JISC announces support for govt. recommendations for peer review process changes - August 2, 2011
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced its support for the recently recommended improvements to the way scientific papers are checked before they are published, calling for the peer review process to be more transparent. The recommendations came out of a House of… Read More
SAGE acquires Learning Matters - August 2, 2011
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the purchase of UK independent publisher Learning Matters. The sale was announced jointly by Learning Matters founder and Managing Director Jonathan Harris, and Ziyad Marar, Global Publishing Director, SAGE. Founded in 1999, Learning Matters is a leading publisher of market… Read More
Thieme Publishing Group announces version 3.5 of Pharmaceutical Substances - August 2, 2011
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced that Pharmaceutical Substances version 3.5 is now available. Compiled by renowned scientists Professors A. Kleemann, J. Engel, B. Kutscher and Dr. D. Reichert, this comprehensive reference guide to every significant pharmaceutical compound contains syntheses, patents and applications of… Read More
Programme for Berlin 9 Open Access meeting announced - August 2, 2011
The programme for the international Berlin 9 Open Access meeting has been announced by the organising coalition. Focusing on the impact of Open Access in research and scholarship, the event will explore how open, online access has the potential to transform the process of discovery and… Read More
Cell Press announces January 2012 launch of new OA journal – Cell Reports - August 2, 2011
Cell Press has announced the launch of its latest journal, Cell Reports, which will publish its first issue in January 2012. The journal is the first open-access online-only journal from Cell Press. It will publish high-quality research across the entire life science spectrum. Boyana Konforti will… Read More
IBM develops full-text digitisation system for Japan’s National Diet Library - August 2, 2011
Technology firm IBM, US, has announced that it is helping the National Diet Library of Japan - the country's only national library - digitise its literary artefacts on a massive scale. The aim is to make them widely available and searchable online by all information seekers.… Read More
