AUPresses signs publishers compact on the UN Sustainable Development Goals - October 13, 2021
The Association of University Presses (AUPresses) is a signatory to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG) Publishers Compact. The Publishers Compact “is a voluntary commitment that recognizes the responsibility of the publishing industry to create a sustainable future through action.” Announced by the International Publishers… Read More
UK above world average volume of research in 11 out of 16 of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, says new data from Elsevier - October 11, 2021
Less than one month from the UK hosting the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), new data from Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, has revealed that the UK is a world leader in sustainable development research. Elsevier analyzed more than 25.6m research… Read More
ALPSP unveils new Careers Hub for the scholarly publishing community - October 11, 2021
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), has announced the launch of its Careers Hub this week, which is sponsored by Publishers’ Licensing Services. The new resource will provide information on a wide selection of topics across scholarly publishing via videos… Read More
The University of Kansas announces institutional membership trial agreement with Frontiers - October 11, 2021
As part of the University of Kansas’ support in making research more widely available, KU Libraries have agreed to an institutional membership trial agreement with Frontiers, enabling KU and KU Med-affiliated corresponding authors to benefit from a 7.5% membership discount on article processing charges (APCs) in any… Read More
ProQuest® Dissertations & Theses Global™ database now includes graduate works from two Nigerian institutions - October 11, 2021
ProQuest has announced that two Nigerian higher-education institutions – University of Abuja and the Center for Bioethics and Research (CBR) – will include their graduate research in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses GlobalTM, the largest curated database of theses and dissertations in the world. … Read More
OpenOrgs: the OpenAIRE service for bridging registries of research organisations - October 11, 2021
Organisations appear all over the Research & Innovation ecosystem in different shapes and formats: the same organization may appear with different names (e.g., full legal name, short or alternative names, acronym) and different metadata fields in different data sources. Persistent identifiers may be of no help when different data sources… Read More
