Gale unveils innovative new purchase model for e-books - October 31, 2013
Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, has announced an innovative new purchase option – a Usage-Driven Acquisition (UDA) model – for its Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) e-book platform. Unlike options currently offered by… Read More
Thieme continues to expand open access portfolio - October 31, 2013
Scientific and medical publisher Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. continues to expand its open access portfolio. Since the summer of 2011, Thieme founded seven new titles. The most recent addition is the journal International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, which Thieme began publishing as of October 1, 2013. With… Read More
SPIE announces 2014 launch of Neurophotonics journal - October 29, 2013
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced that it will launch the new journal Neurophotonics in 2014, covering the optical technologies and methods driving profound advances in understanding brain phenomena such as electrical excitability, neuroglial partnership, neurovascular signalling, metabolic activity, and hemodynamics… Read More
University of Bucharest partners with Versita to publish Acta Horti Botanici Bucurestiensis - October 28, 2013
Academic publisher Versita has announced a new partnership with the University of Bucharest to publish Acta Horti Botanici Bucurestiensis. Acta Horti Botanici Bucurestiensis is an international scientific journal, published annually since the late 1950's. It covers research on all aspects of vegetation, plant, algae and… Read More
Palgrave Pivot celebrates first anniversary by making 100 titles free to download for 100 hours - October 28, 2013
Palgrave Pivot, the mid-length digital-first research format from Palgrave Macmillan, is celebrating its first anniversary by making 100 Palgrave Pivots free to download for 100 hours. Publishing across the humanities, the social sciences and business, Palgrave Pivot offers an innovative new way to publish academic research.… Read More
BMJ and Lupus Foundation of America join forces to publish Lupus Science & Medicine journal - October 28, 2013
Evidence-based medical knowledge provider BMJ and the Lupus Foundation of America have announced a partnership to publish Lupus Science & Medicine, an open access journal dedicated to lupus. The journal will seek to provide an international focal point for clinicians and researchers across multiple disciplines The… Read More