SPARC release open data resource for research funders - March 21, 2013
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has released a new community resource for research funders, titled 'Implementing an Open Data Policy'. This primer addresses key issues that these organisations encounter when considering the adoption and implementation of an open data policy. The guide covers… Read More
Springer’s interdisciplinary OA journal now indexed in Scopus and PubMed Central - March 20, 2013
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that its interdisciplinary fully open access journal, SpringerPlus, is now indexed by PubMed Central and Scopus. Consequently, authors publishing with SpringerPlus will enjoy maximum exposure of their research work. The journal is part of SpringerOpen, the publisher's portfolio of… Read More
Peruvian university UPC opts for BioMed Central’s Open Repository - March 20, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has welcomed its first South American Open Repository client, the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), based in Lima, Peru. Open Repository, a Registered Service Provider (RSP) of DuraSpace, seeks to provide an enhanced service of building, maintaining and… Read More
Springer launches new water platform - March 19, 2013
STM publisher Springer has announced the launch of a new, interdisciplinary platform on water at springer.com/aboutwater. Springer's new Water Program brings together Springer publications from a wide variety of scientific disciplines. Researchers, policymakers and administrative decision makers, engineers, lawyers and water… Read More
Journal of Healthcare Engineering accepted for inclusion into MEDLINE - March 19, 2013
Publisher Multi-Science Publishing Co Ltd, UK, has announced that its title, the Journal of Healthcare Engineering has been accepted for inclusion into MEDLINE. MEDLINE - the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online - is a premier bibliographic database containing over 19 million references to… Read More
Maney Publishing to publish Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology from 2014 - March 19, 2013
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced that the Midwest Archaeological Conference Inc. (MAC) will transfer publication of Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology to Maney from 2014. The journal publishes original papers on the archaeology of the region between the Appalachian Mountains and the Great Plains, from… Read More
