Clarivate launches Web of Science My Research Assistant mobile application - January 25, 2021
Clarivate Plc, a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, has launched Web of Science™ My Research Assistant, a mobile-only application that enables scientific researchers to easily search, save and share publication records of the trusted research… Read More
Karger offers interactive version of ISCN - January 25, 2021
With the new edition of ISCN 2020, Karger offers the first online and interactive version of the International System for Human Cytogenomic Nomenclature (ISCN). The ISCN Committee has created an updated version of ISCN 2020 with an extended version of the Human Genome Variation Society (HGVS)… Read More
ACS names deputy editors for its open access journals - January 25, 2021
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has named nine deputy editors to lead its newest journals, a collection of Plan S-compliant open access journals known as the ACS Au portfolio. The journals, which are launching in 2021, will each be led by Editor-in-Chief Shelley… Read More
Brill reaches Transformative Agreements with Jisc and Bibsam - January 25, 2021
Brill has announced that it has concluded Transformative Agreements with Jisc in the UK and Bibsam in Sweden. Brill is claimed to be one of the leading academic publishers in the Humanities, Social Sciences, International Law and Biology, with a broad Open Access portfolio… Read More
The École de technologie supérieure signs San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment - January 25, 2021
The École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) is among the first Canadian universities to sign the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which enhances parameters other than the journal impact factor to assess the results of scholarly research. As such, pre-publication versions of articles,… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - January 25, 2021
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Dr. Geer Mohammad Ishaq (Innovating science and technology education); Jon Treadway and Daniel Hook (Campus or platform – What shape will the post-COVID university take?); Daniel S. Katz and Hollydawn Murray (Guest post — Citing software in Scholarly Publishing to… Read More