American Society for Microbiology announces 2016 launch of new OA journal – mSphere - June 10, 2015
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has announced plans to launch mSphereTM, a new pan-microbiology open-access journal, in early 2016. mSphere will create new opportunities for researchers in microbial sciences to share findings that are transforming our understanding of human health and disease, ecosystems, neuroscience, agriculture,… Read More
New Chemical Resistance Database available via Knovel - June 9, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has introduced its Chemical Resistance Database: Plastics and Elastomers. Available via Knovel, the database is the industry's largest compilation of normalized data detailing the degradation of plastics and elastomers exposed to a variety of environments and elements. Characterizing the effect of thousands of… Read More
BMJ set to publish new international orthopaedic sports medicine journal - June 9, 2015
Global healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has added The Journal of ISAKOS: Joint Disorders & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (JISAKOS) to its extensive portfolio of specialty journals. The new title, slated for launch in spring 2016, will serve as an official journal of the International Society of Arthroscopy,… Read More
JHUP awarded grant to develop ‘MUSE Open’ - June 9, 2015
Johns Hopkins University Press has been awarded a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the development of MUSE Open, a distribution channel for open access monographs through Project MUSE, a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community.… Read More
Nominations for 2016 Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World now open - June 8, 2015
Nominations are now open for the Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World, a high-profile honour for scientific and career achievements by women from developing countries in five regions: Latin America and the Caribbean; the Arab region; Sub-Saharan Africa; Central and South… Read More
SAGE launches Journal of Strategic Contracting and Negotiation - June 8, 2015
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of the Journal of Strategic Contracting and Negotiation (JSCAN), the official journal of the International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM). JSCAN provides an outlet for cutting edge research and theory about practices that challenge the status quo… Read More
