200 scholarly publications now available as part of Emerald’s new online journal collection, Emerald Management Xtra Plus - February 18, 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced that 200 scholarly publications are now available as part of its new flagship online journal collection, Emerald Management Xtra Plus. Emerald has been expanding and consolidating its portfolio through a rigorous acquisition and new… Read More
Twenty-one BioMed Central journals get five-year impact factor ratings - February 18, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that out of its 42 journals with impact factors, 21 have been tracked for long enough to allow five-year impact factors to be calculated by Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters recently updated the 2007 Journal Citation Report to include… Read More
CIG Media Group names Georgia Nikolaros as Senior Manager, Advertising Sales, for clinical oncology journals - February 18, 2009
Medical publisher CIG Media Group, US, has announced the appointment of Georgia Nikolaros as Senior Manager, Advertising Sales, for its seven clinical tumor-specific oncology journals. She will report to Jasper Simons, Vice President and Publisher at CIG Media Group. Nikolaros joins CIG after nine years with… Read More
Dear Subscribers - February 18, 2009
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Authors, publishers notified about class action settlement on Google Book Search - February 17, 2009
The court-ordered process of officially notifying authors, publishers and other copyright-holders about the Google Book Search class-action settlement is in progress, it has been reported. Authors and publishers worldwide are receiving detailed information about their legal rights and options by e-mail and postal mail. A summary notice is being published… Read More
The UKSG publishes new chapters of The E-Resources Management Handbook - February 17, 2009
The UK Serials Group (UKSG) recently published new chapters of The E-Resources Management Handbook, its open access guide to the issues and challenges facing those in the information community. Two of the new chapters follow the book's original formula by providing analyses of specific areas of… Read More
