Jisc issues joint statement on access to content in response to COVID-19 - March 20, 2020
Jisc, together with its partners, has issued a collective call to all providers of digital content and software to take action to help institutions maintain their teaching and research activity during this time of crisis. A joint statement was sent to The… Read More
Hindawi to continue to share findings related to COVID-19 - March 20, 2020
Open access publisher Hindawi has reassured authors, editors, peer reviewers and readers that handling of academic research articles will continue without disruption. Hindawi teams around the world are working from home, but the community should not notice any differences in interactions with Hindawi, with peer review… Read More
CRKN’s participating libraries renews SCOAP³ initiative - March 20, 2020
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network’s (CRKN’s) 67 participating libraries have confirmed their renewal of the SCOAP³ initiative for another three-year term, covering 2020-2022. Phase III of SCOAP³ will include articles published from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2022 in all eleven journals which participated… Read More
MDPI co-signed position statement on transformative agreements - March 20, 2020
The advantages of the open access model of scientific publishing are being increasingly recognised in the scientific community. It allows new scientific evidence to be accessed from the moment of publication for free by anyone around the globe, boosting the impact of new research. In response, many funders, libraries and… Read More
EPJ N releases first free article in its ‘Key Summaries’ series - March 20, 2020
EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies (EPJ N) has introduced the first free article in its ‘Key Summaries’ series. This ‘Key Summary’ offers an easy to understand description of the topical issue ‘Progress in the Science and Technology of Nuclear Reactors using Molten Salts’ published in EPJ… Read More
Springer Nature and PubChem partner to improve accessibility to material and property data - March 19, 2020
Springer Nature has announced a partnership with open access database PubChem, hosted by the US National Institute of Health, to enable researchers to quickly identify reliable property information of materials and links to primary research. Springer Nature’s materials and properties database, SpringerMaterials serves researchers in… Read More
