Publishing Technology ends 2014 on a high with 10 percent rise in ingentaconnect publishers - December 19, 2014
Content solutions provider Publishing Technology has ended this year on a high by announcing one of its most significant achievements - a 10 per cent rise in the number of publishers choosing to host their publications on its ingentaconnect platform. The Company signed new deals… Read More
Jisc announces two new representatives to its board of trustees - December 19, 2014
Jisc has announced two new representatives to its board of trustees, who will help determine strategic direction and priorities to reflect the present and future needs of UK education and research. Professor Mark E. Smith, Vice-chancellor of Lancaster University, and Dr Ken Thomson, the principal of… Read More
UK government publishes long awaited science and innovation strategy, leaves many questions unanswered - December 19, 2014
The UK government has published its long awaited science and innovation strategy, but many of the questions asked by the science community will not be answered until the next spending review. The strategy re-iterated capital spending plans set out in the autumn statement, but does not commit to ringfencing the… Read More
Nature Index indicates China’s leading cities for high quality research and status of research collaboration - December 18, 2014
The diversity of Chinese institutions and their growing contribution to global scientific developments and collaborations with other countries have been highlighted in the Nature Index China 2014, published as a supplement in Nature. By 2013 weighted fractional count (WFC), China is currently the country with the… Read More
Wiley and Jisc announce new OA agreement - December 18, 2014
Publisher John Wiley and Sons, Inc. has announced a pilot agreement, brokered by Jisc, for articles published on an open access basis. The agreement follows discussions, between Jisc, Wiley and the UK library community, and will enable greater support for universities during… Read More
SPIE launches new peer-reviewed journal serving the astronomical instrumentation community - December 18, 2014
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced the first issue of the new Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS). All articles will be freely available through the end of 2015 in the SPIE Digital Library. Mark Clampin, SPIE Fellow and James… Read More
