MDPI announces new platform – Encyclopedia - January 3, 2019
Academic open-access publisher Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) has announced a new platform Encyclopedia, which is an online reference created and curated by active scholars. The platform aims to highlight the latest research results as well as providing benchmark information for researchers and the general public… Read More
Research Library Issues explores radical collaboration in research data management - December 21, 2018
The latest issue of Research Library Issues (RLI) gathers reflections by six archivists and librarians on the practice of radical collaboration applied to research data management (RDM). Archivist Nancy McGovern describes radical collaboration as 'inclusive, involving commitment and effort by most or all members that… Read More
IOS Press relaunches online open access forum – StemBook - December 18, 2018
STM publisher IOS Press has announced the relaunch and revitalisation of StemBook, an online open access forum and discussion platform for the stem cell research community. It features a collection of content covering a range of topics related to stem cell biology written by top researchers… Read More
CRKN releases 75,497 MARC records for Canadiana Online collection - December 17, 2018
Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) has released 75,497 MARC records for the Canadiana Online collection. MARC records are now available for 85 percent of the monographs currently in the Canadiana Online collection. Early in 2019, MARC records for the remaining Canadiana Online monographs, as well as… Read More
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology launches new specialty section – Industrial Biotechnology - December 14, 2018
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology has announced the launch of its new speciality section, Industrial Biotechnology. The new specialty section will focus on the use of enzymes and microbes for industrial processes such as food and feed processing, cosmetics, and polymer processing and for the manufacture… Read More
IET launches new engineering research journal – IET Smart Cities - December 13, 2018
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced the launch of IET Smart Cities. The new Gold Open Access journal will publish the latest advances in Information Communication Technology (ICT) for smart cities, including advanced research that aims to resolve issues that affect quality… Read More
South African Journal of Industrial Psychology announces call for papers for special issue in 2019 - December 12, 2018
The South African Journal of Industrial Psychology (SAJIP) is inviting original scientific articles, reports, position papers and reviews that will bring new knowledge on insights into and conversation around mental health research in African organisations that advance theory and practice. Within a South African context,… Read More
SourceData and BioStudies to implement new publication workflow - December 11, 2018
SourceData in collaboration with EMBL-EBI's BioStudies now offers an integrated workflow to make published data openly accessible and easy to find. EMBO's SourceData is an open platform that makes the data in research papers directly searchable. SourceData describes the contents of figures from scientific articles in… Read More
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene announces new bilingual collection, Cuba’s Agrifood System in Transition - December 10, 2018
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, a trans-disciplinary, open-access journal, has announced Cuba's Agrifood System in Transition, a new collection of research aimed at amplifying the voices of Cuban experts and fostering exchange and dialogue on sustainable agrifood practices, in the island nation and beyond. Cuba's… Read More
BMJ to publish International Journal of Gynecological Cancer from January 2019 - December 7, 2018
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ will start publishing the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer from January 2019. The journal publishes evidence-based content on the detection, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancerous growths in women and includes peer-reviewed original research, reviews and opinion pieces on topics such… Read More
