SAGE Publishing launches open access journal Childhood Obesity and Nutrition - July 15, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced the launch of the open access journal Childhood Obesity and Nutrition (OBN), replacing ICAN: Infant, Child & Adolescent Nutrition. Broadening the scope of ICAN, OBN will reflect the changing field of pediatric obesity and nutrition as well as new knowledge… Read More
Publisher Promotion & Fulfillment to provide subscription services for NACE International - July 15, 2016
Publisher Promotion & Fulfillment (PPF), a division of EBSCO Information Services, will provide subscription services for NACE International. As part of the partnership, PPF will provide subscription management services for NACE, including fulfillment, renewals, customer service and reporting. The partnership, beginning… Read More
Greenbranch Publishing Resources now available on the R2 Digital Library - July 15, 2016
Rittenhouse Book Distributors has announced the addition of many Greenbranch Publishing's healthcare management resources to its market-leading, eBook platform, the R2 Digital Library. The health administration and medical management resources from Greenbranch, now on the R2 Digital Library, offer healthcare professionals an additional access point… Read More
The Johns Hopkins University receives major grant to develop and deploy a platform to host OA monographs on Project MUSE - July 15, 2016
The Johns Hopkins University has been awarded a two-year $938,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to develop and deploy MUSE Open in Project MUSE, a unit of The Johns Hopkins University Press. This is one in… Read More
New open digital scholarship platform from UCL Press presents open access books online in three new formats - July 15, 2016
The new open digital scholarship platform from UCL Press presents its open access books online in three distinct and innovative formats - enhanced digital editions, monographs with scholarly functionalities, and BOOCs (Books as Open Online Content). Developed by Armadillo Systems (producers of the award-winning Turning… Read More
Investing in academic excellence does lead to research impact, says new HEFCE report - July 14, 2016
A report for the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) by Digital Science reveals that the scholarly significance of research underpins its societal impact. The report titled 'Publication patterns in research underpinning impact in REF 2014' is the first report to… Read More
