Weak pound hurting journal subscriptions in UK, say associations - January 5, 2009
The fall in the value of the pound is reportedly having a "crippling effect" on the budgets of UK university libraries. Costs of subscriptions to overseas research journals from Europe and the US have risen due to changes in the exchange rate. Since July 2008, the value of the pound… Read More
Behavioral and Brain Sciences selects Editorial Manager to transition editorial workflow to the web - January 5, 2009
Online submission system provider Aries Systems Corporation, US, has announced that its Editorial Manager peer-review system was selected by the journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) to successfully transition editorial workflow to the web. BBS is published by Cambridge University Press. BBS was one of several journals pioneering a format… Read More
Special print issue of BioMed Central journal made available at Epigenetics, Development & Human Disease symposium - January 5, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that following the successful launch of the journal Epigenetics & Chromatin, a special print issue containing some of the first articles will be available at the Keystone Symposium 'Epigenetics, Development & Human Disease,' scheduled for January 5-10 in Breckenridge, Colorado. The special… Read More
Inderscience brings out inaugural issues of four new titles - January 5, 2009
STM and business publisher, Inderscience, Switzerland, has announced the publication of the first issues of four new titles. The journals are - International Journal of Adaptive and Innovative Systems; International Journal of Knowledge Engineering and Soft Data Paradigms; International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing; and International Journal of Shipping… Read More
Dear Subscribers - January 5, 2009
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PennWell acquires assets of hydroelectric industry information provider HCI Publications - January 1, 2009
B2B publisher PennWell Corporation, US, has announced that it has acquired the assets of HCI Publications, Inc., a producer of b2b magazines and conferences and exhibitions serving the hydroelectric industry. The company operates HydroVision and Waterpower Conferences and Exhibitions and publishes Hydro Review, HRW, and HydroNews.net,… Read More
