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As we approach the end of a difficult 2020, EDP Sciences is pleased to host the fourth scientific writing masterclass with the Université Paris Saclay. Taking place online 14-15 December 2020, this masterclass aims to support distance learning for researchers and PhD students in the engineering and materials science discipline.
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Paris, France, 3 December 2020: EDP Sciences and the Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles (SMAI) are delighted to learn that SMAI’s application for funding from the Fonds national pour la science ouverte (FNSO) has been successful. SMAI and EDP Sciences can therefore press ahead with plans to transition the maths journals1 they publish in partnership to open access under the Subscribe to Open model with the necessary financial support to give this initiative the best possible chance of success.
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EPJ Web of Conferences is pleased to welcome to its platform the proceedings from ND 2019: International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, at which scientists and engineers were invited “to present their achievements, share their insights and facilitate potential cooperation”.
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The agreement offers Jisc members a special rate and the chance to demonstrate their ongoing commitment to open access by supporting ‘Subscribe to Open’ journals
Paris, France, 10 November 2020: EDP Sciences is pleased to announce an exciting partnership with Jisc, the membership organisation providing digital solutions for UK education and research. From 1 January 2021, for a fixed, discounted price, the ‘EDP Sciences Flexible Maths Journals Package 2021-2023’ offers online read access to four (out of six) maths journals, with no fees to publish and a green compliant option for all Plan S funded articles.
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Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena (MMNP) is pleased to announce that all articles from the “Coronavirus: Scientific insights and societal aspects” special issue can now be accessed in HTML and ePUB formats, in addition to the traditional PDF format. With these additional formats, we are making research on mathematical modelling of the Covid-19 epidemic more easily accessible to researchers, students, and the public alike.
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EDP Sciences is thrilled with the completion of its third scientific writing workshop in partnership with Paris Saclay University earlier this month. This workshop, aimed at PhD students in chemistry, was the first fully online scientific writing masterclass conducted. With 13 participants joining remotely, EDP Sciences is pleased that the workshop was a success.
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Web of Conferences broadens its comprehensive conference proceedings package to include video presentations
Web of Conferences is pleased to offer conference organisers online video publication as part of its conference proceedings publication service. Complementary transcription and translation options are also available on request, as well as video editing and segmentation to enrich metadata. This is a new departure for Web of Conferences in association with Cadmore Media, the expert in video streaming for scholarly publishing. Cadmore Media extends a wealth of experience providing video content with DOIs, descriptive metadata, and full search-text.
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Acta Acustica, the journal of the European Acoustics Association (EAA), opens its first special issue since its relaunch as an open access journal in January 2020. Editors are seeking submissions on the topic of “Auditory models: from binaural processing to multimodal cognition”. The deadline for submissions is March 2021. Articles will be published as soon as they are available.
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“Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion”
“Science should not be a luxury and knowledge should not be a commodity, it should be a basic human right.” – Jack Andraka, Open Access Week 2014
COVID-19 has undoubtedly shone a light on the need for accessible research. As the pandemic continues and researchers work hard to enhance the world’s knowledge of the virus, open access research offers an opportunity to build a more equitable system of knowledge sharing. Open Access Week 2020 celebrates the theme of “Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion” and we are pleased to reflect briefly on some steps we have taken which support this theme.
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Paris, France, 14 October 2020: EDP Sciences is pleased to announce that Mechanics & Industry, the official journal of the Association Française de Mécanique (AFM), will publish all articles open access from January 2021. M&I has been co-published in English with EDP Sciences since 2004 and is widely recognised and appreciated in its field.