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Archives: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

A New Citation Database Launches Today: Digital Science’s Dimensions

Breaking news today: Digital Science is launching a new citation index that includes a research analytics suite a modern article discovery and access experience. This new product, Dimensions, will offer stiff new competition for Elsevier and Clarivate.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Jan 15, 2018
  • 9 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Collision Course — Why Are Funders Straying from Their Lane?

Funders have shifted their focus, and are funding, investing in, or launching initiatives that compete with publishers and constrain researchers. What changed?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 13, 2017
  • 27 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

What the Acquisition of Meta Means for Scholarly Publishers

Meta has been acquired by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. The arrangement will speed up the pace of scientific research and have an impact on scientific publishing.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Feb 3, 2017
  • 11 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

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