Company of Biologists launches new journal – Disease Models & Mechanisms - August 6, 2008
The Company of Biologists, UK, has launched a new journal - Disease Models & Mechanisms (DMM) - focusing on translational research and use of model organisms to advance human health. Vivian Siegel will serve as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, the inaugural issue of which was… Read More
OA journal BMC Medical Research Methodology achieves 250th publication mark - August 6, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced that open access journal BMC Medical Research Methodology has achieved its 250th publication. The journal is the seventh medical journal in the BMC series to reach the milestone of 250 publications. The BMC series is a group of… Read More
ebrary designated KnowledgeWorks certified by Serials Solutions - August 6, 2008
E-book technology firm ebrary, US, has announced that it has become the first e-book provider to become Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks Certified. KnowledgeWorks Certified is a new publisher certification programme that helps Serials Solutions to maintain the highest quality bibliographic metadata for e-resources. As a KnowledgeWorks Certified… Read More
Emerald sets up new North American office to better serve authors, editors and customers - August 6, 2008
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced the establishment of Emerald Inc., a subsidiary company incorporated in the US and based in new headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. With a growing number of authors and editors coming from the US, the new… Read More
Attention Subscribers – Benefit now from the Content atomisation initiative from Knowledgespeak - August 6, 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
Open access boosts readership but does not impact citations, says study - August 5, 2008
Open access (OA) or free online articles get read more often, but do not get cited frequently in academic literature, according to a new Cornell study. The findings of the study, published online in the British Medical Journal, are particularly relevant to academic researchers, because the frequency with which a… Read More
