McGraw-Hill appoints Simon Allen as CEO - May 5, 2020
Learning science company McGraw-Hill has announced that Simon Allen has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, and will join the company’s Board of Directors. Allen had served as Interim CEO since October 2019. Going forward the company will continue to focus on creating the world-class… Read More
Jisc and LYRASIS partner to introduce Institutional Repository Usage Statistics in the US - May 5, 2020
Jisc and LYRASIS, a global non-profit membership association providing technology and content solutions for libraries, museums, and archives, are joining forces to introduce Institutional Repository Usage Statistics (IRUS) in the United States. IRUS-US is the first service to bring together standards-based usage statistics of participating… Read More
Androgens: Clinical Research and Therapeutics, new OA peer-reviewed journal scheduled for launch in 2020 - May 5, 2020
Androgens: Clinical Research and Therapeutics, a new peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to testosterone and other androgens, is now accepting submissions for publication in 2020. The journal aims to publish the highest-quality peer-reviewed articles from all disciplines of medicine, bringing together the numerous areas of testosterone and other androgens clinical… Read More
University of Arizona and Frontiers extend open access publishing agreement - May 5, 2020
University of Arizona (UA) Libraries held an institutional membership trial agreement with Frontiers, enabling UA-affiliated corresponding authors to benefit from a 7.5 percent membership discount on article processing charges (APCs) until the end of 2019. The collaboration has now been further formalised and extended. Starting… Read More
IAVS and Pensoft launch open-access journal on vegetation classification on ARPHA platform - May 5, 2020
The International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS) decided to launch a gold open-access academic journal, titled Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS), last summer. IAVS, at that time, signed a contract with scientific publisher and technology provider Pensoft and its self-developed innovative, fast-track… Read More
Cactus Communications announces free virtual conference for academic societies and publishers - May 5, 2020
Cactus Communications (CACTUS), a global scientific communications and technology solutions company, has announced that it will be hosting a virtual conference for academic societies and publishers on May 21-22, 2020. The two-day free event, called ‘Stay Home, Stay Connected, Keep Growing,’ will feature KOLs and… Read More
