Springer Nature creates new global Policy & External Relations and Communications teams - July 2, 2015
Springer Nature has created a new Policy & External Relations team as well as a combined Communications team to work in the recently-merged organisation. The two teams have global responsibility and will be led by Eric Merkel-Sobotta and Joyce Lorigan respectively. Both will report to Derk… Read More
Over one third of Springer’s open access journals now listed in 2015 Journal Citation Reports - July 1, 2015
The Journal Citation Reports 2015® (JCR), recently released by Thomson Reuters, lists a total of 1,595 Springer journals, with 37 Springer journals joining the list for the first time. Significantly, in 2014, 82 percent of the Springer journals in the list… Read More
Elsevier announces enhancements to Reaxys Medicinal Chemistry - July 1, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced enhancements to Reaxys Medicinal Chemistry that address the critical workflow and data challenges of early drug discovery. Improved discoverability and usability features for Reaxys Medicinal Chemistry, combined with Elsevier's ability to integrate in-house proprietary data, will significantly improve the efficiency of… Read More
Wiley, Figshare partnership to support authors to openly share data - July 1, 2015
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced a partnership with London- based data repository organisation, Figshare. To support authors who wish to openly share their data, Wiley has embarked on this partnership with Figshare to integrate data sharing within existing journal workflows and article publication.… Read More
Elsevier announces 2014 Citation Impact highlights - June 30, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the highlights of its journal Impact Factor performance in 2014. According to the 2014 Journal Citation Reports® (JCR) published by Thomson Reuters, Elsevier saw 55 percent of its journal Impact Factors increase from 2013 to 2014, ahead of the aggregate across… Read More
Thieme Chemistry releases Science of Synthesis 4.1 - June 30, 2015
Scientific publisher Thieme Chemistry has announced Science of Synthesis (SOS) 4.1, the latest release of its unique full-text resource for methods and experimental procedures in synthetic organic chemistry. Available as of June, Science of Synthesis will include the latest Knowledge Updates and additions from the Reference… Read More
