IEEE launches TechRxivTM, a new preprint server for unpublished research - January 30, 2020
IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organisation dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, has announced the launch of TechRxiv.org, a preprint server for the global technology community. TechRxiv.org is a collaborative multidisciplinary hub that will facilitate the open… Read More
Journal Development and The Company of Biologists launch the Node Network - January 30, 2020
The journal Development and its publisher The Company of Biologists have announced the launch of the Node Network, a global directory of developmental and stem cell biologists. Scientists often have a hard time finding the right people for professional purposes, whether this… Read More
British Ecological Society launches new journal – Ecological Solutions and Evidence - January 30, 2020
The British Ecological Society (BES), in partnership with its publisher John Wiley & Sons, has announced the launch of a new international journal, Ecological Solutions and Evidence. The open access journal will publish articles with direct relevance for the management of biological resources and ecological systems.… Read More
Dimensions database integrates over 1.4 million datasets as new content type - January 29, 2020
Digital Science’s Dimensions database will now integrate more than 1.4 million datasets as a new content type. The datasets will be available to all users – including those using the free version of Dimensions. Data will be sourced from figshare.com and include datasets uploaded on… Read More
Elsevier creates online information center to provide one-stop access to latest medical and scientific information on Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV - January 27, 2020
Elsevier, a global information analytics business specialising in science and health, has created a Novel Coronavirus Information Center with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV for the benefit of healthcare professionals, medical researchers and the public. The information center on Elsevier… Read More
Revised NISO Open Discovery Initiative Recommended Practice now available for public comment - January 27, 2020
The NISO Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) Standing Committee is inviting feedback on proposed revisions to its Recommended Practice, originally published in 2014 as NISO RP-19-2014 Open Discovery Initiative: Promoting Transparency in Discovery. Librarians, publishers, vendors, and others who are interested in how content is included in… Read More
WebMD’s new service, WebMD Care, to connect consumers to healthcare professionals - January 24, 2020
Health information services provider WebMD has announced the launch of WebMD Care, a new service that furthers a strategic shift from health information website to health information platform by seamlessly connecting consumers from trusted WebMD content to getting the care they need.… Read More
Viticulture Data Journal: Non-conventional papers foster Open Science & sustainability - January 22, 2020
Non-conventional, yet pivotal research results: data, models, methods, software, data analytics pipelines and visualisation methods, related to the field of viticulture, find a place in a newly launched, open-access and peer-reviewed Viticulture Data Journal (VDJ). The journal went live with the publication of an introductory editorial and a data paper.… Read More
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers launches ‘STM 2020 Research Data Year’ - January 21, 2020
To accelerate the implementation of research data solutions, The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has launched the ‘STM 2020 Research Data Year’ – a dedicated action plan to increase the number of journals with data policies, expand the number of journals depositing… Read More
Wolters Kluwer to publish Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery under its Lippincott portfolio - January 17, 2020
Wolters Kluwer, Health will begin publishing the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery (JCRS) under its Lippincott portfolio as part of a new partnership with the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) and the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS). The January… Read More
