OASPA to host Twitter Chat on open access publishing in the Global South - February 13, 2017
The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) will host a live Twitter chat about open access publishing in the Global South with Xin Bi (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University/DOAJ), Ina Smith (Academy of Science of South Africa), Abel Packer (SciELO), and Lars Bjørnshauge (DOAJ) on February 22, 2017,… Read More
Prof. David Mitlin named Associate Editor of new Royal Society of Chemistry journal - February 13, 2017
Prof. David Mitlin, Clarkson University Professor / GE Chair in Oil and Gas Systems, has been named an associate editor for Sustainable Energy & Fuels, a new journal by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Sustainable Energy & Fuels is an international… Read More
International Water Association extends its use of Aries’ technology with the adoption of ProduXion Manager - February 13, 2017
Online submission system provider Aries Systems Corporation, US, has announced the adoption of its web-based journal production tracking system, ProduXion Manager, by IWA Publishing. Since 2007, IWA Publishing has successfully used the Editorial Manager web-based peer review system for its twelve self-published journals including: Water… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 13, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Sharon McCulloch (The importance of being REF-able: academic writing under pressure from a culture of counting); John Tennant (Providing Context for Research and the Ever-Evolving Field of Altmetrics); Jack Grove (A Call to Punish Tardy Journal Editors); Angela Cochran (How… Read More
ACS Publications join CCC’s RightFind® XML for Mining solution - February 10, 2017
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), which creates global licensing and content solutions that make copyright work, has announced that the Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society, is participating in RightFind® XML for Mining, CCC's cloud-based… Read More
SAGE publishes The BERA/SAGE Handbook of Educational Research - February 10, 2017
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced the launch of The BERA/SAGE Handbook of Educational Research, providing a comprehensive account of education research today. The Handbook provides a comprehensive guide for researchers, both new and existing, as well as a resource to prompt further thinking about… Read More
