The global ranking of academic journals’ impact on WeChat announced

Linkresearcher , an academic communication service platform under “Global Science,” the Chinese version of the “Scientific American,” collaborated with Impact Science, a Cactus Communications (CACTUS) brand that provides science communications strategy and tactics, to announce a ranking of academic journals…

San Francisco VA Health Care System announces 2021 Grunfeld Scholars

SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS) has selected four promising medical researchers for the Grunfeld Scholars Research Development Initiative. This initiative, currently in its second year, invests in early-career clinician-scientists to grow the pipeline of…

New nonprofit boosts Research4Life’s mission in lower- and middle-income countries

Wilmington, DC, April 22, 2021 – Friends of Research4Life , a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in the United States, was launched to support the critical mission of the Research4Life partnership to enable full participation in the global information environment. Organizations…

Elsevier launches a trans-inclusive name change policy

London, March 29, 2021 – Elsevier , a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, is proud to launch a trans-inclusive policy for author name changes . This allows authors to retrospectively return to previously peer-reviewed articles of record…

Wiley and IReL sign four year open access agreement to amplify Irish research on the global stage

March 18, 2021 – Hoboken, N.J. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc. today announced a new four-year open access agreement with IReL, an e-resource licensing consortium for Irish institutions, to accelerate open access publishing and increase visibility for more than…

Study highlights barriers for women and marginalized groups in supramolecular chemistry

A new study by the international network Women In Supramolecular Chemistry (WISC) has highlighted the equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) issues faced by women and marginalised groups working within that field. The network has also set out a ‘calling in’…

Wiley and CRUI sign four-year transitional agreement to accelerate open access publishing in Italy

February 24, 2021 – Hoboken, N.J. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc. today announced a new four-year open access agreement with the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI) to accelerate open access publishing among a growing list of more than…

Register now for our Police Misconduct & Qualified Immunity symposium

Please register for the event here: https:/ / host. regform. com/ police-%20misconduct-qualified-immunity-reimagining-we-the-people/ Please join us on Thursday, February 4, 2021, from 9:00am-5:00pm, as Texas Southern University’s Center for Justice Research, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, in partnership with The Earl…

Harvard Data Science Review explores reproducibility and replicability in science

CAMBRIDGE, MA–December 16, 2020– In 2019, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) published a consensus report for the US Congress– Reproducibility and Replicability in Science –which addressed a major methodological crisis in the sciences: The fact that…

C-Path, Ltd. announces new contract with innovative medicines initiative

DUBLIN, Ireland, December 3, 2020 — Critical Path Institute, Ltd. (C-Path, Ltd.) announced today a new contract with the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (IMI2 JU). The new project will leverage C-Path’s global expertise in developing novel product development…

Wiley’s Open Science Ambassador Program encourages scientific collaboration

Hoboken, N.J. and Beijing–October 20, 2020– John Wiley and Sons Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb), a leader in research and education, today introduced its Open Science Ambassador Program . The program acknowledges and supports Chinese thought leaders around the world who embrace…

Wiley partners with DeepGreen Project to enhance open access in Germany

Hoboken, N.J and Munich, Germany–September 29, 2020– John Wiley and Sons Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) and the open access project DeepGreen signed a collaboration agreement to distribute research published under the Wiley/Projekt DEAL agreement to open access repositories throughout Germany. Starting…

UNIST professor receives the 2020 S. Chandrasekhar Prize of Plasma Physics

Hyeon K. Park, Professor in the Department of Physics at UNIST received the 2020 Subramanyan Chandrasekhar Prize of Plasma Physics, becoming the first Korean plasma physicist to earn the prestigious award. On September 10, the Division of Plasma Physics under…

PLOS and LibLynx partner to develop open access analytics

The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and LibLynx announced a partnership today to develop ground-breaking analytics that better communicate the usage and impact of Open Access (OA) content. A critical component in the development of sustainable funding models for OA…

Researchers urge the scientific community to #StopPandemicBias

While there is little doubt that COVID-19 will have lasting impacts on health and the economy, a group of researchers is bringing attention to the effects the pandemic could have on the careers of scientific researchers. Carnegie Mellon University and…

New study unveils ultrathin boron nitride films for next-generation electronics

An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel material that could enable major leaps in the miniaturization of electronic devices. Published in the prestigious journal Nature , this study represent a significant achievement for future electronics.…

New study unveils ultrathin boron nitride films for next-generation electronics

An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel material that could enable major leaps in the miniaturization of electronic devices. Published in the prestigious journal Nature , this study represent a significant achievement for future electronics.…