GBIF, FinBIF and Pensoft partner to support publication of data papers describing datasets from Russia west of the Ural Mountains - March 9, 2020
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) in collaboration with the Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (FinBIF) and Pensoft Publishers, have issued a call for authors to submit and publish data papers on European Russia (west of the Urals) in a special issue of the Biodiversity Data Journal… Read More
University of Roehampton selects OCLC’s WorldShare Management Services - March 9, 2020
The University of Roehampton has selected OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS) as their new library services platform to improve workflow efficiencies and the user experience. An advanced, cloud-based library services platform, WMS integrates electronic and print resource management workflows into one interface, helping to provide library… Read More
ScienceOpen features new Access Microbiology journal by the Microbiology Society - March 9, 2020
The Microbiology Society has launched a second journal portal on ScienceOpen. The recent release highlights the Society’s new Gold Open Access journal, Access Microbiology, which redefines the idea of ‘high impact’ research by emphasising great value of methodologically sound and rigorous research… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - March 9, 2020
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Nancy Pontika (Open Access Directory – A resource for making sense of the open access landscape); Phill Jones (Is it Finally the Year of Research Data? – The STM Association Thinks So); Abel Brodeur (Are the Findings in Academic Economic… Read More
SPIE partners with Morressier to advance early-stage research in optics and photonics - March 6, 2020
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and Morressier, the technology company dedicated to bringing conference content into the digital age, have announced a new partnership to advance early-stage research. SPIE is the world's largest society sponsor of optics and photonics conferences and holds… Read More
EDP Sciences implements Subscribe to Open model (S2O) for Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena (MMNP) - March 6, 2020
EDP Sciences has announced the implementation of Subscribe to Open (S2O) as a pilot open access (OA) programme in 2020 for Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena (MMNP). MMNP is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing multi-disciplinary content on mathematical modelling. Under the S2O model, existing subscriber… Read More
