Elsevier launches new open access journal on general respiratory medicine - July 20, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, a new online open access journal on general respiratory medicine that is dedicated to publishing case reports. Respiratory Medicine Case Reports has been created to publish case reports previously submitted to its sister… Read More
DARU journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences publishes inaugural articles with BioMed Central - July 20, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences has published its inaugural articles with BioMed Central. Amongst these are an editorial by Editor-in-Chief Mohammad Abdollahi which highlights the need for a quality, open-access journal in the field of pharmaceutical sciences.… Read More
Maney Publishing’s Health Sciences titles post impressive Impact Factors - July 20, 2012
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced impressive citation results across its health sciences list following the release of the 2011 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) from Thomson Reuters. The results show considerable improvements for a number of health science titles, such as Journal of Spinal… Read More
Oxford University Press attains joint ownership of the Journal of Surgical Case Reports - July 19, 2012
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced a major new acquisition that will see the publisher take joint ownership of the Journal of Surgical Case Reports. The first issue of the journal will be published by OUP from January 2013. OUP will take 50… Read More
Elsevier announces 2011 Journal Impact Factor highlights - July 18, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the highlights of its journal Impact Factor performance in 2011. According to the 2011 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Thomson Reuters, Elsevier saw 58 percent of its journal Impact Factors increase from 2010 to 2011, compared to 54 percent… Read More
IEEE Board of Directors approve creation of a rapid-publication, OA mega journal spanning all IEEE fields of interest - July 18, 2012
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced that it is continuing to develop its strategy on open access publishing. The IEEE Board of Directors recently approved the creation of a rapid-publication, open access mega journal spanning all IEEE fields of interest. Several other topical open access journals… Read More
