Dr. Chris Semsarian named new editor-in-chief of Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine journal - July 30, 2019
Dr. Chris Semsarian, has been selected as the new editor-in-chief of Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, one of 12 scientific journals of the American Heart Association, a leading voluntary health organisation devoted to fighting cardiovascular disease. Launched in 2008, Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, aims… Read More
Healio Strategic Solutions announces new sales structure - July 30, 2019
Healio Strategic Solutions (HSS) has announced the reorganisation of its sales team designed to deliver a more client-centric approach and maximise success in custom project and advertising sales. The new sales structure organises staff in Advertising Solutions and Custom Solutions teams to meet the unique goals and objectives of the… Read More
Three leading medical writing organisations release ‘Joint Position Statement on Predatory Publishing’ - July 29, 2019
‘Predatory journals’ pose a danger that could undermine the quality, integrity, and reliability of published scientific research, a new joint statement from three leading organisations, professional in medical writing and publication planning, has warned. The American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), European Medical… Read More
Medical publishing market in transition recovers in 2017-2018 - July 29, 2019
Market research publisher Simba Information has released a new report, according to which, after declining at a compound annual rate of 3.9% in the period from 2014 to 2016, the medical publishing market recovered to grow 0.5% in 2017 and 1.1% in 2018 driven by the… Read More
The British Academy publishes commentary on cOAlition S’s final version of Plan S - July 29, 2019
The British Academy has published a new commentary on cOAlition S’s final version of ‘Plan S’ for open access publishing, and once again voiced concerns over the initiative. Plan S aims to ‘accelerate the transition to full and immediate open access to scientific publications’. ‘cOAlition… Read More
Austria launches its ORCID Consortium - July 29, 2019
Austria has taken a major step to adopt ORCID on a national scale. The official ORCID Austria launch event took place in Vienna on June 13. Co-hosted by consortium lead organisations TU Wien and the University of Vienna, supported by ORCID and E-Infrastructures Austria Plus, this… Read More
