Scholarly Societies renew agreements with HighWire Press - March 6, 2017
Scholarly publishing company HighWire Press has announced that several publisher clients recently signed multi-year agreements, ahead of schedule, to continue to use HighWire's open journal platform solutions (H20, JCore) and the BenchPress manuscript submission and peer-review tracking system. The renewing organisations are: The American Society for… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - March 6, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: ProQuest Blog (What Scholarly Journals Are Researchers Importing Most?); David Crotty (Predatory Publishing as a Rational Response to Poorly Governed Academic Incentives); Julia Franz (Should artificial intelligence be used in science publishing?); Neil Wilson (Metadata is the key to collaboration… Read More
Elsevier publishes Practical Handbook to support Palliative Radiation Oncology - March 3, 2017
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of Handbook of Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology by Monica Krishnan, Margarita Racsa and Hsiang-Hsuan Michael Yu. A practical tool and rapid reference for radiation oncology practitioners in direct patient care, the book covers the most recent advances in… Read More
ProQuest appoints Robert VanHees Chief Financial Officer - March 3, 2017
ProQuest has announced the appointment of Robert VanHees as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, overseeing the company’s financial functions, including financial operations, accounting, procurement, treasury, taxation and investor relations. VanHees joins ProQuest from JLL Partners, a private equity firm, where he was an… Read More
Three SAGE Publishing titles honoured by the Textbook and Academic Authors Association - March 3, 2017
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced that three titles have received awards from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA). Social Media Marketing, second edition by Tracy L. Tuten and Michael R. Solomon, and Clinical Psychology: Science, Practice and Culture, fourth edition by Andrew M. Pomerantz,… Read More
New Digital Research Report highlights the need for a reference database of research organisations - March 3, 2017
Digital Science, a technology company serving the needs of scientific and research communities, has announced its latest Digital Research Report, Discovery and Analysis of Global Research Trends Using GRID. Using data from the open access journal PLOS ONE, the report highlights the need for a reference… Read More
