US law makes public access of NIH funded research mandatory - December 28, 2007
US President George Bush has signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2007. The Act includes a provision directing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide the public with open online access to findings from its funded research. This is the first time the US government has mandated… Read More
ACP and DocSite partner to provide PIER content to physicians at the point of care - December 28, 2007
The American College of Physicians (ACP) recently announced a partnership with DocSite, a leading provider of patient registries and point-of-care decision support to the healthcare market. Under the deal, ACP will integrate its Physicians' Information and Education Resource (PIER) content into DocSite… Read More
Medknow publications set to launch new OA journal on pediatric cardiology - December 28, 2007
Academic and scientific publisher Medknow Publications, India, has announced the 2008 launch of Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, a peer-reviewed open access publication of the Pediatric Cardiology Society of India. To be published semiannually, the journal will be available online at www.pediatriccardio.org. Articles… Read More
Gale announces new edition of The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health - December 28, 2007
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… Read More
No more registration required to access NEJM - December 28, 2007
American medical journal New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) will now offer free access to original research articles (Original Articles and Special Articles), six-months after publication, with no registration required. The Journal will continue to make articles of immediate public health importance available free to all… Read More
Dear Subscribers - December 28, 2007
STM Publishers can now add their Company to the Knowledgespeak Directory list. You can also update our events calendar, if you are organising an event which may be of interest to the STM publishing community. Also, you can send your company Read More