Accucoms launches new gap analysis tool for publishers - November 27, 2009
Accucoms, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society publishers, has announced the development of a gap analysis tool. The new tool seeks to help publishers identify gaps in their market penetration and provide a target list of prospective customers to use… Read More
British Library adds FileOpen’s DRM to choice of electronic delivery options - November 27, 2009
The British Library, the national library of the UK, has added FileOpen to its choice of delivery options via its Document Supply Service. FileOpen’s DRM technology will seek to improve accessibility and extend the reach of the British Library’s resources. According to… Read More
Dear Subscriber - November 27, 2009
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Most top medical journals allow public review of conflict of interest policies: JAMA study - November 26, 2009
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has published a report, according to which nearly 90 percent of medical journals with relatively high impact factors have policies addressing author conflict of interest (COI) available for public review. But many journals do not require authors to… Read More
Scopus selected as the sole citation provider for ARC’s ERA initiative - November 26, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its flagship product Scopus has been selected as the sole citation provider by the Australian Research Council (ARC) for its Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative. Scopus claims to be the largest abstract and citation (A&C) database of… Read More
ProQuest adds Deep Indexing technology to select Natural Science and Technology databases - November 26, 2009
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that it has incorporated its patent-pending Deep Indexing technology, pioneered with the company’s Illustrata offerings, into selected natural science, technology, and engineering subject-oriented databases. Deep Indexing will surface data from more than seven million tables and figures… Read More
