BMJ Group announces impact factor rise for more than half of its journal titles - July 8, 2011
Medical publisher the BMJ Group, UK, has announced impact factor rise for more than half of its journal titles. The impact factor, which measures the average citations to articles published in a journal, has risen for more than half of the specialist titles published by the… Read More
Aventura Hospital and Medical Center selects ProVation Medical Software for Procedure Documentation and Coding - July 8, 2011
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Aventura Hospital and Medical Center has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology (GI) procedure documentation and coding. ProVation MD replaces dictation and transcription and allows physicians to efficiently document procedures at the… Read More
Routledge’s ‘Contemporary Social Science’ brings out special issue on higher education - July 8, 2011
Routledge Journals, part of publisher Taylor & Francis Group, UK, is supporting the Campaign for Social Science. Its journal Contemporary Social Science has published a special issue on higher education. The social sciences are seen to make a vital contribution to the UK economy and… Read More
Touch Group launches new clinical portal, touchinfectiousdisease.com - July 8, 2011
Medical and health sciences media and communications firm Touch Group plc, UK, has announced the launch of a new clinical portal, touchinfectiousdisease.com The new portal is driven by the content from leading review journal European Infectious Disease. It will serve as an authoritative free-to-access resource that… Read More
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins launches online library of evidence-based learning programmes - July 8, 2011
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) has launched Lippincott's Online Learning Center, an online library of evidence-based learning programmes designed to advance nurses' clinical and professional knowledge. Lippincott's Online Learning Center will help hospitals evaluate their nurses' competence, skills, critical thinking, and analytic ability.… Read More
Apple’s App store crosses 15 billion downloads mark - July 8, 2011
Computer and software firm Apple, Inc., US, has reportedly passed over 15 billion downloads. Currently, the online storefront holds about 425,000 applications, including 100,000 native iPad applications. Apple also claims that some 200 million devices are running iOS, its mobile operating system.… Read More
