Impact of Coronavirus on UKRI-supported research UPDATED 24 March 2020: UKRI Open Access Review Consultation UKRI is currently consulting on its proposed Open Access Policy via an online survey consultation. The consultation was launched on 13 February 2020. Due to the coronavirus pandemic we…
Coronavirus Funding Monitor portal now available to research community Frontiers is dedicating part of its open science platform infrastructure to collect and disseminate information relevant to the research communities battling the COVID-19 pandemic using its Coronavirus Knowledge Hub. As part…
OpenAthens announces winner of best publisher UX award 2020 Leading single sign-on provider OpenAthens has announced the winner of its inaugural best publisher user experience (UX) award for 2020. The identity and access management specialist revealed winner Emerald Publishing and its Emerald…
The Company of Biologists selects Silverchair to host biology publications (Charlottesville, VA and Cambridge, UK) - 31 March 2020 Silverchair and The Company of Biologists today announced a new partnership to host the leading, peer-reviewed journals published by The Company of Biologists,…
Learned Publishing - April 2020 issue is now online Articles from the April issue should interest everyone working in publishing... Marketing: we have two articles in this issue: Who shares health and medical articles on Facebook? And a case study of WeChat by a Chinese publisher.Ethics: Read a…
Covid-19 update from SIAM - Free resources and remote access 2 April 2020: During this unprecedented time, we at SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) want to send our very best wishes to the institutional librarians in our community and everyone in your networks. Our staff are at…
British Institute of Radiology response to COVID-19 The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) will be fast-tracking peer review for any submissions relating to COVID-19 to any of their journals. Accepted papers will be published via a CC-BY licence with all APCs waived. Off-campus access to readers…
Update from Hindawi on helping to disseminate research on COVID-19 We have introduced a fast-track workflow for papers submitted on coronavirus/COVID-19 which are suitable for publication. To this end, we have signed up to the Wellcome statement on sharing data and findings related to COVID-19 and…
EASE advocate for high editorial standards to respond to COVID-19 The European Association of Science Editors encourages all editors to ensure that reports of research on COVID-19 meet required standards and comply with agreed guidelines, and that any limitations are clearly stated. Members of…
