Nature Publishing Group partners with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation to launch npj Breast Cancer journal - December 10, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group is joining forces with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) to publish npj Breast Cancer, an open access research journal which will help understand, prevent, treat and cure the world's second most common cancer. npj Breast Cancer will publish high quality… Read More
Springer to publish new official journal of the Italian Economic Association - December 10, 2014
STM publisher Springer has announced that it will publish the new official journal of the Italian Economic Association, the Italian Economic Journal. Articles have already been published online on SpringerLink. The first print issue will be compiled in March 2015. The journal has been formed through… Read More
SAGE acquires 19 journals from Baywood Publishing Company, strengthens social and health science journals collection - December 10, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the purchase of 19 journals from Baywood Publishing Company, Inc. With this acquisition, SAGE will publish journals in counselling, gerontology & aging, health & healthcare, education and anthropology, beginning in 2015. Baywood Publishing Company, Inc. has published scholarly and professional… Read More
ALPSP appoints Pippa Smart as Editor of Learned Publishing - December 10, 2014
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has announced the appointment of Pippa Smart as Editor of their journal Learned Publishing with immediate effect. Pippa has provided interim support since Alan Singleton stepped down in October in addition to her role as Book Reviews… Read More
De Gruyter implements CCC’s licensing solution for readers to republish or reuse content - December 10, 2014
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organisation, has announced that academic publisher De Gruyter has implemented CCC's RightsLink, a technology solution that allows visitors to the De Gruyter website to license journal content quickly and easily for republishing or reuse. … Read More
‘Measuring Up: Assessing Use of Digital Repositories and the Resulting Impact’ project receives IMLS grant - December 10, 2014
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded a $500,000, three-year National Leadership Grant to four partner organisations - the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), Montana State University, OCLC Research, and the University of New Mexico - to perform research… Read More
