‘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.
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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…
Open data use growing – Figshare report
Researchers are increasingly willing to share data and are increasingly aware of open data, according to a survey by Figshare
Making the monograph sustainable
Verena Weigert and Graham Stone ask what can we learn from other countries to preserve the monograph
Finding the needle in a haystack
Paul Kudlow says the publishing industry is facing a monumental challenge: how do we ensure research is read?
Self-publishing ISBNs on the rise
International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs) for self-published titles have climbed 218.33 per cent since 2011
Pistoia Alliance to develop Elsevier data format
Elsevier has announced it is donating its Unified Data Model (UDM) to The Pistoia Alliance
Up for a challenge
It’s just two months until Research Information’s first industry event: Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle is an…
New assessment helps southern journals demonstrate their credibility globally
INASP and AJOL have launched a comprehensive framework for assessing the quality of the publishing processes of journals in the global south
Nature Research launches free online peer review training
Nature Research has launched a free peer review training course, delivered by its journal editors
1science partners Max Planck Digital Library
1science has become a key supplier to the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL), based in Munich, Germany.
Molecular Connections develops AIP Publishing’s new ontology
Science publisher AIP Publishing has partnered with Molecular Connections to re-develop its physics-based ontology