GDCh.academy

The GDCh (German Chemical Society) is offering a variety of chemistry related advanced training courses on their academy website.
The program includes:

Online courses
Live courses with exchange options (breakout rooms, chats, etc.)
E-learning courses
Digital course with a variety of learning materials and flexible learning times (live sessions, chats / forums, self-study, etc.)
Face-to-face courses
Courses take place on site (with appropriate hygiene concepts)

If you are interested to see what courses are availiable, check out the
2022 training program.

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New: GDCh.app

The GDCh (German Chemical Society) has developed and released a new app for your smart-devices. In accordance with the GDCh executive committee’s vision, this new application aims to connect members and keep them updated, wherever they are.

Features include:

  • about 7000 articles related to chemistry
  • contents of “Nachrichten der Chemie”
  • press releases
  • personalized & public member profiles
  • social media notifications
  • and much more…

You can download the app on the Google PlayStore (Android), the
App Store (iOS) or take a look at the web application.

DPG: The future of scientific publishing

The Executive Board of the German Physical Society (DPG) has published the “Position Paper on the Future of Scientific Publishing“, in which the positions of practicing scientits are presented in detail.

This includes their point of view on Open Acces, Cost & Data transparancy and barrier of entry in the publishing sector.

Full statement download (PDF): English
Full statement download (PDF): German

ChemRxiv Preprints

Since the release of the ChemRxiv beta version in 2017, the support and usage of the free archive service for unpublished preprints in chemistry has increased tremendously. Since August 2019 the Chinese Chemical Society and the Chemical Society of Japan became co-owners of ChemRxiv, joining the founding societies the American Chemical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the German Chemical Society.

Just recently the 10.000th preprint article has been uploaded to the archive. The most prevalent topics include:

  • computational chemistry (2911 entries)
  • organic chemistry (2142 entries)
  • physical chemistry (2139 enties)

and many more…

Here are some useful tips in case you want to submit your preprint!

Or take a look at the ChemRxiv FAQ incase you have other questions.