All papers in Plant Physiology by American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) members are to be published with full open access.
HFSP Publishing is launching the HFSP Journal, Frontiers of Interdisciplinary Research in the Life Sciences to foster communication between scientists publishing innovative interdisciplinary research at the interface between biology and the physical sciences.
Thomson Pharma, the drug discovery and development information solution, has been enhanced with a new module that provides regulatory, legal and scientific information for development and registration of medicinal products and biologics.
Springer has begun publishing Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing (MBEC), the official journal of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering.
Springer and the Nano Research Society have announced a new partnership to publish Nanoscale Research Letters (NRL), one of the first nanotechnology journals from a major publisher to publish articles with open access.
Wayne Sime discusses his hopes for the future of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
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Vivek Mehra explains how the English language is dominating global communication and changing school structure
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Rossana Morriello assesses the ways in which librarians are supporting research in Italy
Nandita Quaderi – editor-in-chief of the Web of Science – champions objectivity, selectivity, and data integrity
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.
Active engagement and collaboration are needed to deliver the promise of preprints, writes Andrea Chiarelli
