Springer Nature and Publons partner to bring greater efficiency and recognition to peer review - December 12, 2018
Research publisher Springer Nature and Publons, part of Clarivate Analytics, have announced a partnership to improve the peer review process and enable peer reviewers to receive recognition for their contribution. The burden on the peer review community is increasing as the volume… Read More
EBSCO Information Services acquires Linguistics Abstracts Online from Wiley - December 12, 2018
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced the acquisition of Linguistics Abstracts Online from global publishing company, Wiley, thereby expanding its linguistics resources. Linguistics Abstracts Online is a bibliographic database providing high-quality, cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts from leading linguistics and language study journals.… Read More
The Institute of Parasitology to preserve OA e-journals with Portico - December 12, 2018
Digital preservation service Portico has announced that the Institute of Parasitology is preserving its open access e-journals with Portico. With this move, the Institute of Parasitology seeks to ensure that their content will be secure and available into the future. Established in 1962, the Institute… Read More
COAR hosts webinar on role of open repositories in research data management - December 12, 2018
COAR recently hosted a members-only webinar on the role of open repositories in research data management (RDM). RDM is a large component of open science, and the role of repositories is crucial in supporting RDM. Many repository services that began by collecting articles have expressed interest… Read More
South African Journal of Industrial Psychology announces call for papers for special issue in 2019 - December 12, 2018
The South African Journal of Industrial Psychology (SAJIP) is inviting original scientific articles, reports, position papers and reviews that will bring new knowledge on insights into and conversation around mental health research in African organisations that advance theory and practice. Within a South African context,… Read More
China set to become global leader in AI research, says new Elsevier report - December 11, 2018
Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, has released a new study, according to which, China is growing in importance as a global leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research, and there is an increasing trend of researchers moving from academia to industry, especially… Read More
