National Library of Medicine unveils MedPix, a free online medical image database - February 8, 2016
The National Library of Medicine has announced the launch of MedPix®, a free online medical image database originally developed by the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Informatics at the Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. The URL is https://medpix.nlm.nih.gov/. The foundation… Read More
Ingram Content Group announces leadership change - February 8, 2016
Ingram Content Group has named Pep Carrera as Chief Operating Officer of VitalSource Technologies Inc., Ingram's leading educational platform company. Carrera will transition into this role from his current position as Chief Information Officer at Ingram. Kent Freeman, currently VitalSource's COO, will move into a newly… Read More
ICIS launches Data Express, introduces two new data delivery options - February 8, 2016
ICIS, a trusted source of market intelligence for global chemical, energy and fertilizer markets, has enhanced its market intelligence delivery platforms with a new service, Data Express, which offers two options to make downloading and organising data easier for customers. Subscribers to ICIS can now… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 8, 2016
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Paolo Mangiafico (Should you #DeleteAcademiaEdu? On the role of commercial services in scholarly communication); Phil Davis (As PLOS ONE Shrinks, 2015 Impact Factor Expected to Rise); Daniel Johnston (Why Peer Review Recognition Matters to Universities); Jon Tennant (Advances in peer… Read More
Elsevier announces 2016 list of China’s most cited researchers - February 5, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has announced its 2016 list of China's most influential researchers, which is now available online (http://tinyurl.com/jycfert). This is the second edition of Elsevier's annual list of Most Cited Chinese Researchers, recognising 1,744 researchers in China across 38 different subject… Read More
Dove Medical Press and Library Journal collaborate to launch year-long program exploring issues in Open Access - February 5, 2016
Open access publisher Dove Medical Press, in collaboration with Library Journal, has announced the launch of a year-long program exploring issues in Open Access. The program, which will be called Open Access in Action, will commence in February 2016. Open Access in Action will take an… Read More