South Korea and China dominate Reuters Top 75: Asia’s Most Innovative Universities - June 8, 2017
South Korea and China have dominated the annual Reuters Top 75: Asia's Most Innovative Universities, a list that identifies and ranks the educational institutions doing the most to advance science and invent new technologies. The most innovative university in the region, for the second year running, is South Korea's… Read More
Cochrane Croatia recognised for success in promoting best available health information - June 8, 2017
Cochrane, a global independent network of researchers, professionals, patients, carers, and people interested in health, has announced that Cochrane Croatia has been recognised for its achievements in promoting evidence-based decision-making in health care by being awarded full, independent Centre status. The Centre consists of longstanding,… Read More
EBSCO partners with American Library Association to award scholarships for librarians to attend 2017 Annual Conference - June 7, 2017
The American Library Association (ALA) and EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) are making it easier for seven librarians to attend the ALA Annual Conference after winning EBSCO-ALA scholarships. Each scholarship provides up to $1,000 to help defray the cost of travel and other… Read More
Nominations for Early Career Research Award now open - June 6, 2017
Future Science Group (FSG) has announced that nominations are now open for the 2017 Early Career Research Award. The award is designed to recognise an outstanding early career researcher working in a biomedical field. The award has been launched by Future Science OA, the open access… Read More
The Optical Society celebrates 40th anniversary of Optics Letters, launches special website - May 23, 2017
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced that its journal Optics Letters is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Launched in 1977 as a means to quickly disseminate the latest in optics research and provide the optics and photonics community with a true Letters-style publication, Optics Letters has, over… Read More
Submissions deadline for ALPSP Awards 2017 extended to May 26 - May 22, 2017
ALPSP has extended the submissions deadline for the Awards to May 26 (6:00pm UK BST), due to popular demand. The Awards celebrate the best in the industry - new products or projects which are challenging the norm and transforming publishing. This might be a new… Read More
Springer sponsors two award lectures at EUROANALYSIS XIX conference - May 18, 2017
Scientific publisher Springer is sponsoring two key prize lectures at the upcoming EUROANALYSIS XIX conference, which will be held in Stockholm, Sweden from 28 August to 1 September, 2017. The conference is organised by the Division of Analytical Chemistry (DAC) of EuCheMS (the European Association for… Read More
EBSCO Information Services certified under Privacy Shield Framework - May 17, 2017
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has self-certified under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. The Privacy Shield Framework replaces the earlier U.S.-E.U. Safe Harbor Framework that was invalidated in October of 2015. It is intended to provide a reliable mechanism for companies to transfer personal data from the… Read More
Applications for the ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2017 still open - May 16, 2017
Applications for the ALPSP Awards 2017 are still open for any new development, product, service, launch or project which is both innovative and of significant value to scholarly communication. Submissions can relate to any part of the scholarly and professional publishing industry but must demonstrate excellence… Read More
Applications for Eugene Garfield Award for Innovation in Citation Analysis now available - May 15, 2017
The application for the newly established award honouring the life and work of the late Dr. Eugene Garfield, founder of the Web of Science and pioneer in Information Science, was made available by Clarivate Analytics, the owner of the Web of Science. Clarivate Analytics announced… Read More
