ProQuest solutions named finalists in SIIA Awards - January 20, 2014
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that four of its content and technology solutions are finalists for the 2014 SIIA CODiE Award. Representing the information industry's best products and technologies, the following are among 91 finalists across 26 categories: Best Search Technology Solution:… Read More
ScienceOpen and Altmetric collaborate to provide top-level alternative metrics data for over 1 million open access articles - January 20, 2014
Research and publishing network ScienceOpen and Altmetric are collaborating to provide top-level alternative metrics data for over 1 million open access articles in the natural sciences and medicine which are now available on the new platform ScienceOpen.com. The… Read More
Open Access journal Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology accepted for indexing by Thomson Reuters - January 20, 2014
The Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology journal has been accepted for indexing by Thomson Reuters. Following its acceptance by Scopus in 2013, this journal will soon be indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences (CC/PC&ES), beginning with volume 1(1) 2011. … Read More
Society for Neuroscience set to launch new OA journal in the field of neuroscience - January 20, 2014
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has announced plans to launch a new, open access (OA), online-only journal to serve the field of neuroscience. The journal, expected to launch as early as fall 2014, will provide a fully open access, rapid publication option for neuroscientists, adding another… Read More
Howard Ratner named Executive Director of CHOR, Inc. - January 20, 2014
Howard Ratner, well known in the scholarly publishing community for his leadership work in technical services and standards, has been appointed as Executive Director of the new CHOR, Inc. not-for-profit organisation. As Director of Development, Ratner successfully led the CHORUS (Clearinghouse for the Open Research of… Read More
Baker & Taylor appoints industry veteran George Coe as CEO and President - January 20, 2014
Baker & Taylor, a distributor of digital and physical books, has announced that its board of directors has named long time executive George Coe as the company's new Chief Executive Officer and President. Coe brings 34 years of extensive experience leading and transitioning companies to… Read More
