UAE’s Ministry of Education in deal with McGraw-Hill Education to enhance UAE’s education system - October 10, 2016
His Excellency Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Minister of Education for the United Arab Emirates, has announced a new world-class curriculum to enhance the UAE’s education system. The seven-year agreement has been signed with McGraw-Hill Education, a learning science company, for all K-12 math and science… Read More
MPIP publishes latest recommendations on improving transparency in clinical trial data disclosures - October 10, 2016
Medical Publishing Insights & Practices (MPIP) has announced the publication of its latest recommendations on improving transparency in clinical trial data disclosures in the online issue of The BMJ (doi: 10.1136/bmj.i5078). Recommendations to Improve Adverse Event Reporting in Clinical Trial Publications: a Joint Pharmaceutical Industry/Journal… Read More
CQUniversity selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo to manage and deliver print, electronic, and digital resources - October 10, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that Central Queensland University (CQUniversity) has chosen the Ex Libris Alma® library management platform and Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution to support library services at the more than 20 university locations, which serve over 35,000 students. The… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 10, 2016
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Grace Baynes (Open access to high energy physics assured to 2019 by SCOAP3); Chris Carroll (The number behind the number: suggesting a truer measure of academic impact); Kent Anderson (Love That Dirty Water - Are We Headed Toward a “Clean… Read More
Open access represents one third of all research articles published, says Simba report - October 7, 2016
The number of open access (OA) research articles published annually is growing at double the rate of the complete spectrum of research articles. This is according to the most recent report from media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information. The report, Open Access Journal Publishing 2016-2020,… Read More
Elsevier updates major reference work, ‘Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences’ - October 7, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of the second edition of its major reference work, Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences, edited by Brian Thomas, Denis Murphy and Brian Murray. The updated volume presents complete, authoritative information on more than 25 separate areas of plant science,… Read More
