ProQuest users gain no-cost access to essential coverage of covid-19 and more - April 1, 2020
In response to the rapidly growing need for authoritative content related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), ProQuest has launched a new Coronavirus Research Database, giving all ProQuest users no-cost access to full-text content covering all facets of COVID-19 and related infectious diseases. The Coronavirus Research Database… Read More
EBSCO launches COVID-19 healthcare information portal - April 1, 2020
A team of healthcare professionals and evidence-based medical experts at EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has launched a COVID-19 portal which aggregates real-time information updates from authoritative sources to provide information on all aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The portal was created… Read More
Researcher announces new project funded by Innovate UK to trial an innovative new form of peer review for scientific and scholarly papers - April 1, 2020
Researcher, a discovery platform for academics and scientists, has announced a new project, ‘ReviewHub: reinventing peer review in the digital age’. It will be jointly funded by Researcher and a grant from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency. The project will leverage the latest in… Read More
ASPC launches the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology - March 31, 2020
The American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC) has launched the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology (AJPC), the journal dedicated solely to preventive cardiology in the US. The open-access and peer-reviewed journal AJPC will be published quarterly by Elsevier and will encompass all salient matters pertaining to… Read More
ACM launches industry-focused journal on digital threats - March 27, 2020
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has announced the launch of Digital Threats: Research and Practice (DTRAP), a new peer-reviewed open access journal that targets the prevention, identification, mitigation and elimination of digital threats. As DTRAP seeks to bridge the gap between academic research and industry… Read More
RSC Chemical Biology becomes first Royal Society of Chemistry journal to adopt transparent peer review - March 26, 2020
RSC Chemical Biology has become the first Royal Society of Chemistry journal to adopt transparent peer review – meaning that reviewers’ comments can be read publically. The move is part of RSC’s commitment to make research and decision-making more open, robust and accessible. RSC Chemical… Read More
Bentham Science launches new multidisciplinary journal, ‘Current Chinese Science’ - March 25, 2020
STM publisher Bentham Science has announced an important new multidisciplinary journal, Current Chinese Science. This will be the world's largest journal with over 4,000 leading Chinese scientists involved on its editorial board. Current Chinese Science is a peer reviewed journal with… Read More
NIH launches a website for COVID-19 workers - March 24, 2020
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will launch a website with important educational resources for coronavirus workers dealing with the spread of COVID-19. The initiative got underway after Congress passed a supplemental appropriation of $10 million on March 6 for worker-based training… Read More
Cactus Communications offers about 200 manuscripts on COVID-19 research pro bono - March 24, 2020
In February 2020, Cactus Communications, a global scientific communications company, started offering pro bono manuscript preparation and research promotion services to authors researching the 2019 novel coronavirus, now named COVID-19, outbreak. These pro bono services were made available in all markets with the aim of promoting… Read More
Planetary Science Journal’s first articles now online - March 24, 2020
The first articles to be published in the Planetary Science Journal (PSJ) are now online. Launched by the AAS and PSJ’s Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) in 2019, PSJ is an open-access journal devoted to recent developments, discoveries, and theories relevant to the investigation of both… Read More
