Dr. Anke Beck to step down as Managing Director at De Gruyter to pursue new challenges in publishing - March 26, 2018
Dr. Anke Beck, one of two Managing Directors at De Gruyter, has decided to leave the company to pursue new challenges in publishing. Carsten Buhr, Managing Director, will take on sole management responsibility for De Gruyter. Anke Beck began her career as Editor-in-Chief of Mouton… Read More
Frontiers in Surgery launches new Thoracic Surgery section, appoints Dr Robert J. Cerfolio as Specialty Chief Editor - March 26, 2018
Frontiers has announced the launch of a new section, Thoracic Surgery, as part of the established Frontiers in Surgery journal. This new initiative is led by Dr. Robert J. Cerfolio of New York University Langone Medical Center, where he serves as inaugural director of the Perlmutter… Read More
Emerald Publishing and The Beyster Foundation for Enterprise Development launch annual award programme - March 26, 2018
Academic publisher Emerald Publishing, along with The Beyster Foundation for Enterprise Development (BFED) - a development to support research, education and services that advance innovation, entrepreneurship and broad-based ownership, has announced the launch of an annual award programme for excellence in research published in the new… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - March 26, 2018
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Robert Harington (Openness and The Two Cultures); EBSCOpost Blog (Weighing the Benefits of Library Vendors Versus Online Retailers); Kate Williams and Jonathan Grant (A brief history of research impact: how has impact assessment evolved in the UK and Australia?); Andy… Read More
Digital delivery breathes new life into professional books and scholarly monographs, says new Simba report - March 23, 2018
Media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information has released a report titled 'Scholarly & Professional E-Book Publishing 2018-2022.' The report examines the scholarly and professional market including e-books in law, business, scientific and technical, medical, and social science and humanities. It found… Read More
St. Stephen’s Clinical Research adopts Elsevier’s MACRO to support complex clinical research - March 23, 2018
Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, has announced the successful implementation of its MACRO solution by St. Stephen's Clinical Research in the UK. St. Stephen's Clinical Research (STSTCR) is a specialist clinical research organisation providing services to pharmaceutical companies, clinical research organisations, academic institutions, the healthcare… Read More
