Elsevier and IEDA launch data rescue competition for Earth Sciences discipline - April 30, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and IEDA (Integrated Earth Data Applications), an NSF-funded data facility in the geosciences at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, are jointly launching a new competition, the International Data Rescue Competition, which aims to improve preservation and access of research data… Read More
SAGE partners with Canadian International Council to publish International Journal - April 30, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a partnership with the Canadian International Council (CIC) and the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History (CCIH) to publish Canada's pre-eminent journal of global policy analysis, International Journal. The journal publishes brief, policy-relevant articles alongside peer-reviewed scholarly assessments of interest… Read More
Stem Cell Research & Therapy now accepting research submissions for special series focusing on cardiovascular regeneration - April 30, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its journal Stem Cell Research & Therapy is now accepting research submissions for consideration in a special series focusing on cardiovascular regeneration. The publication of these articles will be coordinated, with a series of commissioned reviews… Read More
IET selects CCC’s RightsLink to manage article processing charges for OA journal publications - April 30, 2013
Licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, has announced that The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has chosen CCC's RightsLink for Open Access to manage article processing charges for all of its open access journal publications. This includes the recently launched, The Journal… Read More
OCLC Research to host webinar on managing research data at libraries - April 30, 2013
Library information provider OCLC Research is to host a webinar on May 14, 2013, titled 'Managing Research Data—from Goals to Reality'. It has invited all OCLC Research Library Partners to join the dialogue between Sally Rumsey, Digital Research Librarian at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford,… Read More
Maney Publishing offers free access to Health Sciences content for fourteen days - April 30, 2013
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, is running the second in a series of 'Free Access 14' campaigns from May 13-26, 2013. For fourteen days Maney is making all 26 journals within its Health Sciences Collection freely available. Interested parties may gain access to content, which includes… Read More
