Return to responsibility
When the late Eugene Garfield, founder of the Institute of Scientific Information (now Clarivate Analytics), introduced the Journal Impact Factor, he probably didn’t realise…
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Publishers join Blockchain for Peer Review project
Taylor & Francis Group and Cambridge University Press have joined a pilot project to test blockchain technologies applications to peer review
ResearchGate works with three publishers on sharing project
Three publishers and ResearchGate have agreed to work together on the sharing of articles on the scholarly collaboration platform
Open access is the future – Springer Nature survey
The overwhelming majority of professional staff in research institutions and libraries across the globe view open access as the future of academic and scientific…
Bookmetrix: Demonstrating the power of books in academic research
Until recently, the evaluation of research output and impact has focused largely on journal articles
Springer Nature platform now holds a billion metadata statements
SciGraph, the linked open data (LOD) platform launched by Springer Nature in March, now holds more one billion metadata statements about content published by…
Paperhive
Springer Nature has launched a one-year pilot with PaperHive, a market-leading annotation system and copyright-compliant collaborative research platform
‘Tangible benefits to OA books’ – Springer Nature report
There are clear benefits to publishing academic books using immediate, or ‘gold’, open access (OA) models, according to a report from Springer Nature.
Springer Nature deposits 600k chemical compounds on PubChem
Springer Nature has deposited 600,000 chemical compounds on PubChem, collectively offering more than 26 million links back into the primary literature, eBooks or major…
Springer Nature in ‘open access journey’ appeal
Springer Nature is calling on the research community to join it on a 'journey to open access, open research and beyond'
The measure of metrics
What are the most important recent developments within the world of metrics? Dr. Martijn Roelandse, head of publishing innovation, Springer Nature: Metrics for books.…
Springer Nature collaborating with ISSN International Centre
Springer Nature and the ISSN International Centre have been initiating a centralised process for the assignment of International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN) to serial…