NISO voting members approve work to update Journal Article Versions - November 18, 2020
The National Information Standards Organisation (NISO) has announced that their Voting Members have approved a new work item to update the 2008 Recommended Practice, NISO RP-8-2008, Journal Article Versions (JAV): Recommendations of the NISO/ALPSP JAV Technical Working Group. A NISO Working Group… Read More
ASM launches new journal, Microbiology Spectrum - November 18, 2020
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) is launching a new journal in Spring 2021, Microbiology Spectrum, ASM’s sixth fully open-access journal. Led by an international team of scientists actively engaged in microbiology research, Microbiology Spectrum will welcome technically sound research from all… Read More
Aries Systems and Digital Commons partner to support growth of Diamond Open Access journals - November 18, 2020
Aries Systems Corporation, a leading technology workflow solutions provider to the scholarly publishing community, and Digital Commons, a leading platform for open access publishing and institutional repositories, have partnered to support the growth of Diamond Open Access (OA) journals across the globe. The partnership brings… Read More
Ex Libris announces Oded Scharfstein as President - November 18, 2020
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced Oded Scharfstein as president of Ex Libris. Scharfstein will succeed Bar Veinstein who will continue leading Ex Libris until January 2021, and going forward, will serve on the company’s advisory board. Scharfstein has more than 15 years of… Read More
Scilligence partners with CAS to enable direct access to CAS scientific content through Scilligence informatics platform - November 17, 2020
Scilligence, a provider of web-based informatics solutions for R&D, has partnered with CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, to enable direct access to CAS scientific content through the Scilligence informatics platform. A previous partnership between Scilligence and CAS enabled users to initiate SciFindern searches… Read More
Elsevier and US-UK Fulbright Commission announce winners of UK Early Career Researcher Awards 2020 - November 17, 2020
Elsevier, in partnership with the US-UK Fulbright Commission, has announced the winners of the UK Early Career Researcher Awards 2020. The ECR Awards champion researchers at an early stage in their career by recognising their work and awarding each recipient a grant… Read More
