Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 17, 2014
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Rick Anderson (Errors and Misinformation in the ROARMAP Open Access Registry); Cameron Neylon (Improving on "Access to Research": Restrictive access and licensing fail to meet the needs of the 21st century); Kent Anderson (The Legal Hot Zone - The Hidden… Read More
HighWire offers altmetrics integration to publications hosted on HighWire Open Platform - February 14, 2014
Stanford University's HighWire Press and Altmetric LLP have announced the completion of an agreement to offer altmetrics integration to publications hosted on the HighWire Open Platform. This new agreement will enable leading publications on HighWire to join publishers such as the National Academy of Sciences… Read More
Metadata from NEWTON Media now searchable in EBSCO Discovery Service - February 14, 2014
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that metadata from NEWTON Media, a Media Monitoring provider in Central and Eastern Europe, will be searchable in EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS). NEWTON Media delivers the largest media news archive in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland… Read More
Young scientists singled out for Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Best Paper Award 2013 - February 14, 2014
Springer journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (ABC) has chosen Sherrie Elzey and De-Hao Tsai as the recipients of its Best Paper Award 2013. The award, accompanied by 1,500 euros, was created by Springer to honour exceptional young scientists and to stimulate their research careers. The ABC… Read More
Wiley to publish Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria - February 14, 2014
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced a new partnership with Bergey’s Manual Trust, which will see Wiley publish Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB) from 2014. Bergey's is recognised as the most complete and authoritative description of bacterial and archaeal diversity… Read More
AAAS launches new title – Science Advances - February 14, 2014
The non-profit American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), publisher of the Science family of journals, plans an expansion of its scientific communication efforts with the launch of a new title, Science Advances, as an extended forum for high-quality, peer-reviewed research. Spanning science, technology,… Read More
