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New agreement expands representation of 1science’s solution to academic libraries in their uptake of open access

1science, announces the appointment of WorldWide Information Services as its sales agent in South Africa and neighboring countries. WWIS will be responsible for the sales of 1science’s integrated solution which supports academic libraries in their uptake of open access, optimizes their subscriptions management, and increases the visibility of their universities’ scholarly production.

This new appointment was made to strengthen 1science’s presence in this new region and to handle all sales and inquiries. « We are pleased to expand our presence in South Africa and to partner with WWIS », says Eric Archambault, President and CEO, 1science. « Extending our products in the region is aligned with our mission to facilitate the flow of knowledge the world over. WWIS is well positioned to support us, as a result of their strong network in and knowledge of the local market. They will enable us to provide the highest level of service to our clients in this region and to respond quickly to their needs. »

About WWIS
WorldWide Information Services (WWIS) was established in 2006 when the management team at the time bought a local subscription agent, Mast Publications from the listed AdvTech Group. The name was selected to better reflect the strategic direction of the company and its mission and vision to enhance commitment in providing world-class subscription management solutions.

Today the company is owned by five Directors and is a leading subscription agent with a client base, which currently includes 90% of South African academic institutions. It is unashamedly proud of its South African origins and ownership and strives to maintain a level of independence, which gives it the freedom to decide on its own destiny, in partnership with a growing base of clients who are loyal to its strong values.

About 1science
1science provides libraries an integrated solution to accelerate their transition to open access. The solution currently comprises three products. With oaFindr, library patrons can easily discover green, gold and hybrid open access peer-reviewed scholarly articles. oaFindr+ continuously updates institutional repositories with metadata and links to open access papers produced by the institutions’ authors, and published anywhere in the world. oaFigr presents bibliometric and open access indicators to support subscription management and strategic planning. 1science, headquartered in Montreal, Canada, is affiliated with Science-Metrix. 1science.com.

For media inquiries:
Elpi Klapa
Marketing Communications Manager, 1science
elpi.klapa@1science.com
1.514.652.3574

For business development inquiries:
Melissa Badenhorst
Marketing Director, WWIS
melissa.badenhorst@wwis.co.za
+27 82 482 1530

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Key milestone for solution to relieve budgets and save time in research communication

Montreal, May 10, 2017-1science enables university and research libraries to radically reduce the time and money spent on accessing and distributing peer-reviewed articles in all fields of research, in all languages, and from all over the world. On four continents, libraries now use 1science products, leveraging 1science’s database of 25 million records to better manage their journal subscriptions, cost-effectively repair, rebuild and expand their journal collections, and quickly fill their repositories.

Libraries worldwide experience growing financial pressures while also being expected to support world class research. Researchers are increasingly short of time, being solicited to do free work everywhere, from peer reviews to helping fill repositories. « There are many solutions to access scholarly literature, but they are either expensive or labor intensive, » states Eric Archambault, 1science’s CEO. « We designed cost-effective solutions to relieve library budgets and to free researchers from time-consuming chores. »

1science’s product line starts with oaFigr, which informs research offices and scholcomm on the current state of their open access efforts compared to a global benchmark. oaFigr is also the best tool available to facilitate libraries’ and documentation centers’ transition to open access, helping librarians calculate offsets for gold and hybrid article processing charges and providing evidence on how to best manage journal subscriptions to maximize value for researchers and students.

The second product, oaFindr is a gateway platform allowing researchers to instantaneously find and download large numbers of peer-reviewed articles and their associated bibliographic records. It provides convenient and flexible access to its growing client base, using the discovery systems and link resolvers offered by EBSCO, ProQuest/Ex Libris and OCLC. A companion product, oaFindr+, helps librarians fill their repositories without having to involve busy faculty and researchers.

1science’s most radical innovation is oaFoldr, the only self-populating and self-updating repository solution on the market. It can be used by research councils, funding organizations and universities that want to almost instantly reach the fill-rate of the most advanced repositories, without having to ask researchers and librarians to spend precious time repeating the work of others.

1science has put in place a global distribution network to service institutions worldwide. Pioneer clients include the École Polytechnique in Montreal, Caltech in California and ETH in Zurich, in addition to other prestigious institutions such as Stanford, McGill and the University of Calgary, and OA leaders such as Trinity University (Texas).

About 1science
1science’s mission is to reduce the time and money spent on knowledge acquisition and diffusion. 1science develops products combining powerful search and analytics capacities with the highest quality, curated scholarly and scientific information. 1science is headquartered in Montreal, Canada, and is affiliated with Science-Metrix, a professional services company specializing in bibliometrics and program evaluation.

For media inquiries:
Eric Archambault
President and CEO, 1science
eric.archambault@1science.com
+1.514.518.0823

Eric is available for any type of media interview.

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Montréal, le 1er juin 2017 – Toute l’équipe de 1science tient à féliciter chaleureusement Ziyun Xu, Ph. D., nouvellement récipiendaire d’un prix d’excellence pour son doctorat du Conseil de l’Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) à Tarragone, en Espagne. M. Xu a reçu son doctorat de l’URV en 2015 sous la supervision d’Éric Archambault, Ph. D. et chef de la direction de 1science et de Science-Metrix. M. Xu introduisait en effet une composante bibliométrique dans sa dissertation sur la traduction et les études interculturelles.
Les prix d’excellence au doctorat accordés par l’URV visent à souligner la très haute qualité des thèses de doctorat. Ziyun Xu était le seul élève du département des lettres et sciences humaines de l’URV à recevoir cette distinction en 2017. Un article coécrit par Ziyun Xu et Éric Archambault peut être téléchargé ici.

À propos de Ziyun Xu

Ziyun Xu a obtenu un baccalauréat en langue et littérature anglaise du Shanghai International Studies University, une maîtrise en interprétation de conférences du Monterey Institute of International Studies, et un doctorat avec distinction en traduction et études interculturelles de l’Universitat Rovira i Virgili en Espagne.
M. Xu agit à titre d’expert réviseur pour Perspectives: Studies in Translatology, une des toutes premières revues dans ce champ d’expertise. Il est interprète judiciaire certifié pour le United Court System de New York et a fourni de nombreux services d’interprétation à l’école de droit de Berkeley ainsi qu’à d’importants cabinets d’avocats américains tels que K & L Gates et Finnegan. Il a travaillé pour des personnalités importantes des domaines de la politique, des affaires et du milieu universitaire, dont trois lauréats du prix Nobel, des secrétaires d’État américains, Bill Gates ainsi que Tim Cook. Il a également travaillé pour des conférences internationales de premier plan ainsi que pour des institutions prestigieuses telles que la Maison-Blanche, le Congrès américain et les universités Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley et la Cornell Business School. Il est actuellement professeur adjoint d’interprétation et de traduction chinoise à l’Université Wake Forest.

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Montréal, le 5 juin 2017 – 1science félicite Science-Metrix à l’occasion de son quinzième anniversaire. 

Notre société sœur, Science-Metrix, chef de file mondiale en bibliométrie et en évaluation des activités liées à la science et à la technologie (S-T), a accompli beaucoup de choses dans les 15 dernières années. Chez 1science, nous sommes très fiers de ses réalisations et nous félicitons toute l’équipe pour leur dur labeur. 

Au cours de la prochaine année, Science-Metrix commencera une nouvelle série sur leur blogue à propos de son travail et de ses opérations. Abonnez-vous au blogue pour être les premiers à recevoir des nouvelles! 

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Montréal, QC, Canada, le 12 septembre 2017

Éric Archambault, président-directeur général de 1science, est fier d’annoncer que sa compagnie fournira ses services à la Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL), basée à Munich, en Allemagne. La société Max-Planck (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, MPG) se joint de ce fait à d’autres institutions de recherche renommées, telles que Caltech et ETH Zurich, qui utilisent des produits 1science, en faisant ainsi un joueur de plus en plus influent dans le monde des systèmes d’information sur la recherche. Grâce à cet accord, les quelques 80 centres de la MPG pourront accéder à 1findr™, la base de données scientifique et technique révolutionnaire de 1science.

La société Max-Planck se place ainsi en première ligne de l’innovation des technologies de recherche et d’accès à l’information. De plus, selon le docteur Ralf Schimmer, directeur de la transmission de l’information scientifique à la MPDL, cette collaboration soutiendra la MPG dans son objectif de s’éloigner des systèmes d’abonnements traditionnels. « La bibliothèque numérique Max-Planck considère 1science comme un partenaire stratégique, qui va aider la société à intégrer systématiquement l’accès aux versions gratuites des publications scientifiques et tiendra un rôle central dans la stratégie dynamique OA2020 », affirme M. Schimmer. 

Le docteur Archambault explique : « En s’associant avec MPDL, 1science perturbe le vieux modèle d’affaires dominé par des technologies désuètes et les idées reçues par rapport aux utilisateurs de la recherche scientifique. » Éric Archambault affirme que ce qui rend 1findr unique est son objectif « de faire tomber les barrières artificielles qui limitent l’indexation des articles évalués par des pairs à moins de la moitié. » 1findr compte 85 millions d’articles ─ remontant aussi loin que 1665 ─ publiés dans des revues scientifiques du monde entier, dans toutes les langues et pour toutes les disciplines. De plus, grâce à la technologie de résolveur de liens oaFindr, cette solution de recherche avancée fournit des hyperliens vers presque 30 millions d’articles offerts gratuitement. 

La bibliothèque numérique Max-Planck fait partie de la société Max-Planck, l’organisation de recherche la plus performante en Allemagne, comptant 18 lauréats du prix Nobel. Avec plus de 80 instituts publiant plus de 15 000 articles par année, la société est aussi l’un des plus grands et prestigieux organismes de recherche au monde. 1science est honorée de la confiance et la reconnaissance lui étant accordées par cette grande institution. 

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Éric Archambault, Ph.D.
PDG, 1science inc.
eric.archambault@1science.com
+1.514.518.0823

Éric Archambault est disponible pour des entrevues.

À propos de 1science : Nous avons fondé 1science, car nous croyons qu’il devrait y avoir des solutions plus efficaces et rentables d’utiliser la recherche scientifique évaluée par les pairs. Nos produits sont destinés aux planificateurs stratégiques et aux décideurs ayant besoin d’information rigoureusement vérifiée, aux bibliothécaires aidant leurs usagers, aux chercheurs s’appuyant sur du savoir scientifique et aux étudiants devant rapidement trouver des faits scientifiques pour leurs travaux de session.

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London Info International 2017

Business Design Center
52 Upper Street
Islington, London, UK
December 5th & 6th, 2017

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ALA Midwinter

Boston, Massachusetts
January 8th-11th, 2016
Booth #1800
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NSF Workshop on Bibliometric Indicators

Arlington, VA
April 6 – 8, 2016

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Collaboration to provide academic libraries a wider content of open access scholarly articles

1science and EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) are pleased to announce their partnership to provide academic libraries access to a vast number of openly accessible scholarly articles when performing a search in EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS).

This is a natural partnership as both parties understand that academic institutions spend time and resources investing in discovery systems while aiming to increase their content, and provide to their users open access articles published in peer-reviewed journals. « We are pleased to be collaborating with EBSCO, a leading force in the discovery service market », says Dr. Eric Archambault, CEO, 1science. « Through this agreement, clients common to EBSCO and 1science conveniently gain access to more than 15.5 million open access, scholarly papers, all directly in EDS. This partnership is in line with our mission to facilitate the flow of knowledge. »

EBSCO Discovery Service creates a unified, customized index of an institution’s information resources, and an easy, yet powerful means of accessing all of that content from a single search box. EBSCO Vice President of SaaS Strategy Tamir Borensztajn says that that this partnership will improve discoverability of content in open access journals. « EBSCO is one of the top providers of traffic to many open access journal websites and it provides high quality indexing for more than 11,000 open access journals. By partnering with 1science, researchers will be able to find and quickly access a wider content to the most relevant information available, within and beyond open access journals. »

1science offers an integrated solution that helps academic libraries increase the uptake of open access articles, the majority of which are from sources other than gold open access journals. With tools to bring open access to the fore, academic libraries can overcome their budget limitations with optimized subscriptions management and increase the visibility of their universities’ scholarly production. Now available through EDS, oaFindr allows library patrons to consistently find and directly download with one click, a rapidly growing number of green, hybrid and gold open access articles published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals.

Common 1science and EBSCO clients who will soon start benefitting from this partnership are The California Institute of Technology, The University of San Francisco and Trinity University.

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is the leading discovery service provider for libraries worldwide with more than 10,000 discovery customers in over 100 countries. EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) provides each institution with a comprehensive, single search box for its entire collection, offering unparalleled relevance ranking quality and extensive customization. EBSCO is also the preeminent provider of online research content for libraries, including hundreds of research databases, historical archives, point-of-care medical reference, and corporate learning tools serving millions of end users at tens of thousands of institutions. EBSCO is the leading provider of electronic journals & books for libraries, with subscription management for more than 360,000 serials, including more than 57,000 e-journals, as well as online access to more than 800,000 e-books. For more information, visit the EBSCO website at: www.ebsco.com. EBSCO Information Services is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., a family owned company since 1944.

About 1science
1science is the leading provider of software tools and analytics to accelerate the transition to open access. The company’s solution currently comprises three products. With oaFindr, library patrons can easily discover green, gold and hybrid open access, scholarly articles published in peer-reviewed journals. oaFindr+ continuously updates institutional repositories with open access papers produced by the institutions’ authors, and published anywhere in the world. oaFigr presents bibliometric and open access indicators to support subscription management and strategic planning. 1science, headquartered in Montreal, Canada, is affiliated with Science-Metrix, a leader in the bibliometrics and research evaluation community.

For media inquiries:
Elpi Klapa
Marketing Communications Manager, 1science
elpi.klapa@1science.com
1.514.652.3574

Kathleen McEvoy
Vice President of Communications, EBSCO
kmcevoy@ebsco.com
(800) 653-2726 ext. 2594

For business development inquiries:
Scott Bard
VP Business Development, 1science
scott.bard@1science.com
1.856.994.3883

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New agreement expands representation of 1science’s solution for increased uptake of open access by universities and college libraries

1science today announces the appointment of Scientific Knowledge Services (SKS) as its sales agent in Central and Eastern Europe. Scientific Knowledge Services will be responsible for sales of 1science’s integrated solution that supports academic libraries in their uptake of open access, optimizes their subscriptions management, and increases the visibility of their universities’ scholarly production.

This agreement will expand 1science’s market visibility and presence in Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Serbia, Moldova, and Bosnia and Herzegovina; all sales and inquiries will be handled by SKS. The deal covers oaFindr, which has close to 20 million links to full-text scholarly papers and is the largest source of open access (OA) papers strictly published in peer-reviewed journals. Other products that will be distributed by SKS include oaFigr, which provides unique insight into scholarly journals subscription management, and oaFindr+, which largely accelerates the uploading of data into an institutional repository.

“We are pleased to partner up with SKS and support academic libraries in their transition to a more open access model,” says Eric Archambault, President and CEO, 1science. “We have great confidence in their strong networks and solid knowledge of the local markets, and also in their ability to provide the highest level of service to our clients in these regions and to quickly respond to their needs.”

SKS is a Swiss company with 20 years of experience in working with academic, public and research libraries, focusing on online electronic resources and solutions. “We are proud to be 1science’s local partner and believe that their innovative OA solutions will make a positive impact in our region,” says Tiberius Ignat, Managing Director of SKS. The company will be collaborating closely with Erik-Jan Van Kleef, Vice-President of Sales & Channel Management at 1science.

About SKS
SKS is a trusted partner to many well-known publishing houses and research solution providers, and is active in Central and Eastern Europe, with its head office in Zug, Switzerland. SKS’s main focus is to find the common ground where the interests of libraries, universities, research organizations and publishers meet, and propose winning solutions for all parties. The company’s efforts lie in understanding each market, by connecting and dedicating time to local librarians, academics, researchers and governmental bodies, and assisting publishers to better serve the specific information needs of each country.

About 1science
1science provides libraries with an integrated solution to accelerate their transition to open access. The solution currently comprises three products. With oaFindr, library patrons can easily discover green, gold and hybrid open access scholarly articles published in peer-reviewed journals. oaFoldr continuously updates institutional repositories with metadata and links to open access papers produced by the institutions’ authors, and published anywhere in the world. oaFigr presents bibliometric and open access indicators to support subscription management and strategic planning. 1science, headquartered in Montreal, Canada, is affiliated with Science-Metrix. 1science.com.

For media inquiries:
Eric Archambault
President and CEO, 1science
eric.archambault@1science.com
1.514.518.0823

For business development inquiries:
Marika Markova, SKS
Executive Director
marika@scientificknowledgeservices.com
+420 607 462 982

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Based on a study of more than 3 million papers, the study shows that traditional scholarly journals need green open access to retain their relevance

1science today announces the availability of the first results of a large-scale study on open access. The results reveal that freely available scholarly papers, otherwise known as open access papers, have a 50% greater citation advantage than papers published in traditional subscription-based journals.

This means that traditional scholarly journals that restrict access by enforcing subscription paywalls and embargoes will lose their relevance for researchers and governments. Researchers want their papers to be cited as it demonstrates the relevance of their research, and governments want papers to be as widely available as possible as a large part of scholarly and scientific research is financed through public funds.

The new research also shows that the widely held belief that open access papers have a greater impact due to them being available earlier than their commercially published versions is not consistent with the large-scale data collected by 1science. In fact, based on a tie series comprising more than 17.4 million papers published between 2000 and 2015, it is clear that open access still suffers from the effect of embargoes enforced by traditional publishers who maintain that they require that delay to keep the subscription model alive.

“This study pretty much closes the debate on the argument of whether or not open access papers have a greater impact,” says Eric Archambault, President and CEO, 1science. “By examining more than 3 million papers, from very diverse sources of citations and over a sufficiently long time, and considering close to 35 million citations, it is the most robust study on the subject to date.”

Read the oaNumber #1 report online: http://www.1science.com/oanumbr.html
Download the oaNumber #1 report: https://1science.com/PDF/oaNumber_OACA_3million_paper.pdf

About 1science
1science provides libraries with an integrated solution to accelerate their transition to open access. The solution currently comprises three products. With oaFindr, library patrons can easily discover green, gold and hybrid open access scholarly articles published in peer-reviewed journals. oaFindr+ continuously updates institutional repositories with metadata and links to open access papers produced by the institutions’ authors, and published anywhere in the world. oaFigr presents bibliometric and open access indicators to support subscription management and strategic planning. 1science, headquartered in Montreal, Canada, is affiliated with Science-Metrix. 1science.com.

For media inquiries:
Eric Archambault
President and CEO, 1science
eric.archambault@1science.com
1.514.518.0823

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New agreement expands representation of 1science’s solution to academic libraries in their uptake of open access

Montreal, August 9, 2016-1science, announces the appointment of Levant as its sales agent in Lebanon. Levant will be responsible for the sales of 1science’s integrated solution which supports academic libraries in their uptake of open access, optimizes their subscriptions management, and increases the visibility of their universities’ scholarly production.

This new appointment was made to strengthen 1science’s presence in this new region and to handle all sales and inquiries. « We are pleased to sign our first Agent in the Middle East, » says 1science CEO Eric Archambault, » being closer to our customers is key in every market , with the expertise of Levant based in Lebanon we are confident that research institutes can benefit of this new relation by staring to use Open Access solutions. ».

“We are very pleased and proud to represent 1science in Lebanon”, says Therese Nasr, Business Development Manager at Levant. “We are also thrilled about working with Erik-Jan Van Kleef, with whom we have had the pleasure of developing a remarkable relationship. As a distinguished platform that provides an integrated solution that facilitates open access and the flow of knowledge, we are certain that our collaboration with 1science will add more value to our scholarly (academic services)”.

About Levant
Levant Distributors was established in 1950. They are the sole distributors of English language magazines, books (school and university books plus trade books) and newspapers in Lebanon. They are also engaged in the distribution of UK, US & French magazines in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and South America. They have offices in New York, London, Paris, Geneva and with headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon.

Levant supplies the main universities in Lebanon with textbooks, reference books, periodicals/journals subscriptions and online products (databases, ejournals and ebooks). They represent many publishers such as Wiley, Springer Nature, Cengage, SAGE, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Taylor & Francis, Emerald, Royal Society of Chemistry etc… For more information, please visit www.levantgroup.com

About 1science
1science provides libraries an integrated solution to accelerate their transition to open access. The solution currently comprises three products. With oaFindr, library patrons can easily discover green, gold and hybrid open access, scholarly articles published in peer-reviewed articles. oaFindr+ continuously updates institutional repositories with metadata and links to open access papers produced by the institutions’ authors, and published anywhere in the world. oaFigr presents bibliometric and open access indicators to support subscription management and strategic planning. 1science, headquartered in Montreal, Canada, is affiliated with Science-Metrix. 1science.

For media inquiries:
Eric Archambault
President and CEO, 1science
eric.archambault@1science.com
+1.514.518.0823

For business development inquiries:
Rana Dally
Head Subscription Department
r.dally@levantgroup.com
Phone: +961 1 488 444 ext. 114
Fax: +961 1 510 655

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1science, whose mission is to facilitate the flow of knowledge, launched today an integrated solution for academic institutions to drastically increase the uptake of open access. Academic libraries can benefit from lower journal subscription costs, insight into subscriptions management and an increase in the visibility of their universities’ scholarly production.

« 1science is set to become a major disruptor in the scholarly, scientific and technical publishing industry, with our comprehensive suite of products for open access quickly gaining interest in academic libraries, » says Dr. Eric Archambault, President and CEO, 1science.

The 1science Library OA Solution includes three innovative first-to-market products: oaFindr, a seamless tool to retrieve all open access scholarly papers in every discipline; oaFindr+, an innovative virtual repository software; and oaFigr, independent reports providing OA statistics.

« We have developed an integrated solution for open access to enable academic institutions to analyze their journal subscriptions and provide them with a reliable, precise search and discovery tool to retrieve all open access articles. This solution will also help them comply with governmental open access mandates, and support them in rapidly increasing the diffusion of their institutions’ scholarly production in a manner that is much less labour-intensive, » says Archambault.

The company signed its first contract with the library of Polytechnique Montréal, a university reputed for its initiatives in innovation and technology. « Our partnership is a natural alliance, » says Mathieu Lampron, VP Product, 1science, a Polytechnique Montréal graduate. « The Polytechnique Montréal library and 1science share similar core values of creativity, collaboration and openness. Their involvement has helped us improve our products. »

« The Polytechnique library is proud to partner with 1science and benefit from its sense of innovation and understanding of the challenges of scholarly communications, » says Sylvain Meunier, Library Director, Polytechnique Montréal. « This is the beginning of a collaboration that will allow us to offer a wide range of resources to our students and professors, while reducing costs and contributing to an ever greater access to knowledge through open access. »

The 1science solution is globally available now to all academic institutions.

1science is officially launching in the US at the Charleston Library Conference on November 4, 2015.

About 1science
1science provides an integrated solution for open access to academic institutions. The company’s Library OA Solution comprises three products: oaFindr, a search and discovery tool for open access, peer-reviewed articles in all disciplines; oaFindr+, a virtual repository solution helping to increase the visibility of universities’ scholarly production; and oaFigr, a decision-making tool for journal subscriptions management. 1science is affiliated with Science-Metrix and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

For media inquiries or for an interview:
Elpi Klapa
Marketing Communications Manager, 1science
elpi.klapa@1science.com
1.514.652.3574

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