SPIE Digital Library moves to new site with improved, agile functionality - September 18, 2017
Scholarly publisher SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced the move of the SPIE Digital Library on August 15 to a new and substantially enhanced website. Developed internally by SPIE to create an improved user experience and incorporate… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - September 18, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Tony Ross-Hellauer (Open peer review: bringing transparency, accountability, and inclusivity to the peer review process); Phil Davis (Do We Need A Self-Citation Index?); Josh Clark (Altmetric at the University of Surrey); Karin Wulf (Does Born-Digital Mean Rethinking Peer Review?); and… Read More
Allscripts certifies Elsevier’s Interactive Patient Education as part of Allscripts Developer Program - September 15, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, has announced that Allscripts has certified Elsevier's Interactive Patient Education as part of the award-winning Allscripts Developer Program (ADP). Elsevier's Interactive Patient Education for Infobutton enables Allscripts ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) users to access patient-friendly,… Read More
Wiley launches new data sharing and citation policies to improve transparency in research - September 15, 2017
Publisher John Wiley and Sons, Inc. has announced the launch of new data sharing and citation policies that will be implemented across all participating Wiley journals. Sharing data enables researchers to reuse experimental results and supports the creation of new work built on previous findings. These… Read More
Building Inclusivity in Publishing conference to highlight action currently being taken to improve diversity across the publishing industry - September 15, 2017
The London Book Fair and the Publishers Association have announced that the Building Inclusivity in Publishing conference will return for a second year on November 13, 2017, following the great success of the inaugural conference in 2016. Entitled Building Inclusivity in… Read More
Karger titles receive ‘Highly Commended’ prizes at the 2017 BMA Medical Book Awards - September 15, 2017
Three Karger publications were awarded the 'Highly Commended' prize 2017 of the British Medical Association's (BMA) Medical Book Awards in the categories Internal Medicine, Paediatrics, and Medicine. The award ceremony was held recently in London. The publications, SickKids – Handbook of… Read More
