European Science Foundation report recommends ‘Science in Society’ initiatives - July 17, 2012
The European Science Foundation (ESF), an independent, non-governmental organisation, has released its report on ‘Science in Society: a Challenging Frontier for Science Policy’ at the ESOF 2012 conference in Dublin. The report, released by ESF’s Member Organisation Forum (MO Forum) on ‘Science in Society Relationships’, calls… Read More
UK set to unveil plans for free access to publicly funded research by 2014 - July 16, 2012
The UK government is reportedly set to unveil controversial plans to make publicly funded scientific research immediately available for anyone to read for free by 2014. Under the scheme, research papers that describe work paid for by the British taxpayer will be free online for universities, companies and individuals to… Read More
BMC Medicine article finds open access journals reaching same scientific impact as subscription journals - July 16, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced that its OA journal BMC Medicine has published an article which compares the scientific impact of open access with traditional subscription publishing and has found that both of these publishing business models produce high quality peer reviewed articles. The… Read More
EBSCO sponsors scholarship to 2012 Charleston Conference - July 16, 2012
Information services provider EBSCO is sponsoring a $1,000 scholarship for a qualifying librarian or paraprofessional to attend the 32nd Annual Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition. The event is scheduled for November 7-10, 2012, in Charleston, S.C. In keeping with the conference’s 2012 theme,… Read More
The Institution of Engineering and Technology set to launch new Digital Library - July 16, 2012
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced plans to further expand its digital offering with a significantly redeveloped and enhanced Digital Library. The new Digital Library, developed on Publishing Technology’s pub2web platform, is designed to improve the speed and ease with which academic and… Read More
IEEE Journals report significant gains in 2011 impact factor rankings - July 16, 2012
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced that the organisation has maintained its position as one of the top publishers of science and technology journals. According to the 2011 Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports (JCR) released in June 2012, IEEE journals sustained their status as premier scholarly… Read More
