Authors can now opt for double-blind peer review across Nature and Nature Research Journals - February 19, 2015
Authors will now be able to opt for double-blind peer review across Nature and the Nature Research Journals. Nature Publishing Group's flagship open access journal, Nature Communications, will be joining the trial later in 2015. The news is announced in an editorial published in this week's… Read More
Springer unveils German eBook package for psychology - February 19, 2015
STM publisher Springer is offering a dedicated psychology package as part of its eBooks collection, effective immediately. The package contains all German-language titles from the field and will include over 100 individual works by the end of 2015. With this step, the psychology package will become… Read More
IPR License enhances search functionality for rights buyers - February 19, 2015
IPR License, the global platform for the trading of subsidiary book rights, has enhanced its search functionality to make it even simpler for rights buyers to offer, negotiate and complete on a variety of rights-related deals. Significant development work has been undertaken throughout the platform… Read More
Nevada to use Elsevier DirectCourse to train employment professionals - February 19, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that Nevada's Aging and Disability Services Division (ADSD) will provide a new online curriculum from Elsevier Direct Course to train about 75 ADSD staffers. These professionals work to improve employment outcomes for Nevada adults and adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities… Read More
Scientific American and Google introduce Scientific American Innovator Award as part of the 2015 Google Science Fair - February 19, 2015
Science magazine Scientific American and Google are introducing the Scientific American Innovator Award as part of the 2015 Google Science Fair. The Scientific American Innovator Award honours a project in the biology, chemistry, physics, or behavioural and social sciences. The Google… Read More
MDPI launches beta version of Sciforum Journal Reviews - February 19, 2015
The Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) has released Sciforum Journal Reviews, a free service that aims to publish statistics and rankings of scientific and scholarly journals and their publishers. Scientists and scholars that published in a journal can rate the peer-review process and the perceived quality… Read More
