China to overtake Japan in research output, says Nature Publishing Index - March 22, 2013
Nature Publishing Group has released the lead conclusions of the 2012 Nature Publishing Index (NPI) 2012 Asia-Pacific, published in the journal Nature. According to the supplement, Japan continues to lead the Asia-Pacific in research output, but it could be overtaken by China in the coming years.… Read More
Elsevier launches PracticeUpdate, free information portal for physicians - March 21, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of PracticeUpdate, a free website featuring high-quality, relevant medical information and education resources. The site is aimed at the millions of physicians who seek news and articles to help them diagnose and treat their patients. Read More
John Wiley & Sons renews over sixty years of partnership with the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society - March 21, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has renewed its relationship with the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS) - a partnership which began over sixty years ago. Wiley will continue to support the society's leading research journal Physiologia Plantarum, an international thought leader in the field… Read More
Springer’s interdisciplinary OA journal now indexed in Scopus and PubMed Central - March 20, 2013
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that its interdisciplinary fully open access journal, SpringerPlus, is now indexed by PubMed Central and Scopus. Consequently, authors publishing with SpringerPlus will enjoy maximum exposure of their research work. The journal is part of SpringerOpen, the publisher's portfolio of… Read More
Peruvian university UPC opts for BioMed Central’s Open Repository - March 20, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has welcomed its first South American Open Repository client, the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), based in Lima, Peru. Open Repository, a Registered Service Provider (RSP) of DuraSpace, seeks to provide an enhanced service of building, maintaining and… Read More
Springer launches new water platform - March 19, 2013
STM publisher Springer has announced the launch of a new, interdisciplinary platform on water at springer.com/aboutwater. Springer's new Water Program brings together Springer publications from a wide variety of scientific disciplines. Researchers, policymakers and administrative decision makers, engineers, lawyers and water… Read More
