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AEUP to create new online catalogue on ScienceOpen
The Association of European University Presses (AEUP) is to provide a new catalogue service to its members based on digital object identifiers (DOIs). ScienceOpen will provide automation technology and support for an attractive, up-to-date catalogue embedded within a global discovery environment of over 85m records. AEUP is an organisation of and for
university presses across Europe that helps members build stronger relationships with one another, collaborate, and share knowledge in order to achieve common goals, and jointly address important issues in a rapidly changing publishing environment. Stephanie Dawson, ScienceOpen CEO, said: “We are particularly excited about this project because it will showcase the importance of DOIs for books in today’s digital publishing environment and their value for citation tracking and alternative metrics.” With 46 members in 18 countries,
AEUP aims to increase the visibility of member presses and share knowledge and support about scholarly publishing. ScienceOpen will assist AEUP in their mission of knowledge distribution by providing cutting-edge publishing services and facilitating communication between members of the association and scholarly circles in Europe and beyond. Margo Bargheer, Chair of AEUP,
said: “AEUP’s collaboration with ScienceOpen enables our members to present the scientific books of their authors and editors within a powerful scientific network. Readers will be able to identify connections among topics, author networks or cited work, no matter whether they show up in books, journals, articles, or other scientific content available at ScienceOpen.” Many European university presses
are at the cutting edge of FAIR and interoperable metadata. However, AEUP members who are not yet depositing DOIs for books and chapters can use the free BookMetaHub metadata management services to easily create Crossref-ready XML files. In addition, ScienceOpen can provide further support and paid services for customers who have specific needs or projects involving book metadata. This collaboration will help AEUP members to increase the digital reach of their publishing programs.
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Introducing the Forest of Biologists
The Forest of Biologists is a living and growing forest that has been created as part of a new biodiversity initiative that celebrates the contributions of authors and peer reviewers to the journals of The Company of Biologists. For each published research article or
review article, a tree is planted in a UK forest. The company is also funding the restoration and preservation of ancient woodland and dedicating these trees to its peer reviewers. All these trees are also represented together in a virtual forest. For every new piece of research, the forest grows. Claire Moulton, Publisher at The Company of Biologists, explained the reasons behind this initiative: “Our focus on the creation, restoration and preservation of precious woodland habitats reflects widespread concern among biologists worldwide about climate change and a global decline in biodiversity. "After nearly 100 years of publishing journals, facilitating scientific meetings and providing charitable grants to support our communities, we want to play our part in supporting biology too. In linking this initiative to our authors and peer reviewers, we also wanted to acknowledge the extraordinary support we receive from the communities that embrace our journals – Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms, and Biology Open.”
The Company of Biologists
acknowledges that as it aims to make a positive difference, it is important that actions are directed and evaluated by science. It therefore chose to work with the Woodland Trust, the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity focusing on the role that trees and woods play in tackling the threats of climate change and nature loss. John Tucker, Woodland Trust Ambassador, said: “The nature and climate crises we face require urgent action – and that action needs to be directed and evaluated by science. That’s why we are really excited to be working with The Company of Biologists on both the restoration of ancient woodlands and the creation of new woodlands. Ancient woodland is one of our most biodiverse habitats and using these as the building blocks for woodland and habitat expansion give us the best opportunity to address these crises together.” Prof Steven Kelly, Editor-in-Chief
of Biology Open and the person who planted the seed for The Forest of Biologists, said: “I believe this is an important step in the evolution of scientific publishing. Now, our author and reviewer contributions to biological knowledge also contribute to the natural world.” Further information is available at
https://forest.biologists.com.
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