Kudos offers free use of Kudos Pro to help researchers keep communicating during pandemic disruption - May 1, 2020
Kudos, the award-winning service for accelerating research impact, has announced that it is opening up its leading research communications platform – Kudos Pro – to the global academic community, with complimentary access for 60 days. Over 1,000 researchers around the world have already signed up for… Read More
Elsevier offers free access to its unique set of biomedical research tools and content for researchers working on coronavirus - April 29, 2020
Elsevier, a global leader in information analytics specialising in science and health, is offering free access to a unique set of biomedical research tools and content to help researchers and life science companies accelerate efforts to address the current pandemic. The new Read More
RIT Archives launches ‘Pandemic Journals’ - April 28, 2020
Rochester Institute of Technology has announced that the RIT Archives is documenting the COVID-19 moment and its impact on the RIT community by collecting personal reflections of the pandemic. The ‘RIT Pandemic Journals’ is meant to be a repository for RIT students, faculty, staff and… Read More
2020 Doody’s Core Titles information now available from Rittenhouse - April 27, 2020
The 2020 Edition of Doody’s Core Titles® (DCT) has been released, and Rittenhouse Book Distributors, Inc. has announced that this essential resource is now integrated across Rittenhouse.com and R2Library.com. The DCT health sciences list and collection development tools… Read More
NISO launches work to formalise and develop the Contributor Role Taxonomy as an ANSI/NISO standard - April 24, 2020
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the formal launch of its work to formalise and develop the Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT) as an ANSI/NISO standard. The move follows the organisations December 2019 announcement. NISO Voting Members expressed strong support for this work, which has… Read More
ReadCube launches free research pass programme to provide direct access for COVID-19 researchers - April 24, 2020
Digital Science’s ReadCube, in collaboration with leading publishers, is announcing the launch of a new initiative to facilitate access to literature related to COVID-19 research. The COVID-19 Research Pass (CRP) programme provides direct access to over 26 million articles and is available… Read More
Three new journals to join Springer Nature’s portfolio from January 2021 - April 22, 2020
Three new journals will be launched under the Nature Research imprint at the beginning of 2021. The motivation for launching these journals, as well as their focus and structure, reflects the specific needs of research communities. The journals aim to foster cross disciplinary research and provide… Read More
GetFTR pilot goes live - April 22, 2020
Scholarly platforms Dimensions, Figshare, Symplectic, and Mendeley have started a pilot of the Get Full Text Research (GetFTR) service. Launched in December 2019, GetFTR is a new, free to use solution that enables faster access for researchers to the published journal articles… Read More
ScienceOpen highlights Coronavirus research - April 22, 2020
ScienceOpen has released an interactive Collection of COVID-19 research that highlights rigorous, peer-reviewed articles by reputable journals and publishers within the rapidly growing coronavirus knowledge base. Over a dozen publishers have participated in ScienceOpen’s initiative, bringing together thousands of articles and enabling better discovery for the… Read More
Clarivate announces enhancements to Cortellis Clinical Trials Intelligence with new site selection analytics - April 21, 2020
Clarivate Analytics Plc, a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to accelerate the pace of innovation, has announced that Cortellis Clinical Trials IntelligenceTM has been enhanced with new site selection analytics. Cortellis Clinical Trials Intelligence is a powerful and user-friendly resource to plan clinical… Read More