Oxford University Press partners with The Gerontological Society of America to publish Innovation in Aging - January 6, 2017
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced a partnership with The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) to publish Innovation in Aging, a new peer-reviewed, open access interdisciplinary journal, beginning in January 2017. Innovation in Aging joins a distinguished collection of… Read More
APA appoints Dr. Rose Sokol-Chang as publisher of journals - January 6, 2017
The American Psychological Association has appointed Dr. Rose Sokol-Chang as publisher of journals in its Office of Publications and Databases, charged with managing all the editorial, peer review and production functions of APA's journals' program. Sokol-Chang joined APA in 2012 as managing director of journals… Read More
University of Florida’s Judith Russell to receive NFAIS 2017 Miles Conrad Award at Annual Conference - January 5, 2017
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAISTM), a global non-profit membership organisation serving the information services community, has announced that Judith Russell, the Dean of University Libraries at the University of Florida, has been selected to receive the NFAIS 2017 Miles Conrad Award. NFAIS's… Read More
American Academy of Ophthalmology unveils new clinical journal focusing on retinal diseases - January 5, 2017
The American Academy of Ophthalmology has announced the launch of Ophthalmology® Retina, a new scientific journal focusing exclusively on retina-related eye diseases and conditions. Ophthalmology Retina publishes original research of interest to retina specialists worldwide. Dr. Andrew P. Schachat will serve as the editor-in-chief of the… Read More
Alan Daugherty named Editor-in-Chief of American Heart Association Journal for second term - January 5, 2017
Alan Daugherty, senior associate dean for research at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, was recently approved to renew his contract as editor-in-chief of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology: Journal of the American Heart Association (ATVB) for a second five-year term. ATVB is one of… Read More
Enhanced article context at ScienceOpen - January 5, 2017
As part of the ongoing development of ScienceOpen 2.017, ScienceOpen has announced a new context-enhanced webpage for each of its 27 million article records. Such enriched article metadata is becoming increasingly important in defining the context of research in the evolution of scholarly communication as we… Read More