Study shows strong appetite for ‘broader impacts’ among researchers undermined by skills and knowledge gaps Kudos, the award-winning service for accelerating research impact, has announced headline results from a recent study of researchers’ efforts to achieve broader impacts of their research.…
Efficiencies that can make publishers more profitable in difficult times Nearly two thirds of publishers take more than a month to process permission requests to use their content, new research from PLS shows. An analysis of publishers’ own published response times to permissions requests…
BMJ and Asian Development Bank launch new Coronavirus Information Centre BMJ provides coronavirus resources to support healthcare workers in 49 countries Leading healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has agreed a partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to launch a new online Coronavirus…
Kudos invites partners for study of impact of COVID on research sector budgets, policies and publishing strategies Study will identify rapidly emerging needs, enabling publishers, societies and providers of related services to react quickly and plan effectively for 2021 and beyond Kudos, the…
Academic e-books campaign - The Bookseller Campaigners demand government investigates 'exorbitant' academic e-book market An open letter by a group of academic librarians, researchers and lecturers has been posted online complaining that the licensing and pricing of academic e-books is leaving…
IOP Publishing appoints new sales and marketing director Julian Wilson to lead global sales and marketing teams IOP Publishing (IOPP) has appointed Julian Wilson as the company’s new sales and marketing director. He will be responsible for the development and execution of the global sales and…
Kudos announces Royal Society of Chemistry as inaugural sponsor of research into effect of COVID-19 on research funding and publishing Co-operative research project provides publishers, societies and service providers with cost-effective way to gain strategic insights about the implications of…
New Editor-in-Chief for British Journal of Sports Medicine Professor Jonathan Drezner takes up his post for specialist BMJ journal in January Professor Jonathan Drezner, a family medicine doctor specialising in sports medicine, has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal…
ALPSP announces further support for C4DISC The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is pleased to announce that it has provided additional commitment and support through full membership of the Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications…
OpenAthens opens submissions for Best Publisher User Experience Award 2021 Leading single sign-on provider OpenAthens is now accepting submissions for its Best Publisher User Experience Award 2021. The identity and access management specialist is calling for applications from online publishers…
