Heike Schwabenthan to head Rights and Licensing at Thieme Publishing Group - July 3, 2014
Medical and scientific publishing house Thieme Publishing Group has announced that Heike Schwabenthan, formerly an associate in the Rights Department, has been promoted and will now head the unit going forward. A 13-year veteran of Thieme’s Rights Department, Heike Schwabenthan and her team handle… Read More
European Research Organisations call on Elsevier to withdraw TDM policy - July 2, 2014
Eighteen European research and library organisations, including LIBER, have called on STM publisher Elsevier to withdraw its current policy on text and data mining (TDM). The organisations have laid out their request in an open letter to Michiel Kolman, Senior VP Global Academic Relations at the… Read More
The BMJ launches new name and website - July 2, 2014
The BMJ has a new name and logo (The BMJ) and a new website design with a new address (thebmj.com). Last year saw BMJ Group change its name to BMJ. Following this, the new name of BMJ's flagship journal is The BMJ. Changes to The… Read More
Researchers positive about Open access but some uncertainty still remains, says 2014 Taylor & Francis Open Access Survey - July 1, 2014
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis has released the 2014 Taylor & Francis Open Access Survey. The survey asked researchers a series of questions on their perceptions of open access; their attitudes, values and understanding of it; and what they believe the future of research communication to… Read More
Elsevier announces February 2015 launch of Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences journal - July 1, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new review journal - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. The journal serves as an educational forum for review papers providing updates on the expanding volume of information published in the field of behavioural sciences. Papers will… Read More
Wiley-VCH celebrates Small and Advanced Healthcare Materials’ 10th anniversary - July 1, 2014
Wiley-VCH, the publisher of Small and Advanced Healthcare Materials, is celebrating Small's 10th anniversary with a special session on Nanotechnology Toward Advanced Healthcare Materials at Korea's leading and largest symposium on nanotechnology on July 4. Small is among the stable of Wiley's highly-regarded Advanced Materials range… Read More
