Oxford University Press celebrates open access milestones - October 19, 2020
As International Open Access (OA) Week begins, Oxford University Press (OUP) is celebrating some major milestones, over 2019, on its 16th year of open access publishing. A flagship new journal series called Oxford Open is launched on April 2020. Oxford Open is a series of… Read More
Karger launches Vesalius Innovation Award to encourage young scientists and entrepreneurs - October 19, 2020
Karger Publishers has launched the Vesalius Innovation Award for startups in the field of innovative Health Sciences publishing. Five finalists presented their projects at a pitching event during the Frankfurt Book Fair, recently. Karger is granting the Vesalius Innovation Award for the first time in… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 19, 2020
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Jeffrey Brainard (New PLOS pricing test could signal end of scientists paying to publish free papers); Emilia Ruzicka (Ruzicka ’21: Our future is Open Access); Heather Desmarais (Managing scientific literature access and copyright compliance in a remote workforce);… Read More
Winners announced – Nature Research Award for Inspiring & Innovating Science 2020 - October 16, 2020
The winners of 2020’s Nature Research Award for Inspiring & Innovating Science, which is organised in partnership with The Estée Lauder Companies, have been announced at a dedicated digital award ceremony. Now in its third year, the award celebrates and supports both the achievements of women… Read More
AIP Publishing implements ORCID reviewer recognition service - October 16, 2020
AIP Publishing has announced that reviewers of AIP Publishing journal articles can now record their efforts through ORCID. Peer review is at the heart of the scholarly publication process, but because it is traditionally ‘blind’ – meaning the author does not know… Read More
Free online collection of coronavirus research sees 1.7 million downloads - October 16, 2020
A free, online collection of coronavirus research from Cambridge University Press has proved hugely popular, with around 1.7 million articles downloaded in the eight months to September, 2020. The collection was launched in January, 2020 when COVID-19 – then still unnamed… Read More
