Stockholm County Council Clinicians gain access to the latest medical information through DynaMed Plus - January 9, 2017
EBSCO Health has announced that one of Europe's largest healthcare providers is making DynaMed Plus® available to its clinicians. This will give all the clinicians in the Stockholm County Council access to the most current, evidence-based clinical content so they can make informed healthcare decisions for… Read More
Emerald creates new group brand to reflect expansion of its offering - January 9, 2017
Academic publisher Emerald Publishing has announced two important developments to Emerald's brand family as part of its 50th anniversary year. The move reflects the scholarly publisher's growth into a group of businesses that connect the worlds of research, education and professional learning. The new Emerald… Read More
New specialty section Dynamical Systems now available through Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics journal - January 9, 2017
Open-access journal Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics has announced the availability of Dynamical Systems as a new specialty section. Led by Specialty Chief Editor Axel Hutt, senior researcher at the German Weather Service in Offenbach, Germany, the primary objective of this section is to… Read More
The Optical Society applauds passage of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act - January 9, 2017
The Optical Society (OSA) has issued a statement on the passage and signing of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act, which promotes investment in research and development innovations that will better allow U.S. companies to compete in the international marketplace. In addition, the bill includes a… Read More
NLM Director Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan appointed Interim NIH Associate Director for Data Science - January 9, 2017
The National Institutes of Health has announced that National Library of Medicine Director Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan will assume an additional role as NIH Interim Associate Director for Data Science. Her appointment begins immediately. The Associate Director for Data Science (ADDS) and team provide input… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - January 9, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Carl Straumsheim (The Shrinking Mega-Journal); Kent Anderson (The Price of Silicon Valley’s “Disruption” — Is It Possible to Now Have Responsible Information Economics?); Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee (Does Peer Review Help Weed Out Bad Science?); Swarnali Saha (Is language barrier… Read More