Alexander Street Press appoints David Parker as publisher for business products - July 18, 2013
Electronic publisher Alexander Street Press, US, has announced the appointment of David Parker as publisher for business products. David is the founder and past-president of Business Expert Press. David brings with him more than 14 years’ experience in the e-learning and library products space. After… Read More
Elsevier announces 2012 Journal Impact Factor highlights - July 17, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the highlights of its journal Impact Factor performance in 2012. According to the 2012 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Thomson Reuters, Elsevier saw 53 percent of its journal Impact Factors increase from 2011 to 2012. Furthermore, 17 percent of… Read More
zbMATH launches redesigned user interface with more intuitive and visual user guidance - July 17, 2013
Zentralblatt MATH (zbMATH), a leading online database for mathematics, has launched a redesigned user interface with more intuitive and visual user guidance. The main changes are the simplified search functionalities, in particular the ability to use any combination of criteria, continual refining of the search options,… Read More
Scientific American announces science fiction competition, Quantum Shorts - July 17, 2013
Science magazine Scientific American has announced the Quantum Shorts 2013 competition, in partnership with Tor Books, a science fiction and fantasy publisher, and the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore. The Quantum Shorts contest encourages readers to submit a short story that… Read More
SAGE reports strong performance in 2012 Journal Citation Reports - July 17, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE reported strong performance across its journals portfolio in the 2012 Journal Citation Reports (Thomson Reuters, 2013), with an increase of 30 indexed titles on prior year to 461 across both the Social Science (SSCI) and Science (SCI) Citation Indexes. Over the last… Read More
Elsevier to provide 25 ROSATOM affiliated research institutes with access to ScienceDirect and Scopus - July 16, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has extended its collaboration with Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM) by providing 25 research institutes with access to ScienceDirect and Scopus as part of its Knowledge Management Program. Launched in 2011, ROSATOM's Knowledge Management Program offers its researchers an infrastructure to… Read More
