De Gruyter acquires academic publishers Oldenbourg and Akademie - February 27, 2013
Academic publisher De Gruyter, Germany, has announced the acquisition of two academic publishers with a long and rich tradition - Akademie Verlag, based in Berlin, and Oldenburg Wissenschaftsverlag, based in Munich. Both companies were acquired retroactively as of January 1, 2013 from Franz Cornelsen Bildungsgruppe, which… Read More
BioMed Central expands BMC-series portfolio, launches BMC Psychology - February 27, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of BMC Psychology, the latest addition to the BMC-series portfolio. This marks a significant milestone for the BMC-series family of open access journals, as it is the first new journal since 2008 and will lead the… Read More
Taylor & Francis joins Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association - February 25, 2013
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis, UK, will join the community of open access (OA) publishers that are part of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). OASPA represents the interest of OA publishers globally within scientific and technical disciplines; advancing OA models, advocacy, education, and innovation… Read More
University of Chicago Press to make scholarly monograph content available via OUP’s UPSO platform - February 25, 2013
The University of Chicago Press will partner with Oxford University Press to launch Chicago Scholarship Online on OUP's University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO) platform taking advantage of a fully enabled XML environment with the cutting edge search and discovery functionality. Chicago Scholarship Online will launch in… Read More
Submissions for 2013 BERA/SAGE Practitioner Research Awards called for - February 25, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE and the British Educational Research Association (BERA) have announced the opening of submissions for the 2013 BERA/SAGE Practitioner Research Awards. The awards support and encourage excellence in the application of research in practice. They are open to anyone who has used research… Read More
Wiley launches Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences combining The Radiographer and Shadows - February 25, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced the launch of Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences (JMRS), combining The Radiographer (now in its 60th volume) from the Australian Institute of Radiography (AIR) and Shadows (in its 56th Volume) from the New Zealand Institute of Medical… Read More
