Hungarian publisher Akadémiai Kiadó to promote Open Access journals on ScienceOpen - July 25, 2019
ScienceOpen and scientific publisher Akadémiai Kiadó have announced a partnership that integrates five new featured collections in the fields of psychology, life sciences and scientific methods into the ScienceOpen research discovery environment. With the largest portfolio of scientific, technical and medical journals in Hungary, Akadémiai… Read More
CRL transfers Canadiana.org Trustworthy Digital Repository certification to CRKN - July 25, 2019
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) has announced that the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) has transferred the Canadiana.org Trustworthy Digital Repository (TDR) certification to CRKN. This transfer is a result of the merger between CRKN and Canadiana.org in April 2018. … Read More
Figshare and the National Institutes of Health announce data repository partnership to store and reuse research data - July 24, 2019
Figshare, in partnership with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has announced the pilot launch of a new generalist data repository for all NIH-funded researchers, continuing the NIH’s efforts toward a permanent home for all datasets generated by the research funded by… Read More
IntechOpen joins OASPA - July 24, 2019
As part of its commitment to quality and standards in Open Access book publishing, IntechOpen has joined the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). IntechOpen is an active member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Association of Learned and… Read More
AIP Publishing signs ‘Read and Publish’ pilot program agreement with Waseda University in Japan - July 23, 2019
AIP Publishing, a not-for-profit scholarly publisher in the physical sciences, has announced that Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, has signed an agreement to participate in AIP Publishing’s ‘Read and Publish’ pilot program. Waseda University is the first academic institution in Asia to join the pilot, which… Read More
Cornell University joins Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem initiative - July 22, 2019
The Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Association of University Presses (AUPresses) welcomed Cornell University to the Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem initiative. This pilot effort aims to support the digital publication of peer-reviewed scholarly books by participating university… Read More
Toxicology Research joins Oxford University Press portfolio - July 22, 2019
Toxicology Research, the official journal of the British Toxicology Society and the Chinese Society of Toxicology, has joined the Oxford University Press (OUP) portfolio. The journal publishes multidisciplinary high-impact research in fundamental, translational and applied areas of toxicology. The journal will join OUP’s world-class science… Read More
KAUST and the Royal Society of Chemistry sign Read & Publish agreement - July 22, 2019
The Royal Society of Chemistry has agreed to a new Read & Publish deal with the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), in Saudi Arabia, becoming the 10th country with which a deal has been agreed with. KAUST, whose mission is to advance… Read More
Atypon acquires Inera - July 19, 2019
Atypon, a technology provider in scholarly and professional publishing, has acquired Inera, whose suite of editorial and XML solutions transforms publishers’ workflows. Inera’s eXtyles product family automates the most time-consuming aspects of document production—cleanup, formatting, editing, and conversion to XML—and claims… Read More
Library and Archives Canada joins the Canadian Research Knowledge Network as institutional member - July 18, 2019
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) has announced Library and Archives Canada (LAC) as its 77th institutional member. As the national custodian of Canada’s documentary heritage, LAC has been contributing as an institutional member of Canadiana.org, which merged with CRKN in April 2018, since its inception.… Read More
