Future Science OA supports early career researchers, announces its APC discount options - May 4, 2015
Future Science OA, the Gold (CC-BY) open access journal from Future Science Group, has announced its Article Processing Charge (APC) discounting options. Early Career Researchers, who are within the first 5 years of their career, will be eligible for a 50 percent discount on articles… Read More
The BMJ calls on the next Health Secretary to ‘secure the NHS’s future’ - May 4, 2015
Healthcare knowledge provider The BMJ called on the next Secretary of State for Health to 'secure the NHS's future as the best and fairest health service in the world.' In an open letter, Editor-in-chief, Dr Fiona Godlee, and colleagues say England's NHS is stretched close to… Read More
BioMed Central to retract 43 papers for fake peer review - March 30, 2015
Open access publisher BioMed Central is retracting 43 papers, following their investigation into 50 papers that raised suspicions of fake peer review, possibly involving third-party companies selling the service. In November 2014 there were reports about fake peer reviews for Nature. At that point there had… Read More
Future Science Group to continue to require double-blind peer review for research articles - March 6, 2015
Publisher Future Science Group has announced that it will continue to require double-blind peer review for research articles submitted to all 34 professional journals published by both of its imprints, Future Science and Future Medicine. FSG has employed the use of double-blind peer review since the… Read More
SLACK announces O&P News, broader scope and focus bring new name to former O&P Business News - March 5, 2015
STM publishing company SLACK Incorporated, publisher of O&P News, is evolving to meet the changing needs of the entire O&P community. An extensive rebranding plan includes a new look, a greater focus on comprehensive coverage, and a new URL at OandPNews.com. The… Read More
RCN Publishing changes name to RCNi - March 3, 2015
RCN Publishing has announced that it has changed its name to RCNi. The new brand reflects more accurately the organisation's continued evolution towards developing diverse online tools and products, in addition to its printed publications. These include online journals, books, news and jobs pages, blogs, events… Read More
Authors can now opt for double-blind peer review across Nature and Nature Research Journals - February 19, 2015
Authors will now be able to opt for double-blind peer review across Nature and the Nature Research Journals. Nature Publishing Group's flagship open access journal, Nature Communications, will be joining the trial later in 2015. The news is announced in an editorial published in this week's… Read More
STM opens community-wide consultation on article sharing - February 9, 2015
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has opened a communitywide consultation into the sharing of research articles. Running from February 9 - April 10, 2015, the consultation aims to start discussion and to gain a better understanding of the current landscape of… Read More
COPE issues statement on inappropriate manipulation of peer review processes - December 22, 2014
The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) has become aware of systematic, inappropriate attempts to manipulate the peer review processes of several journals across different publishers. These manipulations appear to have been orchestrated by a number of third party agencies offering services to authors. COPE has issued… Read More
Publishing Technology ends 2014 on a high with 10 percent rise in ingentaconnect publishers - December 19, 2014
Content solutions provider Publishing Technology has ended this year on a high by announcing one of its most significant achievements - a 10 per cent rise in the number of publishers choosing to host their publications on its ingentaconnect platform. The Company signed new deals… Read More
