National Library of Medicine launches VSAC intensional definition functionality - January 7, 2019
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Value Set Authority Center (VSAC), with support from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has announced the launch of intensional value set definition functionality in the VSAC Authoring Tool. Through the VSAC Authoring user interface, value set… Read More
Call for submissions open for JMIR’s special issue - January 7, 2019
The Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) is inviting submissions for a special issue of the journal that will be dedicated to blockchain for health care and biomedical science. Health care is known to suffer from siloed and fragmented data, delayed clinical communications, and disparate… Read More
BioOne Complete launches on new platform powered by non-profit collaboration with SPIE - January 3, 2019
BioOne, the non-profit publisher of more than 200 journals from 150 scientific societies and independent presses, has launched a new website for its content aggregation, BioOne Complete. Powered by a non-profit collaboration with SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, the new site leverages SPIE's… Read More
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
