HighWire Press, Inc. appoints Michael Compton as Chief Financial Officer - November 3, 2017
HighWire Press, Inc., the strategic partner and platform provider for world-leading scholarly publishers and societies, has announced the appointment of Michael Compton as Chief Financial Officer, leading the financial operations of the company, corporate finance and staff. Michael also joins HighWire's Executive Leadership Team reporting directly… Read More
IEEE GlobalSpec, Inc. elects new Board Chairman and two independent directors - November 3, 2017
Digital media solutions provider IEEE GlobalSpec, Inc., a for-profit subsidiary of IEEE, has announced the election of two new directors, and the naming of its independent first Chairman. Martin Keen, a designer and product innovator, joins the Board as an independent… Read More
Clarivate Analytics and Chinese Academy of Sciences release ‘Research Fronts 2017’, their joint annual report identifying 143 top areas of scientific research - November 2, 2017
Clarivate Analytics, the global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to enable the research ecosystem to accelerate discovery, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have released 'Research Fronts 2017', their joint annual report identifying 143 prominent areas of scientific research over the past years. This… Read More
Springer Nature blocks access to at least 1,000 articles in China - November 2, 2017
Springer Nature, which owns Nature magazine and Palgrave Macmillan books, and produces periodicals such as Scientific American, has reportedly pulled access to a small number of articles in China to comply with regulations. The publisher has viewed the move as regrettable but… Read More
Safari: O’Reilly’s Learning Platform for Higher Education now available from ProQuest - November 2, 2017
O'Reilly Media's completely new version of Safari: O'Reilly's Learning Platform for Higher Education is now available from ProQuest. This version of Safari features both a new student experience and a new business model that provides academic institutions with easier, more affordable access for their entire student… Read More
European University Association publishes statement welcoming EU’s current Open Science policies - November 2, 2017
The European University Association (EUA) has recently published a statement welcoming the efforts of National Governments and the European Commission in promoting Open Science values in their national research funding schemes and in the EU Research and Innovation Framework Programme. This statement follows the previous… Read More
