ALPSP shortlists candidates for Best New Journal and Publishing Innovation awards - July 23, 2008
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), US, has announced that Best New Journal and Publishing Innovation awards will be announced on September 11, at the ALPSP International Conference at Beaumont House in Berkshire. The Association has already shortlisted the candidates for the two… Read More
Pharmaceutical Science division of Informa reports high journal impact rankings - July 23, 2008
Medical scientific publisher Informa Healthcare, UK, a division of Informa plc, has announced that its Pharmaceutical Science division has posted the highlights of its latest Journal Impact Factor results, with impressive results across the division's range of titles. Critical Reviews in Toxicology, currently ranked second out… Read More
Veteran media executive Gordon Crovitz joins ProQuest Board - July 23, 2008
ProQuest, a Cambridge Information Group company, has announced that veteran media executive L. Gordon Crovitz has joined the Company's Board of Directors. Crovitz has more than 25 years of US and global business operations experience at Dow Jones, including his role as publisher of The Wall… Read More
Attention Subscribers – Benefit now from the Content atomisation initiative from Knowledgespeak - July 23, 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
Special panel discussion to bridge the digital divide held at ESOF 2008 - July 22, 2008
HINARI Access to Research Initiative has announced that a special panel discussion, 'Bridging the Digital Divide by 2015: partnering to provide the developing world with critical research' was held on July 19th at the 3rd EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF 2008) in Barcelona, Spain. The ESOF 2008… Read More
APA reconsiders charge to meet NIH norms following criticism from OA community - July 22, 2008
The American Psychological Association (APA) is reportedly reconsidering its plans to charge authors to fulfil the open access (OA) mandate of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). APA had initially proposed to charge authors $2,500 per manuscript to deposit the final peer-reviewed manuscript in PubMed Central… Read More
