The Biochemical Society and Portland Press announce new Read & Publish pilot agreement with Jisc - November 19, 2019
The Biochemical Society and Portland Press have announced an agreement with Jisc for a ‘Read & Publish’ transition pilot spanning all Portland Press journals over 2020 and 2021. Portland Press publishes seven journals. Two are fully open access (OA) titles, with one… Read More
University of Zagreb is first research institution in Eastern Europe to adopt ProQuest One™ Academic database - November 19, 2019
The University of Zagreb, the oldest and largest university in Croatia and a research hub in its region, is the first institution in Eastern Europe to adopt the award-winning ProQuest One Academic from educational technology leader ProQuest.
ProQuest One Academic combines more… Read More
BioDuro selects SciFinderⁿ from CAS to boost research productivity and shorten cycle times - November 18, 2019
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, has announced that leading contract research, development and manufacturing organisation (CRO/CDMO) BioDuro has signed a five-year agreement for SciFindern. This agreement provides enterprise-wide access to the most advanced scientific information solution for all scientists at BioDuro, ensuring they… Read More
A partnership retrospective: AAAS’ Science Partner Journal Program and Hindawi - November 15, 2019
August 22, 2019 marked the anniversary of the first article published by Research, AAAS’ first Science Partner Journal (SPJ). The SPJ program was established in late 2017 to meet the growing chorus of requests from international associations wishing to partner with AAAS to establish a publication… Read More
HighWire to host new RCP journals site - November 14, 2019
Scholarly publishing technology provider, HighWire, has supported the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) to launch its new journals site: rcpjournals.org. The site brings together RCP’s two prestigious journals, Clinical Medicine (ClinMed) and Future Healthcare Journal (FHJ), into the… Read More
American Chemical Society and the Hungarian EISZ consortium sign their first transformative agreement - November 13, 2019
The American Chemical Society (ACS), Publications Division, and the Hungarian Electronic Information Service National Programme (EISZ) have announced a transformative open access pilot agreement that enables corresponding authors affiliated at the seven consortium member institutions to publish journal articles under an open access license in any… Read More
ARTiFACTS announces ORCID integration - November 13, 2019
ARTiFACTS has announced the successful integration of its blockchain system with ORCID records. This means that 7.4 million users can register their research works on ARTiFACTS, thereby securing the provenance of their research via their ORCID credentials. Works registered on ARTiFACTS will also become immediately citable.… Read More
Springer Nature becomes first publisher to implement SeamlessAccess.org service - November 12, 2019
Users of nature.com are to be the first to benefit from an enhanced user experience when accessing research content from outside of their university network. As part of its commitment to finding solutions to problems researchers are facing, Springer Nature has been… Read More
ARL supports MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts - November 8, 2019
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) supports the MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts as an important pathway to making scholarly content more openly available. The framework sets forth six core principles for library contracts with publishers, such as author retention of copyrights, automatic deposit of manuscripts… Read More
Impact Science and Vertigo Ventures partner to assist research institutions in the UK offer more robust support for research impact - November 8, 2019
Impact Science, a division of Cactus Communications that provides end-to-end support for the research impact life cycle, has partnered with Vertigo Ventures (VV), a UK-based company that offers innovative technology solutions for impact measurement, to provide research institutions with services and systematic support for more efficient… Read More
