New IOP Student Science Publication Award to recognise student science writers - June 24, 2013
The Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) has announced the addition of a new award which is being sponsored by the Institute of Physics (IOP) and its publishing company, IOP Publishing. The announcement was made at the recently held Science Writers'… Read More
Global Nature Publishing Index 2012 supplement released, United States continues to dominate world science - June 21, 2013
The United States remains the superpower of science, dominating a ranking of the world's top 200 institutions in 2012, published in the first Nature Publishing Index (NPI) Global supplement. The UK, Germany and Japan make up a solid top four countries in terms of high quality… Read More
Springer unveils French and Italian language-specific eBook collections - June 21, 2013
STM publisher Springer has announced that it is now offering two more language-specific eBook collections, in French and Italian. The French collection comprises about 330 titles, and the Italian collection offers over 400 titles, both ranging from 2005 through 2013. These collections aim to address… Read More
IOP Publishing journals show Impact Factor growth for ninth consecutive year - June 21, 2013
IOP Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Physics, has announced that the 2012 Impact Factors, published by Thomson Reuters, show growth for many of its journals for the ninth consecutive year. This year, 33 of the titles published by IOP have seen… Read More
EQT Partners and GIC Special Investments agree to sell Springer Science+Business Media to BC Partners - June 20, 2013
EQT Partners AB (EQT) and GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd (GIC) have agreed to sell their majority stake in Springer Science+Business Media (Springer), a global scientific, technical and medical (STM) publisher, to the private equity firm BC Partners Limited (BC Partners). The plans for an initial… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal – GeoResJ - June 20, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new open access journal, GeoResJ. The journal will be the first open access only journal to join Elsevier's earth and planetary science journals portfolio. GeoResJ aims to provide a forum for rapid publication of top… Read More
