Archives of Public Health and Nutrition Journal invite submissions for new thematic series - January 21, 2014
Journals Archives of Public Health and Nutrition Journal, published by BioMed Central, are inviting submissions for a new thematic series entitled 'the nutrition transition, a global public health problem'. Diets in the Western world began to shift in the 1970's towards increased reliance upon processed… Read More
Oxford University Press launches new journal, National Science Review - January 20, 2014
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced the launch of a new journal, National Science Review (NSR). Under the auspices of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, NSR is a new journal aimed at reviewing cutting-edge developments across science and technology in China and around the… Read More
ScienceOpen and Altmetric collaborate to provide top-level alternative metrics data for over 1 million open access articles - January 20, 2014
Research and publishing network ScienceOpen and Altmetric are collaborating to provide top-level alternative metrics data for over 1 million open access articles in the natural sciences and medicine which are now available on the new platform ScienceOpen.com. The… Read More
Open Access journal Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology accepted for indexing by Thomson Reuters - January 20, 2014
The Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology journal has been accepted for indexing by Thomson Reuters. Following its acceptance by Scopus in 2013, this journal will soon be indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences (CC/PC&ES), beginning with volume 1(1) 2011. … Read More
Society for Neuroscience set to launch new OA journal in the field of neuroscience - January 20, 2014
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has announced plans to launch a new, open access (OA), online-only journal to serve the field of neuroscience. The journal, expected to launch as early as fall 2014, will provide a fully open access, rapid publication option for neuroscientists, adding another… Read More
New white paper from SAGE suggests collaborative improvements for discoverability of scholarly content - January 17, 2014
In a changing academic environment, discoverability of scholarly content demands cooperative efforts across the communications supply chain. A new SAGE white paper, titled ‘Collaborative Improvements in the Discoverability of Scholarly Content: Accomplishments, Aspirations, and Opportunities’ summarises the current discovery landscape for scholarly… Read More
