Rubriq enters second phase of beta testing of peer review system - April 5, 2013
Rubriq, a for-benefit organisation offering peer review and journal matching services, has completed the first phase of beta testing for its independent peer review system, and the second phase is now underway. During all three planned beta phases, publishers are helping to validate Rubriq's patent-pending scorecard,… Read More
IOP Publishing appoints Beth Mayes as Partner Development Manager, North America - April 5, 2013
Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP), UK, has announced the appointment of Beth Mayes as Partner Development Manager, North America. In her new position, Beth will work closely with Jane Roscoe, Head of Partner Development at IOP. Based in Boston, Beth will develop relationships with… Read More
Wiley journals comply with new OA policies of UK funders - April 4, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that the majority of Wiley's journals in its open access publishing program now offers authors funded by The Wellcome Trust and Research Councils UK the opportunity to publish their articles under a Creative Commons Attribution CC BY… Read More
Newly established Ural Regional Universities Consortium in Russia gains access to ScienceDirect and Scopus - April 4, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced its official collaboration with the Ural Regional Universities Consortium by providing 11 universities in Russia's Ural region with access to ScienceDirect and Scopus throughout 2013. Led by the Ural Federal University, the Ural Regional University Consortium was newly established… Read More
SAGE launches SAGE Navigator, a resource to simplify the literature search and review process - April 4, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of SAGE Navigator: the essential social sciences literature review tool. Hosted on the SAGE Knowledge platform, SAGE Navigator provides students, faculty and researchers with access to the resources they need to kick start their literature search and review. … Read More
McGraw-Hill Professional and IHS partner to deliver critical engineering content to professionals worldwide - April 4, 2013
Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, has signed an exclusive agreement with IHS, the premier source of insight and information to professionals in the field. As part of the agreement, IHS will provide McGraw-Hill Professional's innovative AccessEngineering platform as part of its suite… Read More
