INASP deal means manuscript checking won’t cost a Penny for Global South researchers
INASP’s AuthorAID project has formed a partnership with Penelope.ai, an automated manuscript checking service
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APE 2018 conference report
More than 250 delegates gathered in Berlin for one of Europe’s most important gatherings on scholarly communication, writes Chris Armbruster
OUP joins Initiative for Open Citations
Oxford University Press has announced that it has joined the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC)
Ensuring the accessibility of all learning content
The accessibility of learning content is undergoing a dramatic change right now, writes Rick Johnson.
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…
What is blockchain for research?
Jon Treadway (pictured) explains Digital Science's new report, Blockchain for Research: Perspectives on a New Paradigm for Scholarly Communication, exploring the impact the technology…
Digital Science releases ‘blockchain’ report
Digital Science has released a report titled: Blockchain for Research – Perspectives on a New Paradigm for Scholarly Communication
Researchers ‘overwhelmingly’ say Brexit effect will be negative
Brexit will have a negative impact on the research sector – while access to funding, free movement for researchers, and international collaboration are researchers’…
Does research evaluation in the sciences have a gender problem?
Stacy Konkiel wonders if altmetrics might help understand the influence of research in a more gender-balanced way
Widening student participation through technology
Universities can gain from employing digital tools in their teaching and learning strategies, writes John Donovan
A more open, accessible and inclusive CILIP
The information profession has radically changed in recent years and it is continuing to evolve, writes Nick Poole
New report warns of a ‘failing system’ in scholarly publishing
A new report, commissioned by Research Information, has asked publishers, librarians and researchers about challenges in the scholarly publishing cycle - and the answers…