Canada’s journal on public health will be published by Springer, which also will co-publish ‘Flow Chemistry’ with Budapest’s Akadémiai Kiadó in January.
Blockchain Potential in Scholarly Publishing: New Report from Digital Science
‘It would make larger parts of the research cycle open to self-correction,’ says the Digital Science report’s author, but so might ‘a less drastic change.’
Industry Notes: Publishing Scotland Translation Grants; Marine Science Reference Award
The Publishing Scotland translation fund sets a deadline for its second round of applications for grants. And Springer’s ‘Marine Geosciences’ is honored.
Peer Review Week: Nature Research Offers Free Training; De Gruyter opens ‘Science Discoveries’
One of the world’s leading journal programs has begun offering free training in peer review: ‘We truly appreciate the service that peer reviewers provide.’
Apex CoVantage: Publishing Technology Continues to Evolve the Industry
This article is sponsored by Apex CoVantage and offers a new guide, ‘Gain a Competitive Advantage With These Emerging Technologies,’ for publishers.
Managing Rights in Customized Publishing: Risk and Reward
Rights today ‘are much more stringently controlled than in the past,’ says Klopotek’s David Hetherington ahead of London Book Fair.
Germany’s Thieme Acquiring Schattauer Verlag
‘Not only our topics and quality standards, but also the location of our headquarters’: German STM publishing specialists Thieme and Schattauer will merge.
Nature Index Flashes an EU-UK Warning Signal
In its newly released 2016 supplement on research collaborations, Springer’s Nature Index finds rising research collaborations between the EU and UK imperiled by Brexit concerns.
STM Publishing Continues to Drive Revenue, Innovation
Valued at $35 billion annually, STM publishing can rightly pride itself on its history of being innovative — a tradition that is only getting stronger.
The Next Wave of Open Access: 5 More Predictions for 2016
For Open Access Week, Rob Johnson, founder and director of Research Consulting, offers five more predictions for Open Access Publishing in 2016.