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13 July 2018

SPARC Europe announces new research initiative on open incentives and reward systems SPARC Europe has announced that it is undertaking a new research initiative that will shed light on the various patterns of rewards and incentives being employed by funding organisations as well as those that address openness of the research they fund. Funders are crucial players in the advancement of Open Access and Open Science. Their use of rewards and incentives have a huge impact on whether or not research they support is ultimately published via Open journals and other channels - freely available to all. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme New analysis reveals OA journals have clear citation advantage over subscription journals In 2017, 16 percent of peer-reviewed papers worldwide were published in fully Open Access journals, according to SCImago (2018). After over two decades of the Open Access revolution, this is a far cry from the aspired 100 percent. One of the many reasons why the transition to Open Access turned out to be so difficult is the debate whether Open Access can produce scientific excellence. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme The CCDC and FIZ Karlsruhe launch joint deposition and access services for crystal structure data The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) and FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure (FIZ Karlsruhe) have announced the launch of their joint deposition and access services for crystallographic data across all chemistry. These services will enable researchers to share data through a single deposition portal and explore all chemical structures for free worldwide. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Clarivate Analytics and Zoological Society of London honour BBC ocean documentary, Blue Planet II As part of the close association of Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and Zoological Record, Clarivate Analytics sponsors an annual ZSL award for communicating zoology, presented in recognition of communication of a zoological nature that has an outstanding impact on a general audience. For 2017, the ZSL awards committee received nominations and selected the TV series Blue Planet II as the recipient. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme OCUL members opt for Ex Libris Alma and Primo solutions Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) has selected the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform and Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution. Thirteen OCUL libraries, including six ARL members, chose to move forward and participate in a collaborative purchase of the Alma and Primo solutions. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme   Brought to you by Scope e-Knowledge Center, a trusted global partner for digital content transformation solutions - Abstracting & Indexing (A&I), Knowledge Modeling (Taxonomies, Thesauri and Ontologies), and Metadata Enrichment & Entity Extraction.   Do you have relevant news articles to share with us? Click here to send a press release   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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