Cochrane and Joanna Briggs Institute announce new partnership - March 2, 2016
Cochrane and the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI), a research and development centre within the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Adelaide, South Australia, have announced their official partnership aimed at improving the knowledge base for making decisions in healthcare and… Read More
New ICC, SES resources provide guidance for the effective creation and implementation of standards - March 2, 2016
The International Code Council (ICC) is collaborating with SES—The Society for Standards Professionals in the distribution of two key resources designed to assist Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) and others who utilize or are involved in the standards development process. These two publications, ANSI/SES-1:2013, Recommended Practice for… Read More
Elsevier launches new metrics on SciVal to help institutions measure the economic impact of their research - March 1, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of new metrics to help measure the economic impact of research within SciVal, Elsevier's tool to analyze and benchmark the world of research, and part of the Elsevier Research Intelligence portfolio of tools and services. The new indicators are… Read More
American Chemical Society names Dr. Gregory Scholes as new deputy editor of the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters - March 1, 2016
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has named a new deputy editor of the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, a premier physical chemistry journal publishing original scientific advances in physical chemistry, chemical physics and materials science. Dr. Gregory Scholes of Princeton University will officially succeed Dr. Prashant… Read More
CMA Board of Directors announce restructuring and modernisation plan for CMAJ - March 1, 2016
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) Board of Directors recently approved a restructuring and modernisation plan for the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). A CMAJ Task Force, to be led by CMA Past-President, Dr. Chris Simpson, has been created to consult with members and propose recommendations… Read More
Gale content now discoverable via Google - March 1, 2016
Gale, a provider of library resources and part of Cengage Learning, has reached a major milestone in its quest to improve discoverability and researcher workflow, completing indexing work with Google. Researchers can now easily discover scholarly content from Gale and its partners on Google or Google… Read More
