New digital magazine, Nature Africa, to showcase science across the African continent and beyond - May 7, 2021
A new online magazine that reports on scientific research and issues of science policy across the African continent has been launched by Springer Nature. Nature Africa will cover the highest impact research taking place across the continent and communicate this to scientists and decision-makers… Read More
IET and the Chinese Association for Science and Technology sign MoU to deepen cooperation on projects supporting scientific publishing and international research - May 7, 2021
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chinese Association of Science and Technology (CAST) to deepen cooperation in three aspects: the ‘Innovation China’ platform, impact assessment studies of Chinese scientific research output (including a focus on… Read More
Subscribe-to-Open 2021 Transparency Report details costs related to the EDP Sciences-SMAI Subscribe-to-Open pilot program for mathematics journals - May 7, 2021
As advocates of open science, EDP Sciences and the Société de Mathématiques Industrielles et Appliquées (SMAI) have shared the first annual report relating to their Subscribe-to-Open (S2O) program in mathematics. The report includes details of the evolution of subscription prices, renewal targets, publication costs… Read More
The London Book Fair announces 2021 online event format - May 7, 2021
The Online Book Fair by LBF will run a series of events over three weeks in June, offering varied content for different audiences throughout the month. The programme will shine a spotlight on key areas of the Fair, creating the opportunity for a larger global audience than… Read More
Provation acquires iProcedures - May 7, 2021
Provation, the premier software and SaaS provider of procedure documentation and clinical decision support solutions, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”), has announced its acquisition of iProcedures, LLC, a top-rated provider of cloud-based anesthesia documentation and perioperative data management software solutions. Terms… Read More
Springer Nature announces new Transformative Agreement with Spain, leads the drive for OA across Europe - May 6, 2021
Springer Nature has been leading the way in enabling country-level flips to open access since 2014, when it pioneered its first transformative agreement (TA). Its latest national TA with Spain takes Springer Nature’s number of national TA’s to 14, 13 of which are in… Read More
