EPJ AP appoints Suzanne Giorgio and Damien Jacob as Editors-in-Chief - September 9, 2020
EPJ Applied Physics (EPJ AP) has announced the appointment of Professor Suzanne Giorgio and Professor Damien Jacob as the journal’s new Editors-in-Chief. They have already started work at the journal taking over from Professor Virginie Serin and Professor Luis Viña who served from 2015. Professor Giorgio… Read More
The 2020 CRKN Virtual Conference: Access in Transition is now open for registration - September 9, 2020
The 2020 CRKN Virtual Conference: Access in Transition is now open for registration. 2020’s conference takes the form of a series of virtual sessions running twice a week throughout October. Interested parties can register for each day of the conference at https://www.crkn-rcdr.ca/en/conference/crkn-virtual-conference.… Read More
Wellcome and Ripeta collaborate to assess dataset availability in funded research projects - September 9, 2020
Ripeta and Wellcome have announced a collaborative effort to assess data and code availability in the manuscripts of funded research projects. The project will analyse papers funded by Wellcome from 2015, before establishing a dedicated Open Research team in 2016, and from… Read More
New white paper explores how the transition to OA can be made more equitable for the Global South - September 8, 2020
The Research4Life initiative has expanded in scope since 2002 to provide free or very low- cost access to the current research literature in over 10,000 registered institutions in eligible countries, helping address research inequalities from the readership side. Given an increasing focus on UN Sustainable… Read More
Benelux Office for Intellectual Property partners with Clarivate Plc to improve its trademark research services - September 8, 2020
The Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) has partnered with Clarivate Plc, a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, to improve its trademark research services. Using AI-powered technology from Clarivate, BOIP has simplified the… Read More
IOP Publishing to adopt double-blind peer review for all journals - September 8, 2020
IOP Publishing (IOPP) is proposing to move all its owned journals to double-blind peer review, making it the first physics publisher to adopt the approach portfolio-wide. The move is part of IOPP’s dedication to tackle the significant gender, racial and geographical under-representation in the scholarly… Read More
