Clinical trials data now linkable with publications - May 18, 2016
A group of publishers have announced a development to uniquely identify each clinical trial and easily link to related publications for the first time. This will make it easier for health professionals to obtain all the necessary information relating to a clinical trial for their patients, and to ensure transparency… Read More
Avestia Publishing to preserve e-Journals with Portico - May 18, 2016
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that Avestia Publishing will preserve e-journals with Portico, ensuring that they will be secure and available in the future. Avestia Publishing is a fast growing academic publication platform. All Avestia publications adopt an open access model, are peer-reviewed, and… Read More
EBSCO Health and American Medical Association partner to give all AMA members access to DynaMed Plus - May 17, 2016
Clinical decision support solutions provider EBSCO Health and the American Medical Association (AMA) have expanded their partnership to give all AMA-members complimentary access to DynaMed Plus®, the evidence-based, clinical information resource that is designed to provide the most useful information to healthcare professionals at the point… Read More
Exact Editions to preserve e-journals with Portico - May 17, 2016
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that Exact Editions will preserve e-journals with Portico, ensuring that they will be secure and available into the future. Exact Editions turns books and periodicals into dynamic, user friendly digital editions with extensive archives. They specialise in making content… Read More
NISO releases draft altmetrics recommended practices on Data Metrics, Alternative Outputs, and Persistent Identifiers - May 17, 2016
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is seeking comments on three draft documents related to Altmetrics: NISO RP-25-201x-2A, Alternative Outputs in Scholarly Communications: Data Metrics; NISO RP-25-201x-2B, Persistent Identifiers in Scholarly Communications; and NISO RP-25-201x-2C, Alternative Outputs in Scholarly Communications. The documents are the latest… Read More
New citation category helps assess clinical impact to tell stories of clinical research - May 13, 2016
Plum Analytics, an EBSCO company, has introduced a new area of citations - Clinical Citations. This will allow clinical and translational science researchers, and those who fund and publish their work, to track the research with the PlumX™ Suite when the work is cited in materials… Read More
