Keeping an eye on the horizon
25 June 2019
Miles McNamee serves up some takeaways from HighWire’s digital disruption seminar
Michael Upshall reports on an ongoing survey focusing on artificial intelligence in academic publishing
Industry trends
Rossana Morriello
'A need for an intense collaboration'
25 June 2019
Rossana Morriello assesses the ways in which librarians are supporting research in Italy
Nandita Quaderi
Web of Science promises 'huge improvements'
20 June 2019
Web of Science editor-in-chief Nandita Quaderi has hinted at 'huge improvements' in the company's products
Journal Citation Report 2019 update released
20 June 2019
The Journal Citation Report, released today, delivers new benefits to enhance users' understanding of journal performance and a 'rich array of publisher-independent data'
This article was jointly written by Andrea Chiarelli (pictured), Juliane Kant and Birgit Schmidt on behalf of Knowledge Exchange. Andrea Chiarelli is a consultant at Research Consulting. Juliane Kant is partner representative for the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) in Knowledge Exchange. Birgit Schmidt is head of knowledge commons at Göttingen State and University Library.
Preprints: opportunity or challenge?
19 June 2019
Active engagement and collaboration are needed to deliver the promise of preprints, writes Andrea Chiarelli
Elsevier facility to 'advance evaluation of research'
19 June 2019
Elsevier has launched a facility aimed at 'examining and advancing the evaluation of research across all fields of knowledge production
Digital Science joins Research4Life initiative
19 June 2019
Digital Science is to collaborate with Research4Life in a deal that will give all Research4Life participants access to its Dimensions Plus product
eLife funding to spotlight diversity in science
17 June 2019
The non-profit organisation eLife is piloting a funding scheme to help authors from under-represented groups showcase their research
Biologists launch WeChat channel in China push
14 June 2019
The Company of Biologists has launched a WeChat channel, 生物学界 CompanyofBiologists, in order to share research, best practice, and publishing advice
Last few spaces for ConTech event
11 June 2019
Organisers of the ConTech forum, being held in London next week, have just a few tickets left for the event
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