Elsevier and Russia’s Far Eastern Federal University announce collaboration - December 11, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced its collaboration with the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), the leading University of Russia's Far Eastern Consortium. The 5-year collaboration agreement includes access to ScienceDirect and Scopus for all Consortium members from January 2013 onwards. Russia's Far Eastern Federal district… Read More
Thomson Reuters launches ProView eReader platform version 1.5 - December 10, 2012
Thomson Reuters, a leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has announced the latest version of Thomson Reuters ProView, a professional eReader platform. Thomson Reuters ProView version 1.5 provides enhanced navigation, content organisation and table displays. Thomson Reuters ProView is the first eReader platform… Read More
Amazon launches Brazil Kindle Store - December 10, 2012
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has launched the Brazil Kindle Store with the largest selection of the most popular books. The Brazil Kindle Store offers over 1.4 million books, now available to Brazilian customers priced in Brazilian Reais (R$), including more… Read More
Thomson Reuters paper offers tips for efficient scholarly meeting management - December 7, 2012
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters, US, has released a white paper titled "Managing Scholarly Meetings: Best Practices for Best-In-Class Proceedings". The paper details how ScholarOne Abstracts and meeting solutions can be used to streamline the efficiency of scholarly meeting planning and management. … Read More
iThenticate survey studies researchers’ and editors’ encounters with plagiarism - December 6, 2012
iThenticate, a US-based provider of professional plagiarism detection and prevention technology, has conducted a survey that captures respondents' attitudes about and direct experience with plagiarism. The study - of more than 400 researchers, authors and editors at scholarly publications - reveals that while most agree that… Read More
‘Regenerative Medicine’ publishes World Stem Cell Report 2012 as supplement - December 4, 2012
The Genetics Policy Institute and Future Medicine have announced the publication of this year's World Stem Cell Report as a supplement to the journal Regenerative Medicine. This coincides with the 2012 World Stem Cell Summit, for which scientists, policymakers and advocates from… Read More
