Elsevier expands Legacy Collection on ScienceDirect - October 17, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the expansion of its Legacy Collection on ScienceDirect. Elsevier's Legacy Collection now includes more than 9500 books with contributions from more than 100 Nobel Laureates. The Legacy Collection digitizes classic historical scholarly book content. Many of these newly digitised foundational… Read More
BMC Medicine to host Twitter-chat to discuss how open access publishing impacts medical research and global health - October 16, 2013
BMC Medicine, an open access journal published by BioMed Central, will be hosting a one hour Twitter-chat to discuss how open access publishing impacts medical research and global health in recognition of Open Access Week (October 21 - 27). Earlier this year, BMC Medicine launched… Read More
ScienceDirect offers ability to view 3D datasets next to the published online articles - October 16, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and Kitware, a worldwide leader in developing advanced visualization technologies, has announced that Elsevier journals offer the opportunity to upload 3D datasets when submitting a paper for publication. This way, once published, readers can interactively explore 3D datasets next to the online… Read More
Springer expands publishing portfolio in Korea - October 16, 2013
STM publisher Springer has signed new agreements with the Korea Nano Technology Research Society (KoNTRS) for a new open access journal and KAIST Press for a new book series. With this move, the publisher seeks to expand its activities in South Korea. Starting in January… Read More
Elsevier and Russian Ministry of Education sign agreement to include Scopus Custom Data in the development of national research assessment tool - October 15, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the Russian Ministry of Education and Science has signed an agreement to include Scopus Custom Data in a nation-wide research assessment tool - Russia's Map of Science. The project for Russia's Map of Science was launched last year as… Read More
Elsevier announces the launch of astrophysical journal – Journal of High Energy Astrophysics - October 14, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of the Journal of High Energy Astrophysics (JHEAp), the first astrophysical journal that revolves around the study of high energy objects and events. The Journal of High Energy Astrophysics targets research on energetic phenomena in the universe.… Read More
