Royal Society of Chemistry names Jan Kuras as new Open Access Development Manager - September 16, 2014
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced the appointment of scientific information and publishing industry specialist Jan Kuras to lead and implement the organisation's open access strategy. Kuras joins RSC's publishing team as Open Access Development Manager and brings over 20 years' experience in scientific… Read More
Nature Publishing Group partners with The Systems Biology Institute to launch OA journal npj Systems Biology and Applications - September 16, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group has announced a new partnership with The Systems Biology Institute, Tokyo, to launch npj Systems Biology and Applications, an online open access journal dedicated to publishing high quality research. The journal will begin accepting submissions in November 2014 and publish its… Read More
SAGE acquires Symposium Journals, strengthens education journal portfolio - September 16, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the purchase of education journals publisher, Symposium Journals Limited. The sale was announced jointly by Roger Osborn-King of Symposium Journals and Ziyad Marar, SAGE's Global Publishing Director. With a journals publishing career spanning nearly 40 years, Roger founded Symposium Journals… Read More
Publishers to celebrate Banned Books Week with events, resources and more for readers and others - September 16, 2014
Member organisations of the Association of American Publishers are actively participating and engaging readers, educators and book lovers of all kinds in the 32nd annual Banned Books Week, September 21—27. AAP was a founding member of Banned Books Week and continues to collaborate with libraries,… Read More
OUP Southern Africa named Academic Publisher of the Year - September 16, 2014
Academic publisher Oxford University Press Southern Africa (OUPSA) won the Sefika Academic Publisher of the Year award 2014 on August 26. It is the sixth time since 2006 that OUPSA has won the award, which recognizes outstanding achievements and contributions to the South African book industry.… Read More
Thomson Reuters and BMJ Publishing collaborate to optimise peer review process - September 15, 2014
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a collaboration with British Medical Journals (BMJ), a publisher of healthcare research, to optimise the efficiency of the article peer-review process and solve the industry-wide problem of reviewer fatigue by utilizing ScholarOne Reviewer Locator, an extension… Read More
