Elsevier publishes six new books on animal science - October 5, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of six new animal science books, including the second edition of the comprehensive resource Animal Behavior, edited by Michael Breed and Janice Moore. The book broadly covers animal behaviour from its neurological basis to the importance of behaviour in… Read More
BioMed Central becomes first publisher to implement Author Contributorship Badges - October 5, 2015
Open access publisher BioMed Central is the first publisher to pilot a new system which shows exactly how each researcher contributed to any given scientific article. Author Contributorship Badges are now available on the open data journal GigaScience. To receive credit for their work, researchers… Read More
Reed Business Information Ltd. announces sale of Cordell Information Pty Limited to CoreLogic, Inc - October 5, 2015
Reed Business Information Ltd, part of RELX Group, has announced that it has sold the entire issued share capital of Cordell Information Pty Limited in Australia to CoreLogic, Inc. CoreLogic, is an international provider of consumer, financial and property information, analytics and services to business… Read More
New study reveals characteristics of the ‘predatory’ scholarly publishing market - October 2, 2015
A study conducted by researchers from Hanken School of Economics and published in the open access journal BMC Medicine sheds new light on the volume and market characteristics of so-called ‘predatory’ scholarly journal publishing. The study shows the number of articles published in journals defined as such that have increased… Read More
Elsevier launches new module in PharmaPendium - October 2, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new module in PharmaPendium, its fully searchable database of drug approval documents and extracted data to inform critical drug development decisions. The PharmaPendium Efficacy Module features over 1.4 million extracted efficacy observations from FDA and EMA drug… Read More
Wiley announces retirement of Chairman Peter Booth Wiley - October 2, 2015
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced that its Board of Directors has elected Matthew S. Kissner to succeed Peter Booth Wiley as Chairman of the Board. Wiley was elected to another term as Director. Wiley, who joined the Board in 1984 and succeeded his… Read More
