Elsevier announces agreement to participate in CLOCKSS archiving of ebooks - February 6, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced its agreement to participate in CLOCKSS (Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) archiving of ebooks. CLOCKSS is a community-governed archive committed to open access. As a not-for-profit venture between academic publishers and research libraries, CLOCKSS… Read More
IOP Publishing launches new journal – Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, expands biomedical portfolio - February 6, 2015
Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP), UK, has announced the launch of the Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express (BPEX) journal. The journal will join IOP's rapidly growing family of biomedical titles. BPEX will be a broad, inclusive, rapid-review journal that will cover all areas of… Read More
COAR announces publication of COAR Roadmap: Future Directions for Repository Interoperability - February 6, 2015
Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has announced the publication of the COAR Roadmap: Future Directions for Repository Interoperability. Scholarly communication is undergoing fundamental changes, in particular with new requirements for open access to research outputs, new forms of peer-review, and alternative methods for measuring… Read More
Semantic Web journal accepted for indexing in Journal Citation Reports - February 6, 2015
The Semantic Web journal (SWJ) has been accepted for coverage in Thomson Reuters' Science Citation Index Expanded and the Journal Citation Reports. Because of the timing of the journal's acceptance, it will be included in the 2015 JCR, to be published summer… Read More
Gale revamps popular product lines to create a unified, improved and mobile-optimised user experience - February 6, 2015
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, will introduce a number of enhancements to its most widely-used product lines – GVRL, InfoTrac and In Context, including the optimisation for mobile devices through responsive design. The adoption of a common design and toolset across all products will provide a… Read More
John Wiley & Sons announces transition of three journals to Wiley Open Access publishing program - February 5, 2015
Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the transition of three journals to the Wiley Open Access publishing program, bringing the total number of Wiley's open access titles to 47. From January 1, 2015, all published articles in Conservation Letters, Thoracic Cancer and The… Read More
