Springer Nature unveils new book series that addresses major research pain points - February 21, 2022
Springer Nature and RWTH Aachen University’s Cluster of Excellence Internet of Production have created a new publishing format called Crosstracts to address two research challenges. It can often take a long time for research results to be published and so are not getting back to the lecture… Read More
Journal of Scholarly Publishing issues call for submissions for a special issue on evolving issues in publication integrity in scholarly publishing - February 18, 2022
The Journal of Scholarly Publishing has called for submissions for a special issue on evolving issues in publication integrity in scholarly publishing. This special issue of JSP will explore a number of the research and publication integrity issues, which researchers experience in the context of the competitive… Read More
EBSCO Introduces EBSCO Essentials™, a new site that allows users to begin their EBSCO Research from the open web - February 17, 2022
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has created a way for any user to search EBSCO content even before they authenticate to their libraries and institutions. EBSCO Essentials™ is a way to reach more users –– users who typically begin their research on the open web.… Read More
PLOS Water publishes inaugural papers - February 16, 2022
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) has announced that PLOS Water has published its initial cohort of papers. The journal’s mission is to connect researchers across the hydrology, water resources, and water, sanitation, and hygiene communities, amplifying a diverse set of voices to influence… Read More
NISO publishes E-Book Metadata Recommended Practice - February 11, 2022
NISO has announced the publication of the NISO Recommended Practice, E-Book Bibliographic Metadata Requirements in the Sale, Publication, Discovery, Delivery, and Preservation Supply Chain (NISO RP-29-2022). This document, prepared by the E-Book Metadata Working Group and approved by the NISO Information Creation & Curation Topic Committee, incorporates… Read More
Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) formalized as ANSI/NISO standard - February 9, 2022
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced its publication of the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) as an ANSI/NISO standard, Z39.104-2022. The taxonomy, which was originally developed in 2014, describes 14 roles that represent the typical range of contributors to scientific… Read More
EBSCO Information Services releases FSTA® with Full Text - February 7, 2022
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has released FSTA® with Full Text. This new resource provides access to full text for the leading food and nutrition science database. FSTA with Full Text includes food-focused scientific content across a host of related fields including biotechnology, food safety, omics technologies, pet… Read More
Essential full-text resource for study of Veterinary Science now available from EBSCO Information Services - February 4, 2022
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has released a new full-text resource designed to meet the needs of veterinarians, veterinary technicians, assistants, and students of veterinary science. Veterinary Source™ covers all aspects of animal health care including access to research from around the world on the… Read More
CCSD and COAR are set to launch a directory of open access preprint repositories - February 3, 2022
The Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe (CCSD) of France and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) have announced their formal collaboration to launch a directory of open access preprint repositories. Preprints are becoming an increasingly important part of the research communications… Read More
CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform™ includes unique biosequence data collection and capabilities - February 2, 2022
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society specializing in scientific information solutions, has announced the launch of a major expansion of the CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform into life sciences. The enhanced platform includes over 2 million modified biosequences, 60 years of patent literature, and one of… Read More
