CACM cover story details need for companies to leverage cloud computing resources - September 5, 2012
Communications of the ACM (CACM) has published a cover story in its September issue on how companies need to use their IT-related capabilities to leverage cloud computing resources. Three information management professors describe the importance of trust between the client organisation and the cloud provider to… Read More
Wiley joins Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association - August 31, 2012
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced its new membership of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). OASPA represents the interests of open access journal publishers globally in all scientific, technical and scholarly disciplines and enables exchange of information, setting standards, advancing models,… Read More
SAGE and United European Gastroenterology to launch United European Gastroenterology Journal - August 31, 2012
Academic publisher SAGE and United European Gastroenterology (UEG) have announced an agreement to launch United European Gastroenterology Journal (UEG Journal) in February 2013. UEG Journal will be UEG's official platform for scientific publication. Published bi-monthly, and edited by Editor-in-Chief Professor Jan Tack, the journal will… Read More
Springer unveils fully open access option for books - August 29, 2012
STM publisher Springer, Germany, plans to expand its open access (OA) programme by offering a fully OA option for books. This is expected to extend the company's SpringerOpen and BioMed Central journal portfolio, and its Springer Open Choice option. Any electronic version of a SpringerOpen book… Read More
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins set to publish Inflammatory Bowel Diseases journal - August 28, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, and the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. (CCFA) have announced an agreement to publish the journal Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Effective with the January 2013 issue, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health,… Read More
Thieme launches new journal – Journal of Wrist Surgery - August 27, 2012
Scientific and medical publisher Thieme Publishing Group has announced the publication of the first issue of the Journal of Wrist Surgery (JWS). JWS brings together all aspects of wrist surgery and small bone surgery of the hand, and will serve hand surgeons, orthopaedic trauma surgeons, and… Read More