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Plan S architects explain how grantees can abide by initiative’s rules by 2020 -

The architects of Plan S, a contentious plan to tear down scholarly journals' paywalls in Europe, have laid out more details on how the initiative will work. In a recently published seven-page implementation guidance note, funders backing the plan, including the European Research Council, national agencies in France, the… Read More

RSNA to launch three new peer-reviewed radiology journals in 2019 -

RSNA has announced the launch of three new peer-reviewed journals - Radiology: Artificial Intelligence, Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging and Radiology: Imaging Cancer - to be published in 2019. Radiology: Artificial Intelligence was created as a home for research into all the cutting-edge advances emerging in this… Read More

Clarivate Analytics’ annual Highly Cited Researchers list reveals influential scientific researchers and their institutions -

Clarivate Analytics, the global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to enable researchers to accelerate discovery, has published its annual Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) list. Now in its fifth year, the citation analysis identifies influential researchers as determined by their peers around the globe –… Read More

Jisc and Elsevier in deal to support UK institutions with REF compliance and identify article metadata more effectively -

Jisc, a not-for-profit organisation committed to providing UK universities and colleges shared digital infrastructure and services, and Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, have signed an agreement setting out how they will work together to support institutions to… Read More

ConTech 2018 to begin November 29th -

ConTech 2018 is scheduled to take place this week. Attendees will hear from the pioneers who have embraced new technologies such as data science, AI, and machine learning to change the way they create, manage and sell their content. They will learn how this new generation… Read More

Altmetric integrates its data into Meta -

Data science company and alternative metrics provider Altmetric has announced the integration of its data into Meta, allowing users of the platform to gain quick insights into how the community is sharing and discussing published research. Meta, a free service from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative,… Read More


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