Kudos launches Showcases: a new service for publishers - February 3, 2021
Kudos, the award-winning service for accelerating and broadening research impact, has launched a new service for scholarly publishers and publishing societies. The Kudos Showcase for Publishers provides a new discovery channel for published content, helping publishers and societies strengthen their support for authors in the increasingly key… Read More
Bentham Science launches three subscription-based journals - February 1, 2021
Bentham Science has announced the launch of subscription-based journals, The Chinese Journal of Artificial Intelligence, Journal of Environmental Materials and Sustainable Energy, and Current Probiotics. The first issue of the journals will be available online in 2021. … Read More
NISO published Recommended Practice on Reproducibility Badging and Definitions - January 29, 2021
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the publication of its Recommended Practice, RP-31-2021, Reproducibility Badging and Definitions. Developed by the NISO Taxonomy, Definitions, and Recognition Badging Scheme Working Group, the new Recommended Practice provides a set of recognition standards… Read More
NIH launches database to track neurological symptoms associated with COVID-19 - January 28, 2021
A new database will collect information from clinicians about COVID-19-related neurological symptoms, complications, and outcomes as well as COVID-19 effects on pre-existing neurological conditions. The COVID-19 Neuro Databank/Biobank (NeuroCOVID), which was created and will be maintained by NYU Langone Health, will be a resource of clinical information as well as… Read More
ARL, CDL, AAU and APLU release communication toolkit for implementing effective data practices - January 28, 2021
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), California Digital Library (CDL), Association of American Universities (AAU), and Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) have released a communication toolkit for facilitating institutional communication and discussions around the broad adoption of persistent identifiers (PIDs) and machine-readable… Read More
Gale In Context: For Educators launches new Learning Center for teachers - January 28, 2021
Gale, a Cengage company, is helping educators enhance skills for virtual lesson planning and online teaching. The company has launched Gale In Context: For Educators’ new Learning Center, an on-demand professional learning hub for finding, organising and learning how to teach – virtually or… Read More
SSP releases 2021 webinar series - January 27, 2021
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has released 2021 webinar series, curated to provide highly informative, thought-provoking programming designed to challenge and stimulate discussion. Covering timely topics and regularly offered throughout 2021, the SSP Education Committee works hard to develop programming aimed at professions… Read More
Karger offers interactive version of ISCN - January 25, 2021
With the new edition of ISCN 2020, Karger offers the first online and interactive version of the International System for Human Cytogenomic Nomenclature (ISCN). The ISCN Committee has created an updated version of ISCN 2020 with an extended version of the Human Genome Variation Society (HGVS)… Read More
New journal from Cambridge University Press to push boundaries of biological imaging - January 22, 2021
A new Open Access journal from Cambridge University Press will provide a home for interdisciplinary research in the fast-growing field of quantitative and computational imaging in the life sciences. The Press has launched Biological Imaging`` in recognition of the way computer science, machine… Read More
CABI launches Author Services and Education portal - January 21, 2021
CABI has announced the launch of a new Author Services and Education portal created to support researchers in successfully publishing impactful studies across all agriculture and biosciences. The new portal has been developed in partnership with Editage and Impact Science, part of
