The ‘Blue Book on China’s Scientific Journal Development 2020’ now available in English language - March 18, 2021
A comprehensive picture of China’s science, technology, and medical (STM) journals and papers is now available in the English language for the first time. Covering “General Information of China’s STM Journals”, “Analysis of Papers Published by China’s STM Journals” and “Trends of Development of China’s Popular Science Journals”, the
Two new transformative journals and one review journal to launch under the Nature Portfolio imprint in 2022 - March 15, 2021
Three new journals will be launched under the Nature Portfolio imprint at the beginning of 2022. These journals aim to meet the needs of different research communities by providing a venue for research not well served by existing publications. All three titles will be published online-only, and Nature Synthesis and… Read More
NISO Recommended Practice for Content Platform Migrations now available for public comment - March 11, 2021
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has made its new draft Recommended Practice for Content Platform Migrations available for public comment. The result of nearly two years of collaboration between the librarians, publishers, and content platform providers on the Content Platform Migrations Working Group, this Recommended Practice… Read More
IET’s research database, Inspec, to index content from two newly launched AIP Publishing physics journals - March 8, 2021
The Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) research database, Inspec, is among the first to index content from two new AIP Publishing journals in the fields of chemical physics and biophysics. The addition of these new journals not only expands the chemical physics… Read More
Wolters Kluwer unveils suite of digital learning tools to help medical schools’ transition to blended learning - March 3, 2021
Wolters Kluwer, Health has introduced Lippincott® Clinical Context, a suite of digital learning tools intended to help medical schools as they incorporate digital and remote instruction into their curriculum. The Lippincott Clinical Context program provides access to a comprehensive set of solutions that faculty… Read More
The MIT Press launches Direct to Open, a first-of-its-kind sustainable framework for OA monographs - March 3, 2021
The MIT Press has announced the launch of Direct to Open (D2O). A first-of-its-kind sustainable framework for open access monographs, D2O transfers professional and scholarly books from an exclusively market-based, purchase model where individuals and libraries buy single eBooks, to a collaborative, library-supported open access model. … Read More
Portland Press unveils Portal and Viewer to support transparency and reproducibility of supporting data - March 3, 2021
Portland Press, the publishing arm of the Biochemical Society, has announced the launch of a new Portal and Viewer to support the transparency and reproducibility of supporting data published alongside articles. The Portal, available at https://portlandpress.figshare.com/, publishes supporting data under an openly available Creative… Read More
EBSCO unveils Dynamic Health™ CDS + Skills, a new training resource for nursing and allied health professionals - March 1, 2021
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced the release of Dynamic Health™ CDS + Skills, a resource designed to help nurses and allied health professionals master critical skills, obtain fast, accurate answers to clinical questions and foster a culture of evidence-based practice. Dynamic Health CDS… Read More
SPARC and KEL and Knowledge Equity Lab unveil ‘Unsettling Knowledge Inequities’ podcast - February 24, 2021
SPARC has announced a partnership with the Knowledge Equity Lab to launch a new podcast called Unsettling Knowledge Inequities. The podcast will explore issues related to the politics of knowledge production, exchange, and circulation in addition to the structural, global power dynamics that shape it. The… Read More
EMS Press’ new content platform utilises the power of APIs for a modern content experience - February 22, 2021
EMS Press has announced the launch of its new content platform. The platform has been built from the ground up by the Press’s in-house team over the last year with the aim of giving readers, authors, editors and subscribers the best possible user experience. The new system… Read More
