Dear Subscriber - September 16, 2009
STM Publishers and other print/publishing Services and Support Tools providers can now use the all new K-Store platform to post information across three sections – a Jobs section, a virtual storefronts directory and a print/publishing Read More
ERFF adds research database to WorldWideScience Alliance science gateway - September 15, 2009
The British Library has announced that the UK has made its first major independent contribution of data to the WorldWideScience Alliance project (www.worldwidescience.org) with the upload of the Environment Research Funders' Forum (ERFF) Research Database. The database holds… Read More
CrossRef collaborates with archiving organisations and publishers for continued access to archives of ceased publications - September 15, 2009
Publisher linking services provider CrossRef, US, has announced a collaboration with archiving organisations and publishers to ensure that several journals that have ceased publication remain linkable with the CrossRef DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) originally assigned to the articles. The titles include Auto/Biography and Graft from SAGE… Read More
Novant Health rolls out MEDai’s patient-specific early warning system to nine hospitals in three states - September 15, 2009
Health information provider MEDai, Inc., US, part of STM publisher Elsevier, has announced that Novant Health, a not-for-profit integrated group of hospitals and physician practices, will roll out MEDai’s Pinpoint Review to its nine hospitals in North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina. Pinpoint Review is a… Read More
Peer Review Congress sees further evidence of positive bias - September 15, 2009
Evidence of publication bias favouring positive results, both in which studies are reported in journals and in how they are treated by peer reviewers, emerged at the recently concluded 6th Peer Review Congress in Vancouver. Dr. Seth Leopold, orthopedic surgeon at the University of Washington School of Medicine, described his… Read More
NextDocs and Thomson Reuters announce partnership - September 15, 2009
NextDocs Corporation has announced enhancements to their partnership with Thomson Reuters, a source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. NextDocs provides Microsoft SharePoint-based document and quality management solutions for life sciences companies. Together, the companies have developed and demonstrated effective integration… Read More
