Medical journal criticises Gates Foundation over funding patterns - May 12, 2009
Medical journal The Lancet has criticised the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for lacking transparency, making too many grants to recipients in rich nations and not focusing its resources on the greatest health needs. The latest edition of the journal has published an analysis of Gates… Read More
Gale offers free access to resources from Virtual Reference Library - May 12, 2009
E-research and educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced that it is providing free access to Global Issues in Context and health and medical related e-books from the Gale Virtual Reference Library. With this move, Gale seeks to make reliable, expert information regarding… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert offers free online access of Journal of Women’ s Health - May 12, 2009
Medical publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced complimentary online access to all issues of its peer-reviewed publication, Journal of Women's Health, in recognition of National Women's Health Week (May 10-16, 2009). The offer can be availed of for the entire month of May at… Read More
Emerald to hold Author Workshop at EURAM 2009 - May 12, 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, is participating at the ongoing EURAM 2009 Annual Conference being held at the ACC Arena in Liverpool, UK, May 11- 14, 2009. The Annual Conference provides an open, international and multicultural European forum for networking. This… Read More
Knowledgespeak Exclusive - May 12, 2009
An interview with Ziyad Marar, Publishing Director of SAGE Publications Ltd Read More
Scientific data repository Dryad obtains $2 million grant from US foundation - May 11, 2009
The US' National Science Foundation has announced a $2.18 grant for Dryad, a digital data repository designed to archive data that underlie published findings in evolutionary biology, ecology and related fields. The repository allows scientists to access and build on each other's findings. The grant recipients… Read More
