Margaret Hamburg selected to serve as AAAS president-elect - December 16, 2016
Margaret Hamburg, the foreign secretary of the National Academy of Medicine, has been chosen to serve as president-elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She will begin her three-year term as an officer and member of the Executive Committee of the AAAS… Read More
Elsevier announces reseller agreement with Healthcare Software Solutions - December 15, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has entered into an exclusive reseller agreement with Healthcare Software Solutions (HSS), the largest radiology information system (RIS) vendor in the UK, to sell Elsevier's STATdx solution, an online imaging diagnostic decision support tool, into its customer/prospect base which includes NHS Trust's Radiology… Read More
Wiley partners with ASBMR to launch new OA journal – JBMR Plus - December 15, 2016
Publisher John Wiley and Sons, Inc. and The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) have announced plans to launch a new international, open access peer-reviewed publication, JBMR Plus, in 2017. JBMR Plus joins ASBMR's flagship subscription journal, Journal of Bone… Read More
Future Science Group partners with Publons to recognise peer reviewers - December 15, 2016
Publisher Future Science Group has announced a partnership with Publons, a website that allows experts to track, verify and receive recognition for every peer review they perform, a vital service that often goes unrecognised. Peer review of journal articles is a vital step in the… Read More
SAGE collaborates with South East Network for Social Sciences (SeNSS) - December 14, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced a collaboration with the South East Network for Social Sciences (SeNSS) to support its Doctoral Training programme (DTP) as awarded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). SeNSS is a consortium of 10 leading UK universities, all of which… Read More
ASM announces January 2017 launch of mSphereDirect, a new, innovative science publishing pathway - December 14, 2016
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has announced mSphereDirect, a new pathway of manuscript review and submission for mSphere, ASM's pan-microbial, open-access science journal. This new pathway aims to take the mystery out of the peer review process by allowing authors, with clear policy guidelines, to… Read More
