American Psychological Association appoints Aaron Wood Senior Director of Product Management - June 20, 2016
The American Psychological Association has appointed Aaron Wood as senior director of product management for its Office of Publications and Databases, charged with managing APA's line of online electronic products and platforms and developing new solutions that meet the needs of psychologists. Wood comes to… Read More
American Library Association appoints Christopher Murphy as Publisher for ALA Editions - June 20, 2016
Christopher Murphy has joined the American Library Association (ALA) as the Publisher for ALA Editions. Chris will be responsible for managing the acquisitions, production, marketing and sales functions of the book publishing imprint of ALA's Publishing Department. ALA Editions includes the MLIS textbook line, ALA Neal-Schuman.… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 20, 2016
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (The Publishing Industry is Mature, but Publishing Companies are Not); Todd A Carpenter (Is the Proposed Merger of IDPF and W3C Good for Publishers?); Siân Harris (How Good Publishing Partnerships Can Support Development); Dr Janne-Tuomas Seppänen (Peerage of… Read More
Global scientific and technical publishing market to display meagre 1.09% CAGR for the 2015-2019 period, says new report - June 17, 2016
A new market study, titled 'Global Scientific And Technical Publication Market 2015-2019,' has been featured on MarketResearchReports.biz's online repository of market intelligence. The report on the global scientific and technical publishing market is a 360-degree overview of the development of this market during the 2015-2019 period.… Read More
Nature Research journal portfolio posts strong performance in 2015 Journal Citation Reports - June 17, 2016
The Nature Research journal portfolio, published by Springer Nature and launched less than two weeks ago, aspires to be the home of high quality single-discipline, multidisciplinary and open access research. The stable has demonstrated a strong showing in the 2015 Journal Citation… Read More
BioMed Central partners with the Global Health Institute to publish new OA journal on global health - June 17, 2016
Open access journal publisher BioMed Central in partnership with the Global Health Institute (GHI) at Wuhan University has announced the launch of Global Health Research and Policy, an open access, multidisciplinary, and peer-reviewed journal which aims to improve regional and global health and promote health equity… Read More