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
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
New IEEE OA journal aims to boost technology innovation - May 15, 2013
Technical professional organisation IEEE, US, is seeking to increase the impact that scientific research can have on technology innovation with its first online, open-access (OA) 'mega journal' – a journal that covers a range of disciplines instead of a single-topic focus. IEEE Access provides free… Read More
BioMed Central and the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine partner to launch Journal of Intensive Care - May 13, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced a new partnership with The Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine, to launch a new journal titled Journal of Intensive Care. The Journal of Intensive Care is the official journal of the Japanese Society of Intensive Care… Read More
IOP Publishing and NIMS announce new agreement for continued publication of STAM - May 13, 2013
IOP Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Physics, has announced a new three year agreement with the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) for the continued publication of the open access title Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (STAM). Beginning July 2013… Read More
Thieme launches open access journal, ‘Metabolism and Nutrition in Oncology’ - May 7, 2013
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced the launch of a new open access (OA) journal, Metabolism and Nutrition in Oncology (MNO). The online journal is dedicated to the interplay of dietary food habits, food, nutrients, metabolism and cancer. Its editorial board includes four experts… Read More
