Universities have to provide ranking data or will get funding cuts
Prakash Javadekar, Human Resource Development minister of India, has announced that the colleges and public Universities which fail to participate in the country’s ranking system will face the consequences. Because…
Japan struggles to main its position in digital era research
Japan’s science research papers published in International journals have dropped by 6% since Budget for the development of Science and technology has been declining since 2012, another problem that is…
A new pilot agreement by MPG and IOP
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG) and IOP Publishing (IOP) are merging to develop a new pilot agreement, for Making Open Access publishing as easy as possible for the researchers. IOP is operating with…
IOP Publishing reveals new look for Physics World
Physics World, the science news website has been re-launched by IOP Publishing, and the phase of development will run through the first half of 2018. The new design is made…
Xi Jinping’s power grab demands a clear western response
Xi Jinping's grab for power without term limits is the biggest move yet in a global shift by Putin. This monumental change has profound implications for both China and the…
PLOS supports the idea to Improve Transparency for Author Contributions
A group of scientific organizations met under the aegis of the US National Academy of Sciences to discuss ways to improve the transparency of author contributions. The recommendations were based…
War hampers scientific research in the Arab region
Persist civil war over the past four years has negatively affected scientific research in the Arab region. The continuous ongoing war has hampered the work of researchers in Yemen too,…
Growing confusion over the term “Knowledge diplomacy”
The word knowledge diplomacy refers to the management or reinforcement of relations between and among countries. Knowledge diplomacy is considered to be the tool that international higher education, research and…
Atypon’s Artificial Intelligence R&D Fuels Four More BioASQ Awards in Semantic Technologies
For the fifth year in succession, Atypon has figured in the International BioASQ Awards competition. Atypon's ongoing R&D on artificial intelligence has led to four awards for four distinctive semantic…
Manchester University Press to Migrate All Books and Journals to PubFactory
Manchester University Press and Sheridan PubFactory are jointly working on a web hosting platform to host all the books and journals of Manchester University Press. Here Manchester University Press can…