Cambridge University signs San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment - July 9, 2019
The University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Press have signed up to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), a set of recommendations agreed in 2012 that seek to ensure that the quality and impact of research outputs are measured accurately and evaluated wisely. … Read More
EISZ and Elsevier work towards an OA pilot agreement, Hungarian research community gain access to ScienceDirect, Scopus and SciVal - July 8, 2019
Hungarian Electronic Information Service National Programme (EISZ) and Elsevier, a global information analytics business specialising in science and health, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Letter of Intent, as they move towards finalizing a new innovative pilot agreement for research access and Open Access publishing… Read More
Routledge, Taylor & Francis announces new publishing partnership with the Oral History Association - July 8, 2019
Routledge, Taylor & Francis has announced a new publishing partnership with the Oral History Association (OHA). From January 2020, Routledge will be publishing OHA’s eminent peer-reviewed journal The Oral History Review, a publication dedicated to the theory and practice of oral history and related fields. … Read More
ICE Publishing and Amigos provide special pricing to Amigos members - July 8, 2019
ICE Publishing and Amigos Library Services are collaborating to provide Amigos members with special pricing across ICE Publishing’s e-books, journals and archives. ICE Publishing is a leading provider of information for researchers and practitioners worldwide in the fields of civil engineering… Read More
Clarivate Analytics and Hitachi partner to launch new solution to improve efficiency of global patent research, review and evaluation processes in Japan - July 3, 2019
Clarivate Analytics plc, a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to accelerate the pace of innovation, and Hitachi, Ltd. have announced the launch of a new solution in Japan, which is designed to streamline research and evaluation of worldwide patent documents. Customers of Hitachi’s… Read More
Emerald acquires Journal of Mental Illness - July 3, 2019
Academic publisher Emerald Publishing has acquired Mental Illness journal; publishing the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, from PAGEPress Scientific Publishing. The new acquisition complements Emerald’s existing portfolio of journals in Health and Social Care by expanding their mental health coverage… Read More
NISO, NFAIS merger finalised - July 2, 2019
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) have announced that efforts to merge the two organisations have been successfully completed. The fully-integrated entity consists of more than 250 libraries, government agencies, associations, and content… Read More
ALPSP partners with Cadmore Media to offer enhanced video recordings of its annual conference - July 2, 2019
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has announced a three-year, media partnership agreement with Cadmore Media, which will help make the association’s post-event videos more engaging, accessible and searchable. Working primarily on the flagship Annual Conference and Awards,… Read More
IOP Publishing selects Figshare to demonstrate impact and value of research outputs across journal collections - July 2, 2019
IOP Publishing has selected Figshare to openly store, share, and cite research outputs from across their portfolio of over 85 journals. These research outputs will be available in a fully-branded Portal at iop.figshare.com. IOP Publishing and Figshare… Read More
BioOne, adopts Dimensions to monitor data and trends in OA - July 2, 2019
Digital Science and BioOne have announced an agreement that will provide Dimensions Analytics to BioOne staff members. BioOne is a community-driven, nonprofit publisher with more than 200 subscribed and open-access titles in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. Dimensions will enable… Read More
