New study explores most popular phase of product development for starting medical publications activities - August 21, 2017
A new study by business intelligence provider Cutting Edge Information has found that the highest percentage of surveyed life science teams (30%) delay medical publications activities until products enter the registration and launch phase of product development. The study, 'Planning Medical Abstracts and Manuscripts,' analysed… Read More
National Library of Scotland selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo to unify management of and access to rapidly growing electronic and print resources - August 21, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the National Library of Scotland has selected the cloud-based Ex Libris Alma® library services platform and Primo® discovery and delivery solution to help the Library better manage its collections, increase the visibility of resources, and handle the ever-growing… Read More
Brian Pogue named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Biomedical Optics - August 21, 2017
Brian Pogue of Dartmouth has been named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Biomedical Optics (JBO), beginning January 1, 2018. The journal is published by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. The Journal of Biomedical Optics publishes papers on the use of modern optical… Read More
Donald Keith Roper named associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology - August 21, 2017
Donald Keith Roper, associate professor of chemical engineering, has been named associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology. IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organisation for the advancement of technology. According to IEEE's website, Transactions on Nanotechnology is devoted to the publication of manuscripts… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - August 21, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Charlie Rapple (MECA - A New Manuscript Exchange initiative); Cat Williams (The missing piece: using Altmetric to complete the puzzle); Jefferson Pooley (Scholarly communications shouldn’t just be open, but non-profit too); Retraction Watch Blog (What should journals do when peer… Read More
Wolters Kluwer announces IF gains across its Lippincott and Medknow journal portfolio - August 18, 2017
Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced Impact Factor gains across its Lippincott and Medknow journal portfolio. The latest Impact Factor (IF) scores and specialty rankings are based on the 2016 Journal Citation Report (Clarivate… Read More
