Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - November 3, 2014
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Andrew Harding (What is the difference between an impact and an outcome? Impact is the longer term effect of an outcome); Rick Anderson (Feeding the Goose: Thoughts on Fair Use and the GSU Decision); Wayne Bivens-Tatum (What I Want from… Read More
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness journal offers free access to special collection of articles on Ebola - October 31, 2014
The Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health recently launched a special collection of articles on the Ebola virus. These, and subsequent articles will remain freely available to all readers. The Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness (DMPHP) Special Edition on Ebola has been designed… Read More
Wiley makes 2014 Nobel Laureates work free to access until end of the year - October 31, 2014
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. will celebrate the achievements of the 2014 Nobel laureates by making a selection of content from the 2014 winners free to access until the end of the year. The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly… Read More
Freedom of Information requests reveal payments to main journal publishers by universities have soared - October 31, 2014
The amount paid by UK universities to subscribe to journals from some large publishers has risen by almost 50 per cent since 2010, new data suggest. The finding is based on freelance requests under the Freedom of Information Act to more than 100 universities by Ben Meghreblian, an independent researcher,… Read More
Springer signs on as principal sponsor of ‘Trans-Tasman 3MT’ competition - October 31, 2014
STM publisher Springer has announced that it is the principal sponsor of the 2014 Trans-Tasman Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, which challenges students pursuing higher education degrees to turn their theses into three minute presentations. The contest provides Springer a way of encouraging early career researchers… Read More
Elsevier announces winners of 2014 Tetrahedron Prize - October 31, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier and the Executive Board of Editors of the Tetrahedron journal series have announced that the 2014 Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic & Biomedicinal Chemistry has been awarded to Professor Barry Trost, Stanford University, USA and Jiro Tsuji, Honorary professor at Tokyo Institute… Read More
