Springer Nature Group announces changes to company’s Management Board and Executive Team - January 15, 2021
Springer Nature Group’s Chief Executive Officer Frank Vrancken Peeters has announced changes to the company’s Management Board and Executive Team. Following a remarkable year of achievements - given the challenging environment - including the completion of major transformative agreements (including those with Projekt DEAL in Germany… Read More
ACS releases ACS Author Lab to help authors prepare and submit strong manuscripts - January 15, 2021
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society has released a new course, ‘ACS Author Lab,’ designed to help authors prepare and submit strong manuscripts, speeding up the publication process. Created by editors from JACS Au, Chemistry of Materials, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering and ACS… Read More
IEEE adopts Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink® for Scientific Communications - January 15, 2021
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, is announcing that IEEE, the technical professional organisation advancing technology for humanity, has adopted RightsLink® for Scientific Communications (RLSC) to manage institutional agreements and publication fee… Read More
University of Stirling selects Ex Libris campusM mobile app and web portal - January 15, 2021
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced that Scotland’s University of Stirling has selected the Ex Libris campusM™ mobile app and web portal as part of the university’s digital strategy. Implemented at educational institutions around the world, the campusM platform provides university communities with easy, on-the-go access… Read More
Max Planck Society signs Portland Press’ Read & Publish deal - January 13, 2021
The Max Planck Society is the latest organisation to sign-up to the Biochemical Society and Portland Press’ pilot Read & Publish transformative deal. The deal provides Max Planck researchers with unlimited open access (OA) publishing and ‘read’ access… Read More
Four additional publishers adopt NISO’s KBART - January 13, 2021
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced that four more publishers have recently started supplying metadata that conforms to the NISO recommended practice, KBART: Knowledge Bases And Related Tools. Totally 62 publishers have now achieved KBART compliance since the recommended practice was originally published in 2010.… Read More
