PLoS journals now optimised for tablets - July 8, 2013
PLoS has announced that its journals are now optimised for tablets. In December 2012, PLoS redesigned its journals, and although these journals have always worked on tablets, they are now tailored to suit these devices as part of a continued roll-out of site enhancements to meet… Read More
Elsevier launches Quiz for Science series for universities and institutions in Pakistan - July 8, 2013
STM Publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of the Quiz for Science series for 30 leading universities and institutions in Pakistan, recognising local research efforts from across the country. Quiz for Science is based on content and information available through ScienceDirect, Elsevier's database of scientific,… Read More
International Neuroethics in Medicine calls for papers - July 8, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced a cross-journal thematic series which addresses 'International Neuroethics in Clinical Practice: From Bench to Bedside and Beyond'. The series Editors are James Giordano, Editor-in-Chief of Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, and Dan Stein, guest Editor. The expanding… Read More
MRS Communications receives first impact factor - July 8, 2013
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press and Materials Research Society have announced that MRS Communications received its first impact factor (IF) of 1.250, based on just one issue. Also notable - the journal achieved this ranking in its first year of eligibility and within two years of… Read More
NLM collaboration with The Universities at Shady Grove expands to include virtual internships - July 8, 2013
The Universities at Shady Grove (USG), in partnership with the National Library of Medicine (NLM), will offer five virtual internships to students from the University of Maryland, College Park, College of Information Studies (iSchool), beginning Fall 2013. USG is a campus community of nine leading Maryland… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - July 8, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joe Wikert (When will ebook covers evolve?); Tom Allen (E-books strain relationship between book publishers and libraries); Graham Steel (Science is fundamentally a peer-to-peer process and online communities will shape the evolution of scholarly publishing);and Bonnie Swoger (Textbooks and open… Read More
