OpenAthens to host conference 2018: Championing the user
Federated access management specialist OpenAthens has planned to host one-day conference at the British Library in London on 22 March. The conference is all about discovering the probable challenges and…
Unemployment: A major pitfall in Jordan
Rising unemployment, particularly among the young, has become a matter of concern for Jordan. As specified by the latest official statistics, the rising unemployment rates among university graduates hit 23…
Asia earns back its seat as epicentre of global innovation
Annual study by Clarivate Analytics identifies world's Top 100 Global Innovators on basis of research and development, protection of their IP and the achievement of commercial success. According to the…
China holds the position of world’s enormous producer of scientific articles
According to statistics released on 18 January, by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), first time ever in history, China has overhauled the United States in the field of science…
PLOS attains its publishing milestone, 200,000 Research Articles and Counting
In 2003, PLOS published its first research article and now it has reached the milestone after publishing more than 200,000 research articles across seven Open Access journals. Veronique Kiermer, PLOS Executive…
Higher education is mounting but problems lie forth
According to the latest survey conducted by All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), of the year 2016-2017 released by the government on 5 January, the percentage of young people…
ACS publication clinches 100 million article downloads by researchers worldwide in 2017
The American Chemical Society’s (ACS’) Publications Division, a Society program that offers free public access to published research based on recommendations by the scientific editors of ACS journals, accomplished a…
Universities to ban white supremacist Richard Spencer
University of Florida and Texas A&M University have blocked planned white supremacist rallies on their campuses by the white supremacist Richard Spencer, who leads the National Policy Institute, citing safety…
Alexandra Elbakyan, a science Hacker
Alexandra Elbakyan a23-year-old student of Kazakhstan University has created Sci-Hub, a digital repository housing copies of million scientific journal articles. In 2016, the website claimed to services over 200,000 requests…
Scholars seek open access journal deal
200 German institutions and libraries are boycotting the most renowned journal publisher Elsevier to secure fair pricing and open access to academic journals. The coalition started the process under the…