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24 March 2016

Springer Nature appoints Steven Inchcoombe as Chief Publishing Officer and member of Springer Nature Board Springer Nature, a global research, educational and professional publisher, has announced the appointment of Steven Inchcoombe, previously Managing Director, Nature Research Group, to the newly created role of Chief Publishing Officer, Springer Nature. He has also been appointed as a member of the Springer Nature Board. In this role, Steven will assume a broader remit within the Springer Nature research organisation than previously. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Global research impact needs evidential support, says new Digital Research report Digital Science, together with an international collaboration of leading higher education professionals and policy experts, has called on research institutions to demonstrate solid evidence of their impact on both society and the economy. As more countries hold research institutions accountable for the socio-economic impact of research, the report gathers insight and guidance from leading professionals across the globe. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Portland Press launches two new journals - Neuronal Signaling and Emerging Topics in Life Sciences Academic publisher Portland Press has announced the launch of two new journals - Neuronal Signaling and Emerging Topics in Life Sciences - promoting and sharing high quality internationally-recognised life science research. Both titles will be published by Portland Press. The inaugural issues of these journals are scheduled for early 2017. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme New web service, SHERPA REF, to clarify journal compliance with REF Jisc, in collaboration with the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), have announced the availability of SHERPA REF. SHERPA REF beta is a web service – funded and endorsed by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) – that allows authors and institutions to quickly, accurately and easily check whether a journal they wish to publish in complies with open access (OA) policy for the Research Excellence Framework (REF). More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Genes & Nutrition moves to BioMed Central Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced that the Genes & Nutrition journal will publish exclusively open access articles and move to BioMed Central. The journal, which is published with The Nutrigenomics Organization (NuGO), examines the relationship between genetics and nutrition, with the ultimate goal of improving human health. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme IEEE introduces four eLearning courses and a new Massive Open Online Course IEEE has announced the availability of four new IEEE eLearning courses through the IEEE Standards University, and a new IEEE MOOC entitled Innovation and Competition: Succeeding through Global Standards. The IEEE Foundation Fund and the IEEE Life Members Fund provided funding for the MOOC, which can be accessed at no cost and is delivered via edX, a leading provider of online learning. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Dr. Hans-Joachim Priebe named Executive Editor of A&A Case Reports The International Anesthesia Research Society has announced that Dr. Hans-Joachim Priebe has accepted the position of Executive Editor of A&A Case Reports, a peer-reviewed online journal focused on sharing and discussion of informative clinical cases in anesthesiology, critical care and pain management. Dr. Priebe is Professor Emeritus of Anesthesia at Albert-Ludwigs-University Frieburg, Germany. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Holiday Notice This is to inform our esteemed subscribers that there will be no newsletter dispatch on March 25, 2016 on account of Good Friday. We will resume our newsletter service on Monday, March 28, 2016. The newsletter will contain all the headlines that have appeared after the March 24th issue. Brought to you by Scope e-Knowledge Center, a world-leading provider of metadata services, abstraction, indexing, entity extraction and knowledge organisation models (Taxonomies, Thesauri and Ontologies).   You are receiving this email newsletter as part of your Knowledgespeak membership. You can unsubscribe instantly from any of our email newsletters by clicking here.

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