NISO calls on volunteers to join ‘Content Profile/ Linked Document’ Working Group - February 18, 2021
Voting Members of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have approved a new project, Interchange of Academic, Research, and Professional Content, Data, and Semantics, which is intended to follow an ANSI/NISO standardization track. NISO is inviting volunteers to join the soon-to-be-formed Working Group. This Working Group… Read More
ASABE unveils Figshare-powered portal to make supplementary research data openly available, citable, and discoverable - February 17, 2021
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) have announced the launch of a platform to make supplementary research data openly available, citable, and discoverable with a Figshare-powered portal - https://asabe.figshare.com/. Supplementary research data published in the journals — Transactions of the… Read More
FIZ Karlsruhe and Baden-Württemberg State Archives develop software for data transfer with German Digital Library - February 12, 2021
In Germany, archival sources are distributed across a large number of different institutions. Accessibility to these sources is often associated with considerable challenges for research as well as for interested laypeople. Small and medium-sized archives in particular, for example in cities and municipalities, often lack the necessary IT infrastructure for… Read More
Researcher launches its free Profile Manager - February 11, 2021
Researcher is announcing the launch of Profile Manager. Profile Manager gives publishers and content owners the ability to manage their presence on Researcher, view detailed analytics, create and manage ad campaigns and post custom content into the feeds of Researcher users who follow them… Read More
OpenAIRE starts H2020 OpenAIRE-Nexus project - February 10, 2021
OpenAIRE AMKE has announced the start of a new H2020 project, OpenAIRE-Nexus, which marks the next era of the OpenAIRE services operation. The project brings together eleven partners for a duration of 30 months and a total budget of 4mi € with the goals including: empowering researchers… Read More
AUPresses launches pilot program to pair member presses with non-member presses - February 9, 2021
The Association of University Presses (AUPresses) has launched a pilot program that seeks to deepen transnational dialogue and collaboration among mission-driven scholarly publishers. The AUPresses Global Partner Program will pair member presses with non-member presses in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America, aiming not only to… Read More
Wellcome Open Research now becomes most used publishing venue for Wellcome funded researchers - February 8, 2021
Wellcome Open Research is now the single most used venue for Wellcome-funded researchers to publish their research findings. This has been achieved after only four years since the Platform’s conception. In 2020, 292 articles were published on Wellcome Open Research, a 40% increase compared to 2019. Much… Read More
COAR launches Notify Project - February 8, 2021
COAR has announced the launch of a new project, Notify: The Repositories and Services Interoperability Project. The project builds on previous work of COAR to advance the vision first outlined in the COAR Next Generation Repositories Initiative – to position repositories… Read More
Pensoft and ARPHA welcome three biodiversity-themed journals to their portfolio - February 4, 2021
The scholarly publisher and technology provider Pensoft and its self-developed publishing platform ARPHA welcome three journals to their distinguished and growing portfolio of biodiversity-themed journals. The international, peer-reviewed and open-access journals Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, Caucasiana and Zitteliana are now fully operable and open… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. and GEN launch Re:GEN Open - February 4, 2021
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers and Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) have announced the launch of Re:GEN Open, the new multidisciplinary open access journal for scientifically rigorous research in the life and medical sciences. Re:GEN Open combines the dynamic, global media presence… Read More
