American Academy of Ophthalmology appoints Dr. Emily Chew as Editor-in-Chief of Ophthalmology Science - October 21, 2020
The American Academy of Ophthalmology has announced the appointment of Dr. Emily Chew as Editor-in-Chief of Ophthalmology Science, the fourth and newest addition to the Academy’s Ophthalmology® family of journals. Dr. Chew is a medical retina specialist and editor, with extensive experience in the design and… Read More
Accucoms and the American Mathematical Society announce new representation agreement - October 21, 2020
Accucoms, the specialist in global sales, marketing and customer service for academic publishers, and the American Mathematical Society (AMS), the world’s leading non-profit publisher in mathematics, have announced a new representation agreement covering the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, including managing… Read More
German institutions to benefit from first transformative agreement for Nature and Nature-branded journals - October 20, 2020
Springer Nature and the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) have agreed an approach that will deliver the first ever transformative agreement (TA) for Nature and Nature-branded journals. Building on the nationwide Projekt DEAL agreement concluded in January 2020 for Springer Nature journals,… Read More
Wiley’s Open Science Ambassador Program encourages scientific collaboration - October 20, 2020
John Wiley and Sons Inc., a leader in research and education, has introduced its Open Science Ambassador Program. The program acknowledges and supports Chinese thought leaders around the world who embrace open science principles and encourage a free exchange of ideas and… Read More
ARPHA and Pensoft launch one-stop preprint & journal submission in selected journals - October 20, 2020
With the rise of easily and publicly accessible digital knowledge in recent times, along with the emergence of global calamities, including the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, so is the demand for early scientific research and, particularly, preprints. To answer the growing need for faster dissemination of scientific… Read More
COAR and Jisc release new roadmap for OpenDOAR as an international, community-driven repository directory - October 20, 2020
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), and Jisc’s OpenDOAR service which is a global directory of academic open access repositories, have released a joint roadmap for the further development for OpenDOAR as an international, community-driven repository directory. The Read More
