Elsevier’s Free MOOC to help med students prepare for the United States Medical Licensing Examination - May 5, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has launched a free MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) designed to help medical students prepare for the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1, the first and most daunting of the three exams medical students must complete to become physicians. Elsevier launched… Read More
Future Science OA supports early career researchers, announces its APC discount options - May 4, 2015
Future Science OA, the Gold (CC-BY) open access journal from Future Science Group, has announced its Article Processing Charge (APC) discounting options. Early Career Researchers, who are within the first 5 years of their career, will be eligible for a 50 percent discount on articles… Read More
International Society for Computational Biology and F1000Research announce partnership to produce ISCB Community Journal - May 4, 2015
The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) and F1000Research have announced the formation of an innovative partnership to produce the ISCB Community Journal - a new, dedicated, digital channel on the F1000Research publishing platform. The ISCB Community Journal will be launched… Read More
Elsevier provides free online access to disaster and international health information in Nepal - May 4, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier is providing free access to its primary online clinical information tool, ClinicalKey, and to more than 90 publications through the NIH's Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) to support the health and disaster professionals responding to the Nepal earthquake. ClinicalKey provides evidence-based clinical answers… Read More
Oxford University Press provides free online access to biomedical journals for healthcare professionals responding to earthquake in Nepal - May 4, 2015
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) is partnering with the National Library of Medicine (NLM) as they launch their Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) to provide free access to biomedical research for healthcare professionals and aid workers responding to the recent earthquake in Nepal. As part of… Read More
The BMJ calls on the next Health Secretary to ‘secure the NHS’s future’ - May 4, 2015
Healthcare knowledge provider The BMJ called on the next Secretary of State for Health to 'secure the NHS's future as the best and fairest health service in the world.' In an open letter, Editor-in-chief, Dr Fiona Godlee, and colleagues say England's NHS is stretched close to… Read More
