Ninth International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication issues call for abstracts - September 23, 2021
The ninth Peer Review Congress, scheduled for September 8-10, 2022, has announced the official call for abstracts. Details are available in this Editorial, co-published by JAMA and the BMJ, and on the Congress website. Interested parties may watch the virtual symposium if you want… Read More
NISO Voting Members approve work on Recommended Practice for Retracted Research - September 23, 2021
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced that its proposed work item for a Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern (CORREC) Recommended Practice has been approved by NISO Voting Members. Retracted research is published work that is withdrawn, removed, or otherwise invalidated from… Read More
Show US the Data Conference scheduled for October 20 - September 23, 2021
The “Show US the Data Conference,” jointly coordinated by the Coleridge Initiative and CHORUS, is scheduled to be held October 20th 10:00 – 12:00pm (EDT). This virtual conference is intended to bring together a wide diversity of public data users and producers – researchers, academic institutions, publishers… Read More
The Austrian Academy of Sciences’ journal Biosystematics and Ecology moves to ARPHA Platform - September 23, 2021
The Austrian Academy of Sciences’ journal Biosystematics and Ecology now boasts an improved publishing infrastructure after moving to the technologically advanced ARPHA Platform and signing with publisher and technology provider Pensoft. The publisher, well-established in the domain of biodiversity-themed journals, is eager to welcome… Read More
Susan Skomal, President and CEO of BioOne since 2005, to retire - September 23, 2021
Dr. Susan Skomal, who has served the non-profit publisher BioOne as President and Chief Executive Officer since 2005, will retire at the end of this year. During her 16-year tenure, Skomal stewarded the growth of BioOne as a leader in sustainable scholarly publishing and tirelessly engaged a… Read More
MDPI joins SDG Publishers Compact - September 23, 2021
UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. In 2020 the SDG Publishers Compact was launched, aimed to inspire publishers and accelerate progress to achieve the 17 goals by 2030. Members of the programme are committed to support the… Read More
