US panel clears publication of revised version of bird flu studies - April 2, 2012
The US’ National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) recently announced its support to publish research studies showing how scientists made new easy-to-spread forms of bird flu. According to the board, the studies, now revised, do not reveal details bioterrorists could use.… Read More
NLM and Cengage Learning come together to complete mass-digitisation projects - April 2, 2012
The Archive and Modern Manuscripts Program of the National Library of Medicine’s History of Medicine Division recently worked with Cengage Learning to complete two full-collection digitisation projects for Archives Unbound, Cengage’s online digital archive and manuscripts resource. Cengage Learning is a provider of innovative teaching, learning… Read More
Journal Microbiome now accepting submissions - April 2, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its new open access journal Microbiome is now accepting submissions. Microbiome aims to unite investigators conducting research in environmental, agricultural and biomedical aspects of microbial ecology. Edited by Jacques Ravel of the University of Maryland School… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 2, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Phil Davis (Does Post-Dating Publication Help Journal Impact Factors?); Alex Knapp (Are Apps The Future of Book Publishing?); Michael Cairns (Outsell Report: Where Next for Textbooks?); James Randerson (Should science journalists read the papers on which their stories are based?);… Read More
Nature Publishing Group to co-publish new OA journal – Light: Science & Applications - March 30, 2012
Light: Science & Applications (LSA), a new online open access journal, has announced the publication of its first articles. The journal is co-published by Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP), Chinese Academy of Sciences. LSA covers fundamental… Read More
Wiley Job Network marks first six months of success with 50,000 registered users - March 30, 2012
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc, US, has marked the first six months of Wiley Job Network by attracting over 50,000 registered users and over two million job views. Through its connection to Wiley Online Library, Wiley Job… Read More
