read More
ARL promotes Gary Roebuck to Director of Administration and Operations - July 13, 2015
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has promoted Gary Roebuck to director of administration and operations, effective July 1, 2015. Roebuck has been with ARL since 2007, most recently as director of information technology. In his new role, he will oversee the day-to-day operations of ARL… Read More
Emerald and Kudos extend partnership after authors benefit from record pilot - July 13, 2015
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has extended its partnership with Kudos - an online platform that helps increase the impact of published articles - to roll out the value-add service for Emerald authors. The move follows a successful trial period in 2014,… Read More
