Austria launches its ORCID Consortium - July 29, 2019
Austria has taken a major step to adopt ORCID on a national scale. The official ORCID Austria launch event took place in Vienna on June 13. Co-hosted by consortium lead organisations TU Wien and the University of Vienna, supported by ORCID and E-Infrastructures Austria Plus, this… Read More
American Journal of Public Health posts increase in impact factor, rises in rank among peer journals - July 29, 2019
New data from Journal Citation Reports show that the American Journal of Public Health rose among the ranks of peer journals in 2018 and posted an increase in its impact factor since 2017. AJPH is only one of three journals in the top 10 rankings… Read More
Chris Alderman steps down as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research - July 29, 2019
Dr Chris Alderman has stepped down as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research (JPPR) — the flagship journal of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) — with Professor Michael Dooley announced as his successor. Over his seven-year tenure, Dr Alderman… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - July 29, 2019
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Bernd Pulverer (Guest Post: Plan S Version 2 and the Cost of Quality); Angela Cochran (Balancing Author Satisfaction with Reviewer Needs); Ricardo Borges and Andrew G. Ewing (Opinion: Please Help Reviewers by Embedding Your Figures); Michael Fell (Significant economic benefits?… Read More
Wolters Kluwer and Chinese Medical Association partner to launch new OA journal – Maternal-Fetal Medicine - July 26, 2019
Wolters Kluwer, Health has partnered with the Chinese Medical Association (CMA) to launch Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM), an open access journal focused on the field of obstetrics and maternal-fetal medicine. The new journal will publish high-quality scientific articles related to such topics as medical complications and adverse… Read More
The Royal Society of Chemistry launches the Chemical Science Symposium series - July 26, 2019
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced the launch of the first in a new series of symposia, to be held at the historic home of the Royal Society of Chemistry, at Burlington House on London’s Piccadilly. Under the banner of its flagship Open Access… Read More
