Springer and the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics announce new book partnership - March 26, 2013
STM publisher Springer and the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM) will partner to publish BCAM SpringerBriefs. The books will consist of concise summaries of cutting-edge research and practical applications in mathematics. These new SpringerBriefs will focus on the publication of content in a number… Read More
Elsevier launches new journal – Wound Medicine - March 22, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of Wound Medicine – The International Wound Journal for Clinical and Health Economics Research and Applications. Published in print and online four times a year, Wound Medicine is devoted to the clinical, scientific and health economics aspects… Read More
BMJ Group and the American Diabetes Association partner to launch new OA journal - March 21, 2013
Medical publisher, BMJ Group has teamed up with the American Diabetes Association to publish an open access, online only journal. The new title, which will become the official open access publication of the Association, will formally launch in the Spring, as BMJ Open Diabetes Research &… Read More
John Wiley & Sons renews over sixty years of partnership with the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society - March 21, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has renewed its relationship with the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS) - a partnership which began over sixty years ago. Wiley will continue to support the society's leading research journal Physiologia Plantarum, an international thought leader in the field… Read More
SPARC release open data resource for research funders - March 21, 2013
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has released a new community resource for research funders, titled 'Implementing an Open Data Policy'. This primer addresses key issues that these organisations encounter when considering the adoption and implementation of an open data policy. The guide covers… Read More
Springer’s interdisciplinary OA journal now indexed in Scopus and PubMed Central - March 20, 2013
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that its interdisciplinary fully open access journal, SpringerPlus, is now indexed by PubMed Central and Scopus. Consequently, authors publishing with SpringerPlus will enjoy maximum exposure of their research work. The journal is part of SpringerOpen, the publisher's portfolio of… Read More