Cambridge University Press announces Open Access Creative Commons licences for Cambridge Journals - February 19, 2013
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has announced that articles in its Open Access journals can be published with a Creative Commons Attribution licence (‘CC-BY'). This licence allows users and readers to download, read, re-use and re-distribute freely, as long as they acknowledge the original article. … Read More
Portland Press and Chinese National Science and Technology Library announce licence agreement - February 19, 2013
Portland Press Limited, the not-for-profit publishing subsidiary of the Biochemical Society, recently signed an agreement with the Chinese National Science and Technology Library (NSTL) for country-wide online access to journals within their portfolio. Negotiations were facilitated by The Charlesworth Group. The three-year licence will ensure… Read More
Elsevier Foundation, others give awards for women scientists in developing countries - February 18, 2013
Five medical and life science researchers from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean Basin have received the 2013 Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World. The recognition was for work that could contribute to life-saving knowledge and… Read More
‘Genome Medicine’ invites papers for special issue on single cell analysis - February 18, 2013
Genome Medicine, published by open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, will publish a special issue on the topic of "Single cell analysis: into the clinic", later this year. The issue will reportedly highlight the rapid advances that have been made in the separation, detection and analysis… Read More
Higher education institutions in Brazil and Saudi Arabia gain access to Gale’s National Geographic Virtual Library - February 18, 2013
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has announced the signing of license agreements that will enable higher education institutions throughout Brazil and Saudi Arabia to access Gale’s National Geographic Virtual Library. Developed in partnership with the National Geographic Society, the National Geographic Virtual Library comprises National… Read More
Aviation Week announces new appointments, expands editorial team - February 18, 2013
Aviation Week, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has announced that veteran aviation journalists Tony Osborne and Cathy Buyck are the latest members of the international team of editors at Aviation Week, while Frankfurt-based Jens Flottau has been promoted to lead… Read More
