(18 Nov 2020) SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, is pleased to announce a partnership with the global open-knowledge platform, The Lens, a robust and comprehensive resource of linked datasets of scholarly and patent works run by Cambia, a long-established global social enterprise. Under the agreement, all scholarly citation and patent citation data for…
(18 Nov 2020) The Japan Alliance of University Library Consortia for E-Resources (JUSTICE) and Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, have signed an agreement on a new three-year proposal for subscription publishing with measures to support Japan’s open access (OA) goals, effective January 1, 2021. This is the first such agreement for Elsevier in Japan…
(16 Nov 2020) Clarivate Plc, a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to accelerate the pace of innovation, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has released their joint report ‘Research Fronts 2020’ to identify the hottest and emerging areas in scientific research. The seventh annual collaborative report between Clarivate and CAS was launched at…
(8 Nov 2020) Karger Publishers supports scientists in evaluating their manuscripts for reproducibility. Karger has started a trial with the artificial intelligence (AI) based methods review tool SciScore, which assesses reproducibility of research. Initially, SciScore analyzes four of Karger’s journals, including 28,690 articles. This provides insight into the reproducibility and transparency of the research, both…
(2 Nov 2020) EndNote 20 combines a modern, intuitive user interface with powerful features and flexibility to improve researcher and student experience in delivering papers. Clarivate Plc, a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, today publicly released the new and enhanced EndNote™ 20, the reference management solution…
(25 Oct 2020) As the COVID-19 crisis continues to disrupt higher education, ITHAKA is extending the JSTOR and Artstor expanded access program through June 30, 2021 to help institutions in their shift to remote teaching. Institutions that have opted in don’t need to take any action — they will continue receiving access to unlicensed JSTOR…
(22 Oct 2020) In support of Open Access Week, ChronosHub is pleased to announce the public availability of the Journal Finder Beta, a tool to guide authors through the increasingly complicated journal selection and submission process. The beta release of the Journal Finder makes use of data directly collected from publishers in combination with several…
(21 Oct 2020) Turnitin, a leading provider of academic integrity and assessment solutions, announced today it has acquired ExamSoft, a software-based assessment platform, from Spectrum Equity. ExamSoft empowers educational institutions and certification and licensure programs to protect exam integrity, streamline assessment processes, and improve learning outcomes. Turnitin has been building and broadening its assessment capabilities since…
(14 Oct 2020) iGroup is partnering with University of Toronto Press, Canada’s leading scholarly publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America, with particular strengths in the social sciences, humanities, and business. With more than 115 years of publishing experience serving the changing needs of journal editors and managers, UTP’s Journals…
(8 Oct 2020) Today, arXivLabs launched a new Code tab, a shortcut linking Machine Learning articles with their associated code. arXivLabs provides a conduit for collaboration that invites community participation while allowing arXiv developers to focus on core services. This Code feature was developed by Papers with Code, a free resource for researchers and practitioners to find and…