UK government publishes long awaited science and innovation strategy, leaves many questions unanswered - December 19, 2014
The UK government has published its long awaited science and innovation strategy, but many of the questions asked by the science community will not be answered until the next spending review. The strategy re-iterated capital spending plans set out in the autumn statement, but does not commit to ringfencing the… Read More
Journal of Communication in Healthcare examines communication in the Ebola crisis and other disease outbreaks - December 9, 2014
The latest issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of Communication in Healthcare: Strategies, Media and Engagement in Global Health includes a special themed section on risk communication in the Ebola crisis and other epidemics and emerging disease outbreaks. The issue (Volume 7.4) features many authoritative opinions,… Read More
ACCUCOMS prepares for restart as founder and managing director, Pinar Erzin buys back company - November 7, 2014
ACCUCOMS, a provider of sales and marketing services for publishers, has been bought back by founder and managing director Pinar Erzin, together with key management: Egon Menardi, Simon Boisseau and Rakesh Malik. This news follows the recent announcement that Swets Information Services B.V., the parent company… Read More
BMJ provides Ebola resources to support healthcare workers in West Africa - November 6, 2014
Global healthcare knowledge provider BMJ is offering a range of free online resources to support healthcare workers tackling the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa – as well as for health professionals outside affected regions who want to keep up to date with the latest developments… Read More
Negotiations on subscription fees and Open Access between Dutch universities and Elsevier fail - November 5, 2014
Negotiations between the Dutch universities and publishing company Elsevier on subscription fees and Open Access have ground to a halt. In line with the policy pursued by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the universities want academic publications to be freely accessible. To that end,… Read More
EBSCO Information hires former Swets employees in the UK to help customers transitioning to EBSCO - October 17, 2014
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is opening a second office in the United Kingdom and has hired a number of former Swets employees to help customers transitioning to EBSCO as their subscription agent. EBSCO believes that this investment in infrastructure and staffing will provide libraries with the… Read More
New Google Scholar study examines the growing impact of non-elite journals - October 16, 2014
The world of scholarly communication has witnessed immense changes over the last decade and Google Scholar has been a part of the change. To mark its 10th anniversary, Scholar will explore the impact of these changes - looking at how scholarship and citation patterns have changed… Read More
Leading scientific journals from Europe and the US accused of ‘political’ rejections - October 14, 2014
Leading scientific journals from Europe and the United States have started to groundlessly reject papers written by Russian scientists and postgraduates, according to some well-known researchers of the Russian Academy of Sciences and publishers of physics and chemistry magazines. According to some scientists, many Western… Read More
Jisc announces new initiatives to enable safe and secure sharing of medical research data - October 3, 2014
Jisc is enabling researchers across the UK to safely and securely share health data to progress their research with a collaborative initiative. This initiative is showcasing how the UK’s research and education network, Janet, provided by Jisc, can offer additional controls and safeguards for researchers working… Read More
LIBER calls on European Commission to take measures towards enabling Open Science - October 1, 2014
On the eve of the closing of the European Consultation on Science 2.0, LIBER issued a statement both welcoming the Consultation as a step towards strengthening the competitiveness of European research, and calling on the European Commission to take measures towards enabling Open Science. Commenting… Read More
