IPR License announces 28 percent year-on-year growth in new member sign-ups - January 18, 2016
IPR License, the global rights and licensing solution, has announced a 28% year-on-year growth in new member sign-ups. The 28% membership growth in 2015 compared favourably with the 21% increase experienced in 2014. Q4 2015 was highlighted as a particularly strong period as a result… Read More
The American Society of Clinical Oncology selects Sheridan for journals and meeting publications services - January 18, 2016
Sheridan, a provider of print, publishing services and technology solutions to publishers, associations, university presses, and cataloguers, was recently awarded editorial services and print production for two journal titles of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Inc. (ASCO®), a leading professional organisation… Read More
bioRxiv preprints can now be submitted directly to leading research journals - January 18, 2016
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has announced that authors of manuscripts posted on its preprint server bioRxiv can now submit their papers directly to several leading research journals, avoiding the need for reloading files and re-entering information at the journal's website. The first journals to… Read More
Jisc appoints Robin Ghurbhurun as new trustee - January 18, 2016
Jisc has announced that it is strengthening its board of trustees with the appointment of Robin Ghurbhurun, chief executive and principal of Richmond upon Thames College who joins this month. At the same time Heather MacDonald, interim principal and chief executive of Loughborough College, will step… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - January 18, 2016
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: David Matthews (Journals give more publicity to 'weak science'); Byron Russell (Open Access - still to have its Google moment); Joe Wikert (When will content truly become mobile?); Jon Tennant (The relationship between journal rejections and their impact factors); and… Read More
Elsevier launches Physician Assistant Clinics - January 14, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of Physician Assistant Clinics, offering in-depth clinical review articles written by physician assistants (PAs) for PAs. Physician Assistant Clinics is the newest addition to the Elsevier Clinics Review Articles family. It continues the tradition of providing insights from today's… Read More
