NISO Manuscript Exchange Common Approach working group releases its draft Recommended Practice for public comment - January 17, 2020
The NISO Manuscript Exchange Common Approach (MECA) working group has released its draft Recommended Practice for an open protocol for the transfer of manuscripts within and between manuscript systems. The recommendations are available for public comment through February 16. Developed to address the frustration felt by… Read More
AIP Publishing set to launch two new journals – Biophysics Reviews and Chemical Physics Reviews - January 17, 2020
AIP Publishing, a wholly owned not-for-profit subsidiary of the American Institute of Physics, has announced two new journals launching later this year. Biophysics Reviews (BPR) and Chemical Physics Reviews (CPR) will provide comprehensive and authoritative reviews and original research in all areas of biophysics and chemical… Read More
Taylor & Francis Online supports clinical trial data linking - January 16, 2020
Taylor & Francis Online now links clinical trial data to published articles and automatically deposits this data to Crossref and PubMed, when authors supply the clinical trial numbers within a manuscript. Currently, Taylor & Francis publishes over 250 journals in the Medicine and Health subject… Read More
GeoScienceWorld’s geoscience journal, Lithosphere, opens for submissions - January 16, 2020
GeoScienceWorld (GSW), a non-profit collaborative and comprehensive resource for research and communications in the Earth Sciences, is now inviting submissions to Lithosphere, a community-driven geoscience journal formerly published by The Geological Society of America (GSA), a GSW partner society. Lithosphere will provide a unique publishing choice… Read More
AIP Publishing publishes inaugural issue of AVS Quantum Science - January 15, 2020
AIP Publishing, a wholly owned not-for-profit subsidiary of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), has published the first issue of AVS Quantum Science, a new online interdisciplinary journal published in partnership with AVS: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing (AVS). This new journal covers… Read More
PLOS ONE to offer new preregistration article type – Registered Reports - January 15, 2020
PLOS, a non-profit open-access science, technology and medicine publisher, has announced that PLOS ONE will soon offer a new preregistration article type, Registered Reports. Registered Reports enable researchers to document and receive expert peer review feedback on their study design and proposed methods, before beginning their… Read More
CAS launches new predictive retrosynthetic capabilities in SciFinderⁿ - January 13, 2020
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, has announced the launch of a breakthrough retrosynthetic capability in SciFindern as part of their continued commitment to helping R&D leaders accelerate scientific discovery. This computer-aided synthetic design (CASD) solution utilises AI technology, powered by CAS’s unmatched collection… Read More
Kudos unveils new Research Showcase to maximise non-academic impact of research projects - January 10, 2020
Kudos, the award-winning service for accelerating research impact through strategic communications management, has announced the launch of its new Research Showcase. This public website claims to be the world’s first platform to drive discovery of ‘research in progress’, providing stakeholders – from… Read More
IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society now accepting submissions - January 9, 2020
IEEE Computer Society, a premier organisation empowering the people who drive technology, is now accepting submissions for consideration in the new IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society (OJ-CS). As the leading organisation in computer science, engineering, research, and technology fields for both the academic and… Read More
Elsevier unveils PracticeUpdate’s Advanced Melanoma Center of Excellence - January 7, 2020
Elsevier, a global information analytics business specialising in science and health, has launched its newest PracticeUpdate Center of Excellence (COE) focusing on advanced melanoma. The Advanced Melanoma COE, an important new offering for PracticeUpdate members, brings together medical experts in oncology to discuss and provide… Read More
