Acta Crystallographica E converts to OA - March 11, 2008
The journal Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online has converted to open access (OA). Published by the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), the journal provides a simple and easily accessible publication mechanism for the growing number of inorganic, metal-organic and organic crystal structure determinations. Articles will be published under… Read More
MIT libraries subscribe again to SAE database following removal of FileOpen - March 11, 2008
MIT faculty, students and staff will now have access to the Society of Automotive Engineer's (SAE) technical papers over the web again. Last spring, the MIT libraries cancelled their web access to the SAE technical papers, because the society was imposing a Digital Rights Management (DRM) plug-in called FileOpen that… Read More
Jan Velterop to quit Springer - March 11, 2008
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that Jan Velterop, the company's Director of Open Access, and a driving force behind Springer Open Choice, will be leaving Springer to pursue a new career as CEO of KnewCo Inc. Velterop joined Springer in August 2005 from BioMedCentral, an… Read More
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Wiley-Blackwell study points to rapid growth in Singapore’s research output - March 10, 2008
Singapore's research output is currently growing exponentially, according to data collated by publisher Wiley-Blackwell and presented by Bibliometrics Director Iain Craig at a recent research seminar held by the company. Wiley-Blackwell analysed Singapore's scientific productivity using bibliometric data provided by Thomson Scientific. Bibliometrics is the comparative analysis of quantity and… Read More
Elsevier to hold global meet on hybrid materials in 2009 - March 10, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced Hybrid Materials 2009: The First International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials, which will take place in Tours, France, from March 15-19, 2009. Research in hybrid materials has experienced a 14 percent annual growth in published papers in recent years… Read More
