Retraction Watch, 6 May 2020 - The circle of life, publish or perish edition: Two journals retract more than 40 papers

Title:
The circle of life, publish or perish edition: Two journals retract more than 40 papers

Published:
Retraction Watch, 6 May 2020

From the article:
"A Springer Nature journal has retracted 33 articles — 29 from one special issue, and four from another — for a laundry list of publishing sins, from fake peer review to plagiarism to stealing unpublished manuscripts.  

And an Elsevier journal has retracted ten papers recently for duplication — of ten of the Springer Nature journal’s papers."

To read more:
https://retractionwatch.com/2020/05/06/the-circle-of-life-publish-or-perish-edition-two-journals-retract-more-than-40-papers/

Elsevier's latest gender report (4 March 2020) - The researcher journey through a gender lens

Title of report:
The researcher journey through a gender lens

Pubished:
Elsevier, 4 March 2020

Focus:
"Elsevier’s latest gender report, The Researcher Journey Through a Gender Lens, examines research participation, career progression and perceptions across the European Union and 15 countries in 26 subject areas."

You can download this report for free:
https://www.elsevier.com/connect/gender-report

Ireland - First open access science programme signed with Elsevier

Title:
First open access science programme signed with Elsevier

Published:
University World News, 20 February 2020

From the article:
"A consortium of publicly funded Irish higher education institutions and Elsevier, the 140-year-old publisher and ‘global leader in information analytics’ specialising in science and health, have agreed to the country’s first open access programme with a major scientific publisher, an important step towards the goal of securing full open access to Irish research publications."

To read this article:
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200220123901439