Jacob Klerman appointed new Editor of Evaluation Review - January 8, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the appointment of Abt Principal Associate and Senior Fellow Jacob Klerman as Editor of Evaluation Review. A SAGE journal, Evaluation Review serves as an interdisciplinary forum for researchers, planners, and policymakers who develop, implement, and utilize studies designed to improve the… Read More
IOP Publishing and the American Astronomical Society launch Astronomy Image Explorer - January 8, 2014
IOP Publishing (IOP), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Physics, and the American Astronomical Society (AAS) have announced the launch of the Astronomy Image Explorer (AIE). The AIE provides researchers with quick and easy access to hundreds of thousands of images, illustrations, graphs,… Read More
Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy journal invites papers for special series on Lewy body dementia - January 7, 2014
Journal Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy has announced that it is now accepting research submissions for consideration in a special series on Lewy body dementia (LBD), planned for publication in mid-2014. The publication of these articles will be co-ordinated with a series of commissioned reviews and… Read More
Decker Intellectual Properties signs licensing agreement with Scientific American to re-establish Scientific American Medicine database - January 6, 2014
Decker Intellectual Properties, Inc., has signed a licensing agreement with Scientific American to re-establish the comprehensive professional medical database, Scientific American Medicine (SAM). The subscription-based database, first published in 1981, now includes an enhanced medical offering through this agreement with Scientific American.… Read More
Informa Plc appoints Stephen Carter as Group Chief Executive - January 6, 2014
Publishing firm Informa Plc has announced that Stephen Carter will take up the role of Group Chief Executive with effect from January 1, 2014. Carter succeeds current Chief Executive Peter Rigby, who will retire from the company. Carter, who has been an Informa board director… Read More
Nature Selects ‘Single-Cell Sequencing’ as the 2013 Method of the Year - January 3, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group has selected single-cell sequencing as its Method of the Year for 2013 (www.nature.com/nmeth/index.html). The publication, in explaining its choice, noted that "methods to sequence the DNA and RNA of single cells are poised to transform many areas… Read More
