International Alliance of Research Library Associations endorse open data accord - May 2, 2016
The International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA), a global coalition of major research and academic library associations in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States, recognises the importance of working towards a common vision for open data. According to IARLA, open data holds the key… Read More
Two software-as-a-service components from EBSCO to play significant role in the creation of a national sociology research portal in Germany - March 15, 2016
Two software-as-a-service components from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) will play a significant role in the creation of a national sociology research portal in Germany. The portal’s search index will be built on EBSCO Discovery ServiceTM (EDS), and researchers will use PlumXTM Dashboards to track the impact… Read More
Clinical trials published in high-impact journals come under scrutiny - February 29, 2016
Clinical trials published in high-impact journals such as the Lancet or the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) have recently come under scrutiny. Editors from the BMJ and PLOS Open Medicine recently sought to quantify the number of clinical trials in respected, peer-reviewed medical journals… Read More
European Union launches new European Medical Corps to respond faster to emergencies - February 16, 2016
The European Union has launched the European Medical Corps to help mobilise medical and public health teams and equipment for emergencies inside and outside the EU. Through the European Medical Corps, EU Member States and other European countries participating in the system can make medical… Read More
Global scientific community commits to sharing data and results relevant to Zika crisis - February 11, 2016
Leading global health bodies including academic journals, NGOs, research funders and institutes, have committed to sharing data and results relevant to the current Zika crisis and future public health emergencies as rapidly and openly as possible. Organisations including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Médecins Sans Frontières, the US… Read More
Atypon announces significant growth in 2015 - February 11, 2016
Atypon, the industry leader in scholarly and professional online publishing technology, has launched 17 new client websites in 2015 and significantly expanded its services for several existing clients, making it the most successful year in the company's history. Atypon now hosts nearly 8,000 journals, 13 million… Read More
BMJ provides free online Zika virus resources to support healthcare workers - February 10, 2016
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ is offering free online resources to support researchers, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to understand and respond to the global health emergency linked to the Zika virus. The online resources are aimed at healthcare professionals located in the affected regions of… Read More
IPR License announces 28 percent year-on-year growth in new member sign-ups - January 18, 2016
IPR License, the global rights and licensing solution, has announced a 28% year-on-year growth in new member sign-ups. The 28% membership growth in 2015 compared favourably with the 21% increase experienced in 2014. Q4 2015 was highlighted as a particularly strong period as a result… Read More
Bumper year end signals ongoing success for Kudos - January 14, 2016
Kudos, a service for maximizing the reach and impact of research publications, has announced that an unprecedented number of new clients joined its services during December 2015. These include the American Association of Petroleum Geologists; American Nuclear Society; American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; Federation of American Societies… Read More
Publishers require authors to use an ORCID identifier during the publication process - January 8, 2016
A group of seven publishers have announced, during 2016, they will begin requiring authors to use an ORCID identifier (iD) during the publication process. The American Geophysical Union (AGU), eLife, EMBO, Hindawi, the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the Public Library of Science… Read More
