Elsevier acquires Authess, creator of advanced performance-based competency assessments - March 12, 2020
Elsevier, a global leader in information analytics specialising in science and health, and part of RELX, has acquired Authess, the Boston-based developer of an advanced performance-based competency assessment platform that evaluates how students solve complex, open-ended problems they would encounter on the job. Founded in 2015,… Read More
CAS and PatSnap collaborate to strengthen leading sci-tech information solutions to deliver enhanced insight across R&D and IP workflows - March 11, 2020
Scientific information solutions provider CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, and PatSnap, an innovation intelligence solution provider, have announced a long-term strategic partnership agreement aimed at accelerating global innovation. This unique collaboration between sci-tech information industry leaders brings together the depth of CAS human-curated… Read More
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Elsevier collaborate to launch first branch of traditional Chinese medicine taxonomy - March 10, 2020
Elsevier, a global leader in information analytics, specialising in science and health, has launched the first branch of its Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) taxonomy in collaboration with Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (BUCM), a leader in the field of TCM research and medical treatment. Acupuncture, a… Read More
GBIF, FinBIF and Pensoft partner to support publication of data papers describing datasets from Russia west of the Ural Mountains - March 9, 2020
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) in collaboration with the Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (FinBIF) and Pensoft Publishers, have issued a call for authors to submit and publish data papers on European Russia (west of the Urals) in a special issue of the Biodiversity Data Journal… Read More
ScienceOpen features new Access Microbiology journal by the Microbiology Society - March 9, 2020
The Microbiology Society has launched a second journal portal on ScienceOpen. The recent release highlights the Society’s new Gold Open Access journal, Access Microbiology, which redefines the idea of ‘high impact’ research by emphasising great value of methodologically sound and rigorous research… Read More
SPIE partners with Morressier to advance early-stage research in optics and photonics - March 6, 2020
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and Morressier, the technology company dedicated to bringing conference content into the digital age, have announced a new partnership to advance early-stage research. SPIE is the world's largest society sponsor of optics and photonics conferences and holds… Read More
ACM and Publons partner to reward article reviewers - March 5, 2020
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has announced an effort to better serve and incentivise those who review ACM publications. Using the Publons Reviewer Recognition Service, reviewers of ACM publications will now be able to create a profile and to track, verify and promote their efforts.… Read More
Data Conversion Laboratory and IXIASOFT partner to bring industry-leading structured content management to global organisations - March 5, 2020
Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL), an industry leader in structured data and content transformations, and IXIASOFT, a leading CCMS software solution provider, have announced a new partnership for global organisations. Together, DCL and IXIASOFT help customers dramatically improve business processes and productivity when managing content and corresponding… Read More
Jisc, UK Institutions and Wiley agree ground-breaking deal - March 3, 2020
Jisc, the UK’s research and education not-for-profit that negotiates licences and digital content agreements on behalf of UK universities, and Wiley, a global leader in research and education, have struck a four year ‘read and publish’ agreement that offers researchers at UK… Read More
American Chemical Society partners with Kudos to explore researchers’ needs around broader impacts - March 3, 2020
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and Kudos (the research impact and engagement platform) have announced that they are working together to explore and identify gaps in support for researchers’ efforts to achieve broader impacts of their research. ACS… Read More
