‘A need for an intense collaboration’
Rossana Morriello assesses the ways in which librarians are supporting research in Italy
Publishing news
Journal Citation Report 2019 update released
The Journal Citation Report, released today, delivers new benefits to enhance users' understanding of journal performance and a 'rich array of publisher-independent data'
Preprints: opportunity or challenge?
Active engagement and collaboration are needed to deliver the promise of preprints, writes Andrea Chiarelli
Elsevier facility to ‘advance evaluation of research’
Elsevier has launched a facility aimed at 'examining and advancing the evaluation of research across all fields of knowledge production
Biologists launch WeChat channel in China push
The Company of Biologists has launched a WeChat channel, 生物学界 CompanyofBiologists, in order to share research, best practice, and publishing advice
Hindawi appoints editors to support open science
Open access publisher Hindawi has updated its journals’ editorial models – by introducing more editors in order to fully serve their communities
Last few spaces for ConTech event
Organisers of the ConTech forum, being held in London next week, have just a few tickets left for the event
Journal explores impact of data science on government policy
An open access journal will explore the role of data science in shaping government policy – and its possible impact on privacy and public…
OA ‘threatens to leave monographs behind’
Open access is still a relatively small part of the monograph landscape, according to a report released today
Jisc expert appointed to accelerate Plan S
Neil Jacobs, head of open science and research lifecycle at Jisc, has been appointed as interim programme manager for the international consortium of research…
SSP keynote: ‘research is not complete until it is communicated’
Mariamawit Yeshak kicked off the SSP annual meeting with an impassioned account of the differences between scholarly and societal impact in African scholarly communications
Call for papers – Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle 2019: DEADLINE EXTENDED
Deadline extended to 21 June. Our 2019 conference will provide librarians and information professionals with an invaluable insight into best practice for delivering the…