OSA announces new editors-in-chief, unveils new contemporary cover designs for 2013 - January 11, 2013
The Optical Society (OSA) recently announced new editors-in-chief for two of its journals and revealed the new branding of its highly-reputed subscription-based journals. Andrew Weiner, Scifres Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University is the new editor of OSA's flagship open… Read More
SAGE Knowledge named SIIA Content CODiE Award finalist for Best General Reference Service - January 11, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE announced that SAGE Knowledge, the social science online library, is a finalist for the 2013 SIIA Content CODiE Awards for Best General Reference Service. Serving as the pre-eminent awards programme for the software and information industries, the SIIA CODiE Awards have been… Read More
De Gruyter expands editorial team in the US - January 11, 2013
Academic publisher De Gruyter, Germany, has announced that it is expanding its editorial team in the US. Alexander N. Greene will spearhead the ongoing development of the STM (Science, Technology, Medicine) programme area at the publisher's Boston offices. According to Sven Fund, CEO of De… Read More
JISC welcomes launch of ORCID as tool to identify researchers - January 10, 2013
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that it joins organisations from across the UK higher education network to welcome the launch of the Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID). It has been observed that there are more academic articles being published than ever… Read More
Elsevier acquires Aureus Sciences - January 10, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the acquisition of Aureus Sciences, a Paris, France, based privately held company that provides databases and information tools to pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Formed in 2002, Aureus Sciences gathers unique and high quality quantitative biological activity data for major… Read More
EBSCO Publishing acquires PEMSoft, expands evidence-based Pediatric content - January 10, 2013
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has expanded its evidence-based healthcare content with the acquisition of PEMSoft, a premiere pediatric point-of-care clinical information resource. PEMSoft is an online clinical library and multimedia decision support system that addresses acute and chronic illness and injury… Read More
