National Research Council of Canada joins multilateral alliance for governance of global science gateway - July 7, 2008
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has joined a multilateral alliance to govern a quickly growing online access point to the world's research information - WorldWideScience.org. Officials representing 38 countries recently met in Seoul, Korea, to move WorldWideScience.org from a partnership-based… Read More
CINP expands partnership with Cambridge Journals - July 7, 2008
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press (CUP), US, has announced that the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP) has signed a long-term contract to continue its publishing partnership with Cambridge Journals. Under the deal, CUP will continue to publish the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology (IJNP), which is the official… Read More
Open access can help India take scientific research forward, says OA proponent - July 7, 2008
Open access (OA) can help India make its scientific research widely accessible for greater impact at low costs, thus taking its research forward, according to Prof. Steven Harnad of the University of Quebec, Montreal and Southampton. Current gaps were making things tougher for researchers in India, he observed in his… Read More
StayWell forms alliance with HealthMedia for online behaviour change programmes - July 7, 2008
Custom print and online health communications publisher StayWell Custom Communications (SCC), a division of MediMedia USA, recently announced a strategic alliance with HealthMedia, Inc. Through the alliance, StayWell seeks to bring its clients innovative online behaviour change programmes that work in concert with its custom health… Read More
Emerald acquires Accounting Research Journal - July 7, 2008
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, recently announced the acquisition of the Accounting Research Journal from Queensland University of Technology, Australia. The journal will continue to be edited by Professor Christine Ryan, Head of Accounting at the Queensland University of Technology. Aimed… Read More
AVMA Collections highlight disaster preparedness and response - July 7, 2008
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), US, has announced that it has made available on its website a new installment of AVMA Collections, a web-based monograph series. AVMA Collections is designed to spotlight those articles from the AVMA scientific journals that have the greatest practical application… Read More
