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 American Chemical Society sues Sci-Hub |
The American Chemical Society (ACS) recently filed suit in the United States District Court Eastern District of Virginia against unnamed confederates of Sci-Hub, a self-proclaimed web pirate organisation that steals and then illegally reproduces and disseminates copyrighted scientific research articles on the internet. The suit asserts infringement of the professional Society's copyrights, as well as counterfeiting and infringement of its trademarks.
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Elsevier's Geofacets to include content from the Bureau of Economic Geology to help oil and gas companies uncover new insights in Texas and the Gulf Coast |
Elsevier, the information analytics company specialising in science and health, has announced that content from the Bureau of Economic Geology is now available in Geofacets, Elsevier's information solution for exploration and development. The Bureau's content in Geofacets will help both conventional and unconventional oil and gas companies uncover insights potentially leading to the discovery of economically viable hydrocarbons in Texas, particularly in the Permian and Gulf Coast Basins and other tight oil and shale gas plays in Texas.
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Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science data is foundation for ShanghaiRanking Consultancy's ranking of world's universities |
Clarivate Analytics, the global provider of trusted insights and analytics that accelerate the pace of innovation, has announced that it is the exclusive data provider to ShanghaiRanking Consultancy (formerly Shanghai Jiao Tong University)'s global ranking of world universities in academic subjects. The additional bibliometric data for the ranking came from InCites, an integrated web-based platform powered by the Web of Science. It allows for a more granular and more comprehensive report than in the previous eight years.
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 Ex Libris Alma certified for shared cataloguing with Italian National Library Service network |
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced that the Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle biblioteche italiane e per le informazioni bibliografiche (Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of Italian Libraries and for Bibliographic Information), or ICCU, has certified the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform for use with the shared cataloguing service of the Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale (National Library Service), or SBN. The certification encourages collaboration between libraries, a key capability of the Alma platform.
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 EDP Sciences launches new multi- and inter-disciplinary OA journal - 4open |
EDP Sciences has announced the launch of a new multi- and inter-disciplinary Open Access journal: 4open. 4open promotes excellence and rigour in academic scholarship, disseminating high quality, original research in all subjects across the STEM domain.
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IAEA and SCOAP3 partner to promote open access to particle physics journals |
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently signed a partnership with the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) as a result of which researchers from around the world will soon have increased free access to a wealth of resources in particle physics. The consortium, which is a partnership featuring 3000 libraries, funding agencies and research centres from 47 countries as well as three intergovernmental organisations, enable open access to high-quality subscription journals in the area of particle physics by re-directing subscription funds.
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