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March 2010
- RSC Publishing announces beta launch of online publications platform powered by Mark Logic. Software solutions provider Mark Logic Corporation, US, has announced that scientific publisher RSC Publishing has launched a new beta publications platform built on MarkLogic Server. For the first time, more than 165 years of Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) content will now be searchable and accessible to the chemical science research community through a single search interface. Read more »
- Springer to publish Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine journal. STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced the addition of the journal Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging to its journals publishing programme. Springer will publish the journal on behalf of the Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine, which has been the publisher of the journal since 1967. Dr. June-Key Chung from the Seoul National University College of Medicine will serve as editor-in-chief. He will be supported by an international editorial board. Read more »
- Baker & Taylor to offer Elsevier content on e-reader software Blio. Baker & Taylor, Inc., a US-based distributor of physical and digital books, has announced an agreement with STM publisher Elsevier to provide highly-formatted content on Blio. Created by knfbReading Technology, Blio is an e-reader software application powered by Baker & Taylor. Read more »
- Thomson Reuters study examines research scenario in Australia and New Zealand. Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has released a study examining research trends in Australia and New Zealand. The study shows broadening international collaboration in the research of Australia and, to a lesser degree, New Zealand, over the past 10 years. The US continues to be the biggest contributor to Australian and New Zealand publications, but of special interest is a sizeable increase of Australia's collaboration with China. Read more »
- Editor may have to quit as Elsevier looks to introduce peer-review for journal 'Medical Hypotheses'. STM publisher Elsevier has reportedly asked the editor-in-chief of the journal Medical Hypotheses to immediately step down or implement a series of changes in his editorial policy, including introducing a system of peer-review. Medical Hypotheses is currently the only Elsevier journal that does not have a system of peer-review. The editor-in-chief decides what gets published, and the manuscripts are edited only very lightly, according to media reports. Read more »
- Nina V. Fedoroff named president-elect of AAAS. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected Nina V. Fedoroff, science and technology adviser to the US Secretary of State and the US Agency for International Development, as AAAS president in 2011. Fedoroff, a geneticist and molecular biologist, is a pioneering researcher in the fields of plant genetics, plant responses to environmental stress, and genetically modified crops. Read more »
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins' new online resource offers expert information on successful journal management. Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced the release of 'The Editors Handbook: An Online Resource and CE Course,' providing expertise in healthcare journal editing, with particular emphasis on nursing journal content. Read more »
- Nature Communications announces Editorial Advisory Panel. Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that Nature Communications has published its Editorial Advisory Panel of over 40 academic experts, on the journal's website at www.nature.com/ncomms/eap. A new online-only journal, Nature Communications is scheduled for launch in April 2010. Read more »
- CRC Press partners with Atypon to launch new CRCnetBASE platform. Scientific publisher CRC Press, US, part of the Taylor & Francis Group, has announced a partnership with publishing software provider Atypon to launch CRCnetBASE 2.0. The new web platform utilises Atypon's software to combine all CRCnetBASE e-book content onto one website. Read more »
- Elsevier journal brings out special issue to mark 25th anniversary of antiretroviral drug development. STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has released a special issue of the journal Antiviral Research, marking the 25th anniversary of antiretroviral drug development. Read more »
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March 2010
- Nature launches Nature Asia-Pacific Publishing Index. NPG Nature Asia-Pacific, the Asia-Pacific wing of Nature Publishing Group (NPG), has launched Nature Asia-Pacific Publishing Index, a website which measures the annual output of research articles in Nature-branded journals from countries and institutions in the Asia-Pacific region. The online service is available at www.natureasia.com/en/publishing-index/. Read more »
- Elsevier journal to host Cellular Host-Pathogen Interactions conference. STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its journal Current Opinion in Cell Biology will host a Cellular Host-Pathogen Interactions Conference, in Amsterdam, from September 5-7, 2010. The event is the first in a new series of conferences sponsored by Elsevier's Current Opinion journals. Read more »
- Springer expands use of CCC's content licensing tool Rightslink. Copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, has announced that STM publisher Springer has expanded its implementation of Rightslink on SpringerImages. Springer has been using Rightslink successfully since 2007 to instantly license customer requests to reuse content from its journals. Read more »
- Springer to publish the European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics. STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it will publish the European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, starting in 2010. The journal, previously published by Swiss publisher Médecine & Hygične, covers all aspects of drug delivery and bioavailability. Read more »
- Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery to be official journal of the American Urogynecologic Society. Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, and the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) have announced the first issue of Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery (www.fpmrs.net) as the official journal of AUGS. Dr. Alfred E. Bent of Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. Read more »
February 2010
- NPG implements RSuite for content management. Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that it has implemented RSuite, a content management system for publishers. NPG publishes journals, online databases and services across the life, physical, chemical and applied sciences and clinical medicine. Read more »
- Nature Publishing Group to be official media partner for 2010 WIN Symposium. Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, will be the official media partner for 2010 WIN (Worldwide Innovative Networking) Symposium, it has been announced. The WIN Consortium is a joint initiative of the Institut Gustave Roussy (France) and the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (USA), in association with several other leading cancer care institutions in the US, Europe, Canada and Asia. Read more »
- Thomson Reuters launches Japanese interface of Web Of Knowledge and EndNote Web . Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that Web of Knowledge and EndNote Web are now available in Japanese. The interface provides every step, from research and analysis to submission and publishing, in the local language to suit Japanese users. Web of Knowledge is also available in Chinese since October 2008. Read more »
- 2009 Collection of Cambridge Journals Digital Archives adds to over a century of research. Cambridge Journals, a division of Cambridge University Press (CUP), US, has completed the 2009 Collection of its Digital Archives, adding to over a century of digitised research material. Over 3.3 million pages are now available in the 2009 Collection, the vast majority of which have never been available online before. Read more »
- Springer adds journal with 150-year tradition to social sciences portfolio. STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced a partnership with the Anthropological Society of Paris to publish the latter's scientific journal Bulletins et mémoires de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris. The journal claims to be the oldest journal on biological anthropology. It has been published by the society itself since 1859, when it was launched parallel to the founding of the Anthropological Society of Paris. Read more »
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March 2010
- Gold Standard/Elsevier launches Clinical Pharmacology Mobile. Drug decision support provider Gold Standard/Elsevier, US, has announced the availability of Clinical Pharmacology Mobile, a mobile device-optimised website offering users access to the features and functions of Clinical Pharmacology. Clinical Pharmacology is an electronic drug information and medication management reference. Read more »
February 2010
- Data quality and methodology key concerns in higher education rankings, says Thomson Reuters study. Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the results of a worldwide survey of opinion leaders at key research institutions. The survey report, New Outlooks on Institutional Profiles (http://science.thomsonreuters.com/m/pdfs/Global_Opinion_Survey.pdf), captures opinions from the global academic community on the most relevant indicators of organisational competence and quality, as well as which indicators they consider important and what they think is wrong with previous methods. Read more »
January 2010
- West Georgia Health System to implement WK Health's ProVation Order Sets. Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that West Georgia Health System (WGHS) has selected ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, to automate the creation, deployment and maintenance of order sets solutions at West Georgia Medical Center. The 276-bed West Georgia Medical Center has been serving the citizens of LaGrange and Troup counties for more than 60 years and is one of only 211 designated rural referral centers in the nation. Read more »
December 2009
- Elsevier's S&T division China and Science News Bi-Weekly announce Scopus Young Researcher Award winners. Science News Bi-Weekly, a news magazine targeting science community in China, and Elsevier's Science and Technology division in China have identified a group of promising young scientists in the fields of Nanosciences, Information sciences, Environmental Sciences and Biological Sciences for the Scopus' Future Star of Researcher Award, the local version of Elsevier's 'Scopus Young Researcher Award'. Read more »
- Reed Construction Data amends lawsuit against McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge. Construction information provider Reed Construction Data (RCD), US, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reed Elsevier, has amended a suit in federal court against McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge, a unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. The amended complaint raises new charges that Dodge unlawfully misappropriated RCD's confidential and trade secret information regarding specific construction projects and used that information to populate its own project database. Read more »
- Elsevier relaunches biomedical database 'Embase'. STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a re-launch of Embase, its biomedical database which holds over 20 million indexed records from more than 7,000 active, peer-reviewed journals. Read more »
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January 2010
- CABI Agricultural Collection now available via Credo Reference platform. Online reference library Credo Reference, US, has signed an agreement to launch a new Publisher Collection from CABI. A set of CABI's reference resources will soon be added to the Credo Reference platform. Read more »
November 2009
- SAGE launches Encyclopedia of Case Study Research. Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of Sage Reference's new two-volume Encyclopedia of Case Study Research. The encyclopaedia claims to be the first available resource to present a comprehensive overview of design and methods in case study research. Read more »
- SAGE Reference titles now available via Credo Reference platform. Online reference library Credo Reference, US, has signed an agreement to launch a SAGE Reference Publisher Collection. Nearly 70 SAGE Reference titles will now be available through the Credo Reference platform. Read more »
April 2008
- Wiley-Blackwell and International Communication Association launch 12-volume encyclopaedia . Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, and the International Communication Association have announced the launch of a new International Encyclopedia of Communication. The encyclopaedia is a 12-volume work containing over 1,300 newly-commissioned entries covering the scholarship, evidence, and methodology of communication research. Read more »
March 2008
- Sage Reference publishes three-volume encyclopedia on global warming. Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of Sage Reference's new three-volume Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change. The General Editor of the encyclopedia is S. George Philander, Knox Taylor Professor of Geosciences at Princeton University and Research Director of ACCESS (African Centre for Climate and Earth System Science) in Cape Town. Read more »
December 2007
- The new Gale Encyclopedia of Diets explores health and nutrition options. Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, recently released The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets: A Guide to Health and Nutrition. This new title is a complete, two-volume set that examines special diets such as a Gluten-free or high protein diet, dieting and popular weight-loss programmes such as the Atkins Diet, dietary concerns, nutritional basics, and some effects of a person's dietary choices on one's health. Read more »
- Gale announces new edition of The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health . Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, recently announced the release of The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health, Second Edition. The new edition is an update to the critically acclaimed Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders and provides two volumes of understandable, yet detailed information on mental disorders and conditions. Read more »
- Gale releases new edition of The Gale Encyclopedia of Science . Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, recently announced the release of The Gale Encyclopedia of Science, Fourth Edition, which fills the gap for science materials written at a level between the highly technical and introductory sources currently available. Read more »
October 2007
- SAGE Reference's new encyclopedia of global health. Academic and professional publisher SAGE has announced the launch of Sage Reference's new 4-volume Encyclopedia of Global Health. Written by an international team of global health experts, the encyclopedia is edited by Dr. Yawei Zhang from the Division of Environmental Health Sciences at Yale University. Read more »
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