(9 Aug 2023) The Microbiology Society and National Taiwan University (NTU) are pleased to announce a five year transformative agreement, starting in 2024. The Publish and Read agreement, the first for the Microbiology Society in Taiwan, will allow affiliated researchers to publish an unlimited number of Open Access articles and enjoy full read access in…
(8 Aug 2023) Unbound Medicine®, a leader in knowledge management solutions for healthcare, today launches Unbound Scenarios. This new case-based learning environment is integrated with the Nursing Central platform to help students learn the clinical judgment skills required to become practice-ready nurses as well as master the updated NCLEX licensure exam. Developed in partnership with educators…
(3 Aug 2023) Academics, publishers and funders are being invited to test a beta version of Dimensions AI Assistant, a new research tool designed to enhance how users engage with the wealth of knowledge available on Dimensions, among the world’s largest linked research databases. Dimensions AI Assistant, launched by Digital Science, uses advanced artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to…
(1 Aug 2023) The Dialog Solutions brand has been integrated into Clarivate. Following the acquisition of Dialog Solutions as part of the ProQuest M&A in December 2021, Dialog Solutions products and services will be folded into the Clarivate portfolio of offerings for Life Sciences & Healthcare. The migration of these products and services into…
The Scopus, Dimensions and Web of Science databases are introducing conversational AI search. (2 Aug 2023) The conversational AI-powered chatbots that have come to Internet search engines, such as Google’s Bard and Microsoft’s Bing, look increasingly set to change scientific search, too. On 1 August, Dutch publishing giant Elsevier released a ChatGPT-like artificial-intelligence (AI)…
(26 Jul 2023) Springer Nature has acquired protocols.io – a secure platform for developing and sharing reproducible methods. Scientific advancement depends on data credibility and work that can be verified, built upon and reproduced. Sharing all elements of research, including data, methods and materials, and even negative results, makes research more efficient, enables reproducibility and therefore…
(18 Jul 2023) Oable, Wiley’s cross-publisher payment and reporting solution for institutions, and RightsLink for Scientific Communications, the industry-trusted platform for shared Open Access (OA) management by Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), are partnering to connect libraries and publishers globally. The agreement between the two companies entails the seamless exchange of metadata between two market-leading systems with…
(13 Jul 2023) Clarivate Plc (NYSE: CLVT), a global leader in connecting people and organizations to intelligence they can trust to transform their world, today announced the integration of ProQuest™ Dissertations & Theses Global with its renowned Web of Science™ platform. This integration enables researchers to gain quick and easy access to a vast multidisciplinary collection…
(11 Jul 2023) Bloomsbury has announced the launch of a pilot program for a collective-action funding model for open-access books. Bloomsbury Open Collections seeks to spread the cost of open-access publications across multiple organizations while providing private benefits to participating libraries. Bloomsbury is the first commercial publisher to pilot such a model, and aims to…
(11 Jul 2023) Karger Publishers is thrilled to announce its latest partnership with ChronosHub, a platform offering a 360-degree approach to Open Access (OA) Management. This new collaboration benefits Karger’s institutional customers by fostering effective compliance and license management, improved handling of article processing charges and other related costs, billing, and collection, as well as…