Karger launches 2015 prices for journals, collections and packages - August 13, 2014
International STM publisher Karger has launched its 2015 prices for journals, collections and packages. The journal program for 2015 consists of 106 biomedical journal titles, most of them in English language. The program includes 23 Open Access journals and 11 new titles. The Price List… Read More
EDP Sciences set to host and distribute its journals, previously managed by Cambridge University Press - August 8, 2014
EDP Sciences, a learned-society owned publisher, has announced that hosting and distribution of sixteen of its journals, previously managed by Cambridge University Press, will transition to EDP Sciences for direct management from 2015 onwards. EDP Sciences is located in Paris and London, with a growing… Read More
Human Genome Variation database launches - August 4, 2014
Figshare, an online repository which enables researchers to securely host, will provide the technology to power the newly launched Human Genome Variation Database managed by Nature Publishing Group. The data accompanies Data Reports (a new article type) published in the open… Read More
Nature, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports dominate multidisciplinary science category of 2013 Journal Citation Report - August 1, 2014
Nature, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports dominate the multidisciplinary science category of the 2013 Journal Citation Report (JCR), ranking first, third and fifth. The 2013 JCR, released this week, sees open access Scientific Reports move to #5 in the multidisciplinary sciences category, overtaking PLOS ONE. Scientific… Read More
Frontiers launches new open-access medical journal – Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine - July 31, 2014
Swiss open-access publisher Frontiers, part of the Nature Publishing Group family, has announced the launch of Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, a new open-access medical journal. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine will publish peer-reviewed articles on the diagnosis, treatment, and pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease that help to advance… Read More
Journals from IOP Publishing show Impact Factor growth - July 31, 2014
The 2013 Impact Factors, published by Thomson Reuters, once again show growth for many of the journals published by IOP Publishing (IOP). This year, more than half of the titles published by IOP have seen an increase in citations from last… Read More