Springer and ABES sign landmark eBooks agreement - May 3, 2017
STM publisher Springer and ABES (agence bibliographique de l'enseignement supérieur) have signed a national license which gives access to four complete eBook collections. The agreement entitles French researchers to use one of the world's largest scientific and technical eBook collections, available on Springer's platform SpringerLink. The… Read More
Australasian Society for Immunology Inc. and Wiley announce new publishing partnership - May 3, 2017
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc. has announced its selection by the Australasian Society for Immunology Inc. (ASI) as publishing partner for its prestigious scholarly journals in immunology. With over 1000 members, the ASI is the major learned society for immunology in the Asia-Pacific region. … Read More
Taylor & Francis and Chinese Academy of Sciences partner to support access to research in China - May 3, 2017
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis has announced a partnership with Chinese Academy of Sciences to support access to research in China. A new partnership between Taylor & Francis and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Sciences Library, will ensure that all… Read More
Atypon’s Literatum online publishing platform now supports CHORUS - May 3, 2017
Atypon has announced that its widely used online publishing platform, Literatum, now supports CHORUS and enables access while improving the discoverability of funded research. CHORUS is a global non-profit organisation committed to enabling sustainable, cost-effective, and transparent public access to content… Read More
Elsevier and Thai Academic Consortium announce three-year collaboration to enhance research capabilities - May 1, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics company specialising in science and health, has announced a three-year collaboration with the Thai-Journal Citation Index (TCI) Centre and Thailand Research Fund (TRF) to generate exposure, improve impact and increase collaboration opportunities for Thai research. The collaboration aims to strengthen the research… Read More
UC Libraries acquire STMnetBASE frontlist ebook collection from CRC Press/Taylor & Francis for next three years, 2017 – 2019 - May 1, 2017
The UC Libraries have acquired the STMnetBASE frontlist ebook collection from CRC Press/Taylor & Francis for the next three years, 2017 – 2019. All ten campuses and CDL contributed towards this purchase. The agreement includes 16 new collections and replaces the previous licensing of individual… Read More
Springer Nature announces two new ORCID initiatives - April 28, 2017
Springer Nature has announced two new initiatives in support of ORCID, which gives researchers a unique, personal, persistent identifier (an iD) that distinguishes them from every other researcher. ORCID also enables organisations to link researchers' affiliations and works – including their publications… Read More
BioMed Central signs San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment - April 27, 2017
Open access publisher BioMed Central has become a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), the commitment to move away from a single measure of a journal's impact (Impact Factor) to the provision of a wider set of metrics and measurements. BioMed Central… Read More
CSHL collaborates with Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to boost sharing of scientific research - April 27, 2017
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has announced a new collaboration with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) that will help accelerate the understanding of life science for the benefit of human health and disease. New funding from CZI will support the development and expansion of CSHL's… Read More
American Chemical Society and the Korean Chemical Society collaborate to recognise advancement of science - April 26, 2017
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced a three-year collaboration with the Korean Chemical Society (KCS) to recognise outstanding contributions by distinguished scientists in Korea. The collaboration includes an annual award and a symposium. The new ACS-KCS Excellence Award – sponsored by… Read More
