(27 June 2019) A gay librarian who was bullied by his colleagues in Yangon posted a final message on Facebook before taking his own life. In his final words, Kyaw Zin Win pleaded not to be reborn in a land of oppressors. Read the full story here.
(25 June 2019) Scholarly publishing tech provider, HighWire, today announced it is proud to support the founders of medRxiv, by providing the hosting and submissions technology that underpins the new preprint server. medRxiv (pronounced “med-archive”), is a collaboration between its founding organizations, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), BMJ and Yale University. It is a free online archive and distribution service for preprints…
(25 June 2019) The Institute for Scientific Information at the Web of Science Group today launched a new report which examines the research performance of the G20 with a visual comparative snapshot for each G20 nation, ahead of the Osaka summit in Japan from 28-29 June. The Web of Science Group is part of Clarivate Analytics…
(25 June 2019) Last week, Jean-François Bonnefon, a behavioral scientist at the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, tweeted that a scientific manuscript he submitted to a journal had been rejected by a bot. The program had flagged his paper for plagiarism, highlighting the methods, references, and authors’ affiliations. “It would have taken 2 [minutes] for a…
(24 June 2019) Dr Marie-Louise Ayres, director-general of the National Library of Australia, is the nation’s top librarian. She talks to Stephen Easton about the culture of innovation that has allowed the NLA to remain an international leader in its field for decades, relying entirely on its own in-house expertise. Read the full interview from Stephen Easton on…
(20 June 2019) Web of Science editor-in-chief Nandita Quaderi has hinted at ‘huge improvements’ in the company’s products in coming years. Speaking in an in-depth interview with Research Information, timed to coincide with the release of the 2019 Journal Citation Reports, Quaderi details her early career as a researcher, a pioneer, and now as a…
Major institutions in the US and China dominate the top ranks for output of quality research articles, but a new normalized Nature Index ranking reveals that some smaller institutes are punching well above their weight. (19 June 2019) In the Nature Index 2019 annual tables, released today, the United States is well ahead of China then…
(17 June 2019) From a guest post on Scholarly Kitchen, “…questions about Open Research are also changing — from “why” to “how” — amidst growing awareness that the required skill sets, both technical and social, are not yet part of the standard training programs for researchers” The authors have compiled a list of resources and…
(22 June 2019) China Literature Limited, a leading online literature platform in China, today announced a strategic partnership with Singapore Telecommunications Limited (“Singtel”), a leading communications technology group in Asia, to collaborate in online literature services and content platform businesses in Southeast Asia. For more details, see the press release here.
(21 June 2019) Atypon, the technology leader in the scholarly publishing market, has acquired RedLink®, the provider of key data and insights for academic publishers, libraries, and consortia. RedLink’s portfolio includes Remarq®, the popular article-sharing, commenting, and annotation platform for researchers. RedLink’s data and engagement products, Library Dashboard, Publisher Dashboard, SiteLeads®, and Remarq®, are a natural…
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