Springer set to publish new online-only journal – ChemTexts - August 11, 2014
STM publisher Springer will publish a new online-only journal called ChemTexts –The Textbook Journal of Chemistry, beginning in 2015. With four issues a year and 250 pages per issue, ChemTexts will impart contemporary knowledge in all subdivisions of chemistry to students at an exceptionally high didactic… Read More
IEEE to launch OA journal IEEE Life Sciences Letters - August 11, 2014
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced plans to launch IEEE Life Sciences Letters (LSL), a new digital, peer reviewed open-access journal dedicated to the timely publication of high-quality manuscripts that apply methods of quantitative analysis to biological problems at the molecular, cellular, organ, human and/or population… Read More
EDP Sciences set to host and distribute its journals, previously managed by Cambridge University Press - August 8, 2014
EDP Sciences, a learned-society owned publisher, has announced that hosting and distribution of sixteen of its journals, previously managed by Cambridge University Press, will transition to EDP Sciences for direct management from 2015 onwards. EDP Sciences is located in Paris and London, with a growing… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing performs well in Thomson Reuters’ Journal Citation Reports - August 7, 2014
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has announced that 56.4 percent of its indexed titles have increased in Impact Factor following the release of the 2013 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) by Thomson Reuters. Notable successes include Supply Chain Management, with a new Impact Factor of 2.916… Read More
Springer announces five-year renewal agreement with Chile’s CINCEL - August 6, 2014
STM publisher Springer has entered into a five-year renewal agreement with the Consorcio para el Acceso a la Información Científica Electrónica (CINCEL) in Chile. The new deal extends access to Springer's published research to more than twice as many institutions. The national consortium of CINCEL… Read More
BioMed Central reports significant increase in impact factors of several key titles - August 6, 2014
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced that a total of 71 journals in its publishing portfolio have seen their Impact Factors increase in the recently published Journal Citation Report 2013. This year 12 journals received their first Impact Factor, so 162 journals out of 265… Read More
