Scopus adds pre-print research abstracts from publishers - July 29, 2008
Abstracting and indexing database Scopus, part of STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it has added 'Articles-in-Press' (AiP), abstracts of accepted research papers published prior to being printed, from journals produced by Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers, and Nature Publishing Group (NPG). Later this year,… Read More
Thomson Reuters adds new features to ISI Web of Knowledge platform - July 29, 2008
The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that new features have been added to ISI Web of Knowledge. Most notably, a citation mapping tool has been incorporated to provide researchers with a visual result to their research. The citation mapping tool tracks an article's… Read More
Oxford University Press announces forthcoming journal on OA databases in biology - July 29, 2008
Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced plans to launch a new online-only journal - The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation. Computational biologist David Landsmann will serve as the journal's editor-in-chief. Scheduled for launch in January 2009, the Journal of… Read More
Neurotherapeutics brings out special issue on new treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease - July 29, 2008
The editors of the journal Neurotherapeutics have announced that the journal's July issue is dedicated to 'Novel Therapeutics for Alzheimer's Disease.' Published by Elsevier, Neurotherapeutics is the journal of the American Society of Experimental NeuroTherapeutics (ASENT). The issue coincides with the 2008 Alzheimer's Association International Conference… Read More
Thieme Publishers report strong performance in 2007 Journal Citation Reports - July 29, 2008
Thieme Publishers, part of STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced a significant increase in impact factors as reported in the Thomson Reuters 2007 Journal Citation Reports (JCR). Its journals experienced substantial increases across the majority of subject areas, including key fields such as Critical… Read More
Attention Subscribers – Benefit now from the Content atomisation initiative from Knowledgespeak - July 29, 2008
Knowledgespeak is planning to atomise its content. A preliminary but significant initiative has already been taken in this direction. For an internationally esteemed association, we have repackaged and categorised our news under various topics to suit the information needs of its members. We are exploring other possibilities of bringing a… Read More
