Nature Index indicates China’s leading cities for high quality research and status of research collaboration - December 18, 2014
The diversity of Chinese institutions and their growing contribution to global scientific developments and collaborations with other countries have been highlighted in the Nature Index China 2014, published as a supplement in Nature. By 2013 weighted fractional count (WFC), China is currently the country with the… Read More
Frontiers launches first OA journal in the humanities and social sciences – Frontiers in Digital Humanities - December 18, 2014
Swiss open-access publisher Frontiers, part of the Nature Publishing Group family, has announced the launch of a series of interdisciplinary open access journals across the whole spectrum of the humanities and social sciences. The first journal, Frontiers in Digital Humanities, is now open for submissions. … Read More
American Astronomical Society and IOP Publishing announce new ebook publishing partnership - December 17, 2014
The American Astronomical Society (AAS) and IOP Publishing (IOP) have created a new electronic book publishing partnership as part of the AAS's mission to enhance and share humanity's scientific understanding of the universe. The program will combine IOP's award-winning ebook publishing… Read More
IOP Publishing is now CrossMark and FundRef compliant - December 12, 2014
IOP Publishing as announced that it is now compliant with two CrossRef initiatives, FundRef and CrossMark. FundRef provides an easy way for funders to see the articles that have been published from the research they funded. Supporting a standard way of reporting across the scholarly… Read More
Nature Publishing Group partners with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation to launch npj Breast Cancer journal - December 10, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group is joining forces with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) to publish npj Breast Cancer, an open access research journal which will help understand, prevent, treat and cure the world's second most common cancer. npj Breast Cancer will publish high quality… Read More
CABI publishes new book, Soil Carbon, on World Soil Day - December 8, 2014
CABI has announced that it is publishing Soil Carbon to coincide with World Soil Day. The publication brings together essential evidence and policy opportunities regarding the global importance of soil carbon as a critical component in the natural system. Soil Carbon comes at a time… Read More
