SAGE and AERA launch new OA journal AERA Open - May 24, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE and the American Educational Research Association (AERA) have announced that they will launch AERA Open, an online, peer-reviewed journal that will be freely available to all readers on the web. AERA Open is expected to begin publishing articles in early 2014. Currently… Read More
Wiley launches trial of Altmetric service on subscription and OA articles - May 21, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has launched a trial of Altmetric, a service that tracks and measures the impact of scholarly articles and datasets on both traditional and social media. The six month trial will run on a number of subscription and open access journals… Read More
Official journal of the Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine moves to BioMed Central’s OA platform - May 21, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AOEM) has moved to BioMed Central's open access publishing platform. AOEM is the official academic journal of The Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (KSOEM). KSOEM was formed in… Read More
San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment calls for sweeping changes in scientific assessment - May 20, 2013
Scientists, journal editors and publishers, scholarly societies, and research funders across many scientific disciplines have posted an international declaration calling on the world scientific community to eliminate the role of the journal impact factor (JIF) in evaluating research for funding, hiring, promotion, or institutional effectiveness. The San Francisco Declaration on… Read More
Wiley announces branding changes within workplace learning program - May 16, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a series of strategic branding changes within its Talent Management Solutions program. The move is part of the company's ongoing efforts to expand its product offerings, strengthen brand equity globally, and foster its position as the leading… Read More
Springer and Italian Society for the Study of Eating Disorders collaborate to publish scientific journal on eating disorders and obesity - May 16, 2013
STM publisher Springer and the Italian Society for the Study of Eating Disorders (Società Italiana per lo Studio dei Disturbi del Comportamento Alimentare - SISDCA) have announced a five-year collaboration to publish the quarterly journal Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity,… Read More
