Journals JMR, MRS Communications offer new open access option for authors - November 27, 2012
The Materials Research Society (MRS) and Cambridge University Press (CUP) are jointly offering a new open access (OA) option for authors. The initiative allows authors the choice to publish in the Journal of Materials Research (JMR) and MRS Communications under a new model ensuring broad dissemination… Read More
Renew Training report examines scholarly journals’ reader behaviour - November 27, 2012
Renew Training, operated by Simon Inger and Tracy Gardner, has published the results of a study into how readers discover content in scholarly journals. The survey, supported by SAGE, is the culmination of a 6-month research project comparing the changing reader behaviour between 2005 and 2012… Read More
Elsevier’s new OA journal to publish case reports on the behavioural aspects of seizures and epilepsy - November 27, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports, a new online-only Open Access journal devoted to the rapid publication of case reports on the behavioural aspects of seizures and epilepsy. As a sister journal to Epilepsy & Behavior, case reports… Read More
SAGE acquires Royal Society of Medicine’s journal programme - November 26, 2012
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a landmark agreement with the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) to acquire its journal programme. With immediate effect, 28 titles formerly published by the Royal Society of Medicine Press will be published by SAGE. The Royal Society of Medicine is… Read More
New Emerald publication explores impact of social media on information behaviour - November 26, 2012
Emerald Group Publishing has announced the publication of Social Information Research as Volume 5 of the Library & Information Science book series. The co-editors, Gunila Widen and Kim Holmberg, seek to explore how social networks, social interaction on the web, and social media have impacted the… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal – Leukemia Research Reports - November 26, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new open access, online journal - Leukemia Research Reports. Leukemia Research Reports, a sister journal to the publication Leukemia Research, will deliver timely information online to all healthcare professionals involved in basic and/or applied clinical research… Read More
