APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education awarded to Dr. Carissa Klein of Australia - July 3, 2013
Dr. Carissa Klein of Australia was awarded the APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education (ASPIRE), sponsored by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and Elsevier. The award was presented by Minister Gusti M. Hatta, Indonesian Ministry of Research and Technology. Dr. Klein's selection is… Read More
SAE International unveils new scholarly journal on transportation safety - July 3, 2013
Engineers and technical experts association SAE International has announced the availability of a new scholarly journal focusing on accident prevention and occupant protection – specifically accident reconstruction, injury investigation, intra-vehicle safety mechanisms, and mitigation related to human travel. The SAE International Journal of Transportation Safety… Read More
177 universities in Turkey gain access to Scopus and ScienceDirect for next 3 years - July 2, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced an agreement with the Turkish Academic Network and Information Center (ULAKBIM) to provide 177 academic and research institutions in Turkey with access to Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. In addition, access to ScienceDirect, Elsevier's full-text… Read More
Wiley announces increase in Impact Factors - July 2, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a continued increase in the proportion of its journal titles indexed in the Thomson Reuters 2012 Journal Citation Reports (JCR), with 1,192 (about 77 percent) titles now indexed, up from 1,156 in the 2011 JCR. Wiley titles… Read More
Karger Publishers expands Open Access programme with several initiatives - July 2, 2013
Biomedical publisher Karger Publishers, Switzerland, has announced the expansion of its Open Access programme with several initiatives to benefit researchers, readers, authors, funding organisations and other partners. With market demand increasing for Open Access in scientific and medical publishing, the Switzerland- based, international biomedical publisher… Read More
Encyclopedia of Life Open Access Support Project begins next phase with new eligibility criteria - July 2, 2013
The new phase of the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) Open Access Support Project (EOASP) started July 1, 2013, with some slight changes in eligibility criteria. The aim of the EOASP project is to increase the data flow into EOL, promulgate the open access publishing model… Read More
