The ‘SEAHA CDT collection’ in journal Heritage Science
This blog post has been cross-posted with permission from SEAHA-CDT. The original version can be read here. Following multiple successful publications, we are… Read more »
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BMC Biomedical Engineering: the BMC series expands into engineering!
Today marks a special occasion for the BMC series! We are excited to announce that our first engineering journal, BMC Biomedical… Read more »
Increasing diversity in peer review with transparent mentoring of early career researchers
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How important are open access books to academic authors?
To kick off Academic Book Week in April, Springer Nature held a free event for researchers exploring open access (OA) books,… Read more »
Turning social phenomena into data: measurement instruments for the social sciences (Part 2)
The new BMC journal Measurement Instruments for the Social Sciences is now open for submissions, and we continue our conversation… Read more »
Turning social phenomena into data: measurement instruments for the social sciences
Measurement Instruments for the Social Sciences is a new interdisciplinary open access journal documenting high quality… Read more »