Oxford University Press acquires Nelson Thornes - January 22, 2013
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has acquired Nelson Thornes, extending OUP's range of educational publishing. OUP acquired the publisher from Infinitas Learning, one of Europe's leading providers of products and services for teaching and learning, for an undisclosed sum. Nelson Thornes covers a broad… Read More
Maney Publishing offers free access to Materials Science & Engineering Collection for fourteen days - January 22, 2013
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced that it is running 'Free Access 14' from February 4 – 18, 2013. Under the initiative, Maney will make all the journals in the Materials Science & Engineering Collection freely available for fourteen days. All those who complete the… Read More
O’Reilly’s Tools of Change announces speakers for TOC 2013 conference - January 21, 2013
O'Reilly's Tools of Change for Publishing has announced that leaders in digital publishing will gather at the TOC 2013 conference in New York City on February 12-14, for the seventh edition of the event. Chairs Kat Meyer and Joe Wikert have added more speakers to… Read More
BioMed Central launches Journal of Eating Disorders - January 21, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced the launch of the Journal of Eating Disorders. This journal launch marks a significant development in this area of research. It claims to be the first open access journal of its kind. Journal of Eating Disorders is co-edited… Read More
Springer and Scion collaborate to publish New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science - January 18, 2013
STM publisher Springer and Scion, a New Zealand Crown Research Institute, will cooperate to publish the New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science, starting in January 2013. As of Volume 43, Issue 1, the journal will be part of the SpringerOpen portfolio. As a fully sponsored open… Read More
Elsevier launches new journal – Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources - January 17, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new journal - Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources (JUOGR). JUOGR will publish world-class science focusing on recent advances in knowledge and practices in the area of evaluation, development and management of unconventional resources for… Read More