Registration for ChemSearch Challenge Opens at American Chemical Society meeting 2015 - August 18, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that registration is now open for participation in the Reaxys ChemSearch Challenge, a series of online quizzes that measure how quickly chemists can find the information they need to correctly answer research questions. Chemists can use their preferred chemistry database or… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry and Royal Society announce journal collaboration - August 18, 2015
The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Society have jointly announced a new collaboration on the Royal Society's multidisciplinary open access journal Royal Society Open Science. The Royal Society of Chemistry will manage the commissioning and peer review processes for… Read More
The Surgery Journal introduces ‘Submit How You Want,’ a new, simplified submission policy for authors - August 17, 2015
The Surgery Journal (TSJ), launched in May 2015, has announced a new, simplified submission policy for authors: 'Submit How You Want.' As a reflection of TSJ's unique approach to questioning and improving established publishing models, authors who choose to submit their work to the journal will not be required… Read More
Elsevier announces nine new Medicinal Chemistry Books at American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in Boston - August 14, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced nine new medicinal chemistry books, including the latest edition of The Practice of Medicinal Chemistry, considered 'The Bible' by many medicinal chemists for nearly twenty years, which will be available in September. This highly respected resource for professors, students and researchers,… Read More
Kudos appoints Rebecca Shumbata as Sales Manager in North America - August 14, 2015
Kudos, which helps maximise the reach and impact of research publications, has announced the appointment of Rebecca Shumbata as the company's Sales Manager in North America. Rebecca was most recently at Publishing Technology, prior to which she held roles at the New England Journal of Medicine… Read More
Perceptions of open access publishing are changing for the better, reveals NPG and Palgrave Macmillan survey - August 13, 2015
A survey of 22,000 academic researchers by Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and Palgrave Macmillan has found that a decreasing number of authors are concerned about perceptions of the quality of open access publications. In 2014, 40 percent of scientists who had not… Read More
