CAS introduces CAS Search Services to support scientific teams with limited capacity - April 30, 2025
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society focused on scientific knowledge management, has announced the launch of CAS Search Services℠, a new offering designed to assist CAS SciFinder® users with literature searches. The service aims to support research teams facing capacity constraints by… Read More
Preprints.org launches Reading List feature and community initiatives for World Book Day - April 25, 2025
Preprints.org, a multidisciplinary preprint platform operated by open-access publisher MDPI, has launched a new Reading List feature to coincide with World Book Day 2025. The new feature enables researchers, authors, and readers to curate and share collections of preprint articles—versions of scientific papers that… Read More
JMIR Aging introduces new section on advance care planning for older adults - April 25, 2025
JMIR Aging, an open access journal focused on digital health and aging, has announced the launch of a new section dedicated to “Advance Care Planning for Older Adults.” This addition is intended to provide a platform for research examining how digital health technologies can support older adults… Read More
SKINdeep, a new journal for translational dermatology, launches on ARPHA platform - April 24, 2025
The Austrian Academy of Sciences Press (AASP), in collaboration with SKINnovations-ÖGDV GmbH a subsidiary of the Austrian Society of Dermatology and Venereology has launched SKINdeep, a new international open-access journal focused on translational dermatology, clinical research, and related fields. The journal's… Read More
York University Libraries launches tool to streamline open access publishing - April 23, 2025
York University Libraries (YUL) has introduced SciFree, a search tool designed to help researchers identify open access (OA) journals that offer discounted or waived article processing charges (APCs) under existing institutional agreements. The tool aims to support York-affiliated authors in navigating the financial aspects… Read More
Emerald Publishing launches Sustainable Finance Review journal - April 17, 2025
Emerald Publishing has introduced a new academic journal, Sustainable Finance Review (SFR), focused on advancing research in financial strategies related to environmental sustainability and climate resilience. The journal will cover a broad range of topics including renewable energy finance, ESG, financial technology, decarbonization, carbon… Read More
DORA launches practical guide to implementing responsible research assessment - April 17, 2025
The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) has launched A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Performing Organizations to coincide with the organization’s 12th anniversary. Developed through extensive community engagement, the guide offers actionable strategies for institutions seeking to reform research assessment practices.
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Center for Open Science launches large-scale replication initiative in health behavior research - April 16, 2025
The Center for Open Science (COS) has launched the Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB), a collaborative initiative designed to assess the reliability of empirical findings in health-related research. The project will evaluate the replicability of a broad sample of quantitative health behavior studies published… Read More
EBSCO launches Mathematics Source, a comprehensive full-text resource for mathematical sciences - April 16, 2025
EBSCO Information Services has announced the release of Mathematics Source, a new full-text research database offering broad coverage of the mathematical sciences. Designed to support students, researchers, educators, and professionals, the resource provides access to a wide range of topics spanning both pure and… Read More
EBSCO Information Services launches EBSCO Discovery: Open Education to enhance accessibility and reduce costs - April 15, 2025
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has introduced EBSCO Discovery: Open Education, a centralized platform designed to streamline access to open-access e-books, journals, and Open Educational Resources (OER). This initiative aims to reduce textbook costs and support educational equity by providing libraries and faculty with an… Read More
