GeoScienceWorld appoints Phoebe McMellon as CEO - November 2, 2020
GeoScienceWorld (GSW), a nonprofit collaborative and comprehensive online resource for research and communications in the earth sciences, has appointed Phoebe McMellon as the new CEO of GeoScienceWorld effective November 16, 2020. McMellon is an innovative and results-oriented business leader with over 15 years of experience… Read More
The Company of Biologists launches a new initiative to help biologists in sustainable conferencing - November 2, 2020
The Company of Biologists has declared its commitment to progress sustainable conferencing via a new, initiative. Initiated by Board of Directors Sally Lowell, Alastair Downie and Kate Storey, the initiative will provide technical, logistical and financial support to help biologists make their conferences more sustainable and… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - November 2, 2020
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Alison Mudditt (In search of equity and justice: Reimagining scholarly communication); Marcus Banks (Is pre-publication peer review essential for academic rigour?); Dave Davis (Six innovative examples of enhanced data and visualisations); PLOS blog (How do researchers evaluate research?); Colleen Scollans… Read More
Wiley announces two technologies to advance research publishing - October 30, 2020
John Wiley & Sons Inc., a global leader in research and education, has announced two technologies that advance how scientific research is published, delivering greater value to researchers. The technologies are interactive figures technology and AI technology. First, the company’s publishing platform provider and subsidiary,… Read More
CAS collaborates with MIT on research to enhance predictive chemical synthesis planning - October 30, 2020
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society that specialises in scientific information solutions, has collaborated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on research to enhance predictive chemical synthesis planning. Through the agreement, CAS will provide MIT’s Department of Chemical Engineering Connor Coley’s Research Group… Read More
Oxford University Press publishes Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology - October 30, 2020
Oxford University Press (OUP) and the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) have announced that OUP will publish The Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (JIMB), effective January 2021. JIMB is an international journal that provides reviews and reports of… Read More
