CCT introduces digital object identifiers to all ISRCTN records - December 20, 2012
Current Controlled Trials (CCT) has introduced digital object identifiers (DOIs) to all ISRCTN records. DOIs issued by the organisation CrossRef are unique alphanumeric ID assigned to a digital object, such as an electronic journal, article, report, thesis or a clinical trial record. A DOI serves… Read More
Redesigned version of all PLOS journals launched - December 20, 2012
The Public Library of Science (PLOS), on the eve of its tenth anniversary, has announced that the redesign of all PLOS journals is now live. This refresh seeks to offer users more effective ways to access and read content, update the overall appearance of the sites… Read More
Atypon names Kevin Cohn as Chief Operating Officer - December 20, 2012
Atypon, a provider of software to the scientific and scholarly publishing industry, has named Kevin Cohn as its Chief Operating Officer. Cohn, who has been Atypon's Vice President of Operations since 2010, will continue to report to Georgios Papadopoulos, Atypon’s CEO. Cohn will continue to… Read More
Elsevier set to publish Journal of Choice Modelling - December 19, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it will publish the Journal of Choice Modelling (JOCM), beginning January 2013. JOCM was founded in 2008 by its editors, Stephane Hess (University of Leeds) and John Rose (University of Sydney), who will remain in charge after the transfer… Read More
EBSCO Publishing and INTELECOM partnership brings core academic video collections to EBSCOhost - December 19, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that online academic video collections from INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications (INTELECOM) will be available from EBSCO. The agreement will give users access to INTELECOM’s library of core curriculum video collections through EBSCOhost, while other videos will be… Read More
Springer awards grants for higher studies to Japanese students hit by tsunami - December 19, 2012
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media, Germany, will be providing 15,000 euros each to three Japanese students from the district of Tohoku, which was devastated by the tsunami. The grants will enable them to go to university. The three high-school girls are nearing graduation and won the… Read More
