Microbial Cell Factories invites submissions to new thematic series on Systems biotechnology and metabolic engineering - February 15, 2013
Microbial Cell Factories, an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal published by BioMed Central, has called for submissions to a special thematic series on Systems biotechnology and metabolic engineering, edited by Sang Yup Lee. The series will focus on systems approaches to microbial biotechnology, spanning up-stream… Read More
Woodhead Publishing shortlisted for Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year Award at the 2013 IPG Independent Publishing Awards - February 15, 2013
Scientific and technical publisher Woodhead Publishing Limited, UK, has been announced as a contender for the Frankfurt Book Fair Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year award at this year's Independent Publishing Awards. The judging panel listed Woodhead's consistently strong sales and incomparable knowledge of… Read More
Creative Commons License to apply to all OA content published by De Gruyter - February 15, 2013
Academic publisher De Gruyter, Germany, and Versita will be publishing all Open Access content under the uniform application of Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND, effective immediately. This means that publications may now be copied, disseminated, and otherwise made public by users under the conditions that the… Read More
Brill’s Linguistic Bibliography Online migration now complete - February 15, 2013
Online publishing services provider Semantico Ltd., UK, recently migrated Brill's Linguistic Bibliography Online from a stand alone site to the existing Brill bibliography site: bibliographies.brillonline.com. The Linguistic Bibliography Online is a cross-searchable linguistic database with over 300.000 records and 20.000 titles… Read More
US Reps introduce FASTR bill to expand access to federally funded research - February 15, 2013
US Representatives Mike Doyle, Kevin Yoder and Zoe Lofgren have introduced legislation – the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR) - to increase the openness, transparency and accessibility of publicly funded research results. FASTR would require federal agencies with annual extramural research budgets of $100 million or… Read More
Indonesia’s Bali Royal Hospital selects UpToDate as its evidence-based clinical decision support system - February 15, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Bali Royal Hospital has selected UpToDate as its evidence-based clinical decision support system. The hospital represents the first UpToDate client in Indonesia. Bali Royal Hospital opened its doors in 2010 to provide comprehensive… Read More
