Dr. Y.S. Chandrashekhar named new Editor-in-Chief of JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging - January 16, 2017
The American College of Cardiology has named Dr. Y.S. Chandrashekhar as the new editor-in-chief of JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging publishes research articles on current and future clinical applications of non-invasive and invasive imaging techniques and is ranked among the top ten cardiovascular journals… Read More
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) appoints Maria A. Pallante as President and CEO - January 16, 2017
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has announced that the former United States Register of Copyrights, Maria A. Pallante, will succeed Tom Allen who is retiring as President and CEO. Pallante, who will join AAP on January 17, 2017, is widely-known as an intellectual property expert… Read More
Cengage Launches MindTap ACE, offers seamless integration of curated OER content into courses - January 16, 2017
Education and technology company Cengage has launched MindTap ACE, a digital solution that blends curated Open Educational Resources (OER) with Cengage content. Designed to help faculty seamlessly integrate OER into their courses, MindTap ACE expands Cengage's portfolio of comprehensive learning solutions that use open resources, including… Read More
Tsinghua University in Beijing selects Ex Libris Alma library management service - January 16, 2017
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced that Tsinghua University in Beijing has chosen the Ex Libris Alma® library management service to replace the university's Innovative Millennium integrated library system. Tsinghua University was ranked as the top university in China by QS World University Rankings®. Tsinghua… Read More
eLife and Authorea partner to simplify submission for authors - January 16, 2017
Authorea, an online editor for writing and publishing research documents, is integrating eLife into its submission system to give authors more options for direct submission to journals. eLife, the non-profit initiative backed by leading research funding organisations and led by scientists,… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - January 16, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (The Measure of All Things: Some Notes on CiteScore); José Luis Ortega (Twitter can help with scientific dissemination but its influence on citation impact is less clear); Jill O'Neill (Intellectual Craftsmanship and Scholarly Engagement - JSTOR’s Ideas for… Read More