STM seminars focus on Data and Content Enrichment - December 10, 2013
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers' (STM) hosted two interesting and thought provoking seminars, STM – Innovations and STM – E-Production, in London last week. On December 4, 2013, the STM – Innovations seminar kicked off with an opening Keynote from Gerry… Read More
Transferable peer review to be piloted with nine of Wiley’s high impact neuroscience titles - December 10, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the trial of an enhanced system of peer review, which will allow for the transfer of reviewer comments between journals. Peer review is an integral part of scientific publishing and the new pilot is being trialled in selected… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal – Operations Research Perspectives - December 10, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of an open access journal - Operations Research Perspectives. Rubén Ruiz García of Universitat Politècnica València, Spain, will serve as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. Operations Research Perspectives is a new open access journal in the field of… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education expands efforts to ensure fully interoperable future for the education technology industry - December 10, 2013
Digital learning company McGraw-Hill Education, US, has designated its Tel Aviv-area technology innovation center as its company-wide interoperability hub. The center will continue to ensure that all of the company's current and future digital learning solutions adhere to the IMS Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) guidelines, the… Read More
Stewart Wills named Editor and Content Director of Optics & Photonics News - December 10, 2013
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced that Stewart Wills has joined the organisation as the new editor and content director for its monthly news magazine, Optics & Photonics News (OPN). Wills will be wholly responsible for the society's magazine portfolio and will oversee its editorial strategy,… Read More
Digital bone library offers global resource for chronic disease identification - December 10, 2013
The Digitised Diseases web resource, created by the University of Bradford and Jisc, launched at the Royal College of Surgeons in London. The online resource contains 3D models of bones affected by over 90 chronic pathological conditions. These range from common complaints such as osteoarthritis, and… Read More
