Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - March 26, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (The Problems With Calling Comments “Post-Publication Peer-Review”); Michael Eisen (Op-Ed: How Traditional Publishing Hurts Scientific Progress); David Payne (Changes to scholarly articles); Stevan Harnad (Estimating the True Costs of Gold Open Access Publishing); and Rick Anderson (The Portal… Read More
Elsevier and ExitCare announce collaboration - March 23, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced an expanded collaboration with ExitCare, LLC, an enterprise-wide solution for patient education. ExitCare’s content already provides Elsevier customers with access to an expansive library of patient education information available in multiple languages, including the recent addition of ExitCare’s patient… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health releases iPad app for medical journal, Pathology - March 23, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced the release of an iPad app for the medical journal, Pathology. The app seeks to provide healthcare professionals with full mobile accessibility to the latest research into all aspects of pathology. Pathology is published by… Read More
Japan retains top rank in Nature Publishing Index 2011 Asia-Pacific - March 23, 2012
Japan retains its scientific leadership in the Asia-Pacific in 2011, according to the Nature Publishing Index 2011 Asia-Pacific. It is a strong performance, given the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which caused over $1 billion damage to science infrastructure in the nation. Japan is the most productive of the Asia-Pacific… Read More
Encyclopedia Britannica now searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service - March 23, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that Encyclopedia Britannica has agreed to join the list of content providers for EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The agreement between EBSCO Publishing and Britannica Digital Learning adds metadata to the EDS Base Index and allows full… Read More
Pearson Higher Education launches Readypoint Nursing to prepare Nurses for practice - March 23, 2012
Pearson Higher Education has announced a major investment in nursing education with the launch of Readypoint Nursing. Readypoint Nursing is the first programme to fully integrate learning with assessment to help ensure that students are prepared not only for professional licensure but to launch their careers… Read More
