Karger Publishers unveils translational journal in Latin America - October 3, 2019
Kompass Neumología is the latest journal from Karger Publishers that is tailored to the needs of clinicians from Latin America. It is therefore published in Spanish. The journal aims to close the existing knowledge gap between research and healthcare in this region. Karger Publishers is… Read More
OpenAthens unveils new embeddable version of Wayfinder organisational discovery service - October 1, 2019
Single sign-on provider OpenAthens has announced the launch of its new embeddable version of Wayfinder organisational discovery service. Committed to empowering library users spanning a wide range of industries, whether they are a PhD student, a hospital clinician or a research scientist, OpenAthens has created Wayfinder… Read More
CAS expands product portfolio with the launch of Formulus, a formulations-specific solution - October 1, 2019
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society that specialises in scientific information solutions, has expanded its product portfolio with the launch of Formulus®, a new solution aimed at getting innovations to market faster by addressing the unique information needs of formulations scientists. With product development… Read More
EMBO Press and ASAPbio partner to launch Review Commons, a pre-journal portable review platform - October 1, 2019
EMBO Press and ASAPbio have partnered to create Review Commons, a platform that peer-reviews research manuscripts in the life sciences before submission to a journal. Papers submitted to Review Commons, which will be launched in December 2019, will be assessed by… Read More
Research on Research Institute to enable more strategic, open, diverse, and inclusive research - September 30, 2019
The Wellcome Trust, the universities of Sheffield and Leiden, and Digital Science, have announced the launch of the Research on Research Institute (RoRI) – an international consortium of research funders, academic institutions, and technologists working to champion the latest approaches to research… Read More
O’Reilly announces new platform features to enhance learning experience for its users - September 23, 2019
O’Reilly, the premier source for insight-driven learning on technology and business, has announced several new platform features to enhance the learning experience for its 2.5 million users. These new capabilities include Expert Playlists, Jupyter Notebooks, and an update to its Insights API. Expert Playlists provide… Read More
SAGE Publishing launches SAGE Research Methods reference resource - September 20, 2019
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has launched SAGE Research Methods Foundations, an online reference resource on all aspects of research methods and the research process for the social sciences. The resource contains hundreds of entries written by an international roster of methods experts, such as psychologist Paul… Read More
MDPI launches new functionality giving scholars the possibility to endorse and recommend articles - September 20, 2019
Open access journals publisher MDPI has announced the release of a new functionality giving the possibility for researchers and scholars to endorse, and formally recommend articles to their colleagues. MDPI was an early signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research… Read More
Cambridge University Press unveils new journal to tackle problems in scholarly communication - September 19, 2019
A new journal from Cambridge University Press will take a radical new approach to both publishing and peer reviewing research. Experimental Results aims to tackle the crisis in the reproducibility of results, provide an outlet for standalone research that currently goes unpublished and to make peer… Read More
CRKN launches 2019 Journal Value Analytics tool - September 19, 2019
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) has launched the 2019 Journal Value Analytics (JVA) tool for members. Compiled annually, the JVA tool combines pricing, subject, and usage data to evaluate CRKN-licensed journal packages and provides a broad perspective of member collections at the title level. This… Read More
