American Chemical Society expands its applied materials publishing portfolio with new biomaterials journal – ACS Applied Bio Materials - March 22, 2018
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced that ACS Applied Bio Materials will be published as a new interdisciplinary journal within the editorial purview of the Society's well-established ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces portfolio. The new journal will feature original research covering… Read More
SAGE Publishing launches new collection of streaming videos hosted on the SAGE Research Methods platform - March 22, 2018
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced the launch of a new collection of streaming videos hosted on the SAGE Research Methods (SRM) platform, Practical Research and Academic Skills. Building upon SAGE's extensive history of methods publishing across the wide range of the social and behavioural sciences,… Read More
Knowledge Unlatched announces further increase in support from publishers for its activities - March 20, 2018
The team of Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the central platform for the sustainable funding of Open Access (OA) models, has announced a further increase in support from publishers for its activities. In preparation of its fifth funding round, which for the first time contains content from all… Read More
New OCLC Wise designed around people, driven by data - March 20, 2018
OCLC has introduced Wise, the first community engagement system for US public libraries. A proven solution used by more than 75 percent of public libraries in the Netherlands, Wise is engineered to elevate library experiences, the experiences of the people who use the library and the… Read More
AIP Publishing launches Chinese language Author Services - March 16, 2018
AIP Publishing has announced its launch of a suite of Mandarin-language author services to facilitate submissions from one of the world's fastest growing physical science research communities. By providing Chinese authors with resources to make the publishing process easier and faster, AIP Author Services is leading… Read More
Health Research Alliance launches new application powered by Figshare and Dimensions - March 13, 2018
The Health Research Alliance has launched a new application, HRA Open, powered by Figshare. HRA Open will allow HRA member-funded awardees to link their awards to their research outputs and deposit publications into PubMed Central. HRA Open is an HRA-sponsored web-based service that promotes open… Read More
Georg Thieme Verlag to publish new specialist journal for physiotherapists – Der Schmerzpatient - March 12, 2018
Georg Thieme Verlag is now publishing a new specialist journal 'Der Schmerzpatient'. It offers physiotherapists current knowledge from pain research and best practice examples for the treatment of acute and chronic pain. More than 12 million Germans suffer from chronic pain, reports the Deutsche Schmerzgesellschaft… Read More
Institution of Engineering and Technology launches new, gold open access engineering journal – IET Smart Grid - March 9, 2018
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has launched a new, gold open access engineering journal - IET Smart Grid. The new journal aims to disseminate cutting-edge research results spanning multiple disciplines including: Power Electronics, Power and Energy, Control, Communications, and Computing Sciences. Professor H. Vincent… Read More
Digital Science and Katalysis launch pilot project to test blockchain technologies - March 7, 2018
Technology company Digital Science and Katalysis, a startup based in Amsterdam, have announced the launch of a pilot project to test blockchain technologies to support the peer review process. They are joined in this pilot project by founding partner Springer Nature. The problems of research… Read More
De Gruyter to publish Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal - March 7, 2018
Academic publisher De Gruyter and MittUniversitetet, the Mid Sweden University (MiUn), will collaborate to publish the Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal (NPPRJ). The journal was until now self-published by MiUn in co-operation with 9 other universities in Sweden, Finland and Norway. The new cooperation starts… Read More
