BMJ has partnered with the Chinese Stroke Association to publish new OA journal, Stroke and Vascular Neurology - November 9, 2015
Global healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has partnered with the Chinese Stroke Association to produce a new open access journal, Stroke and Vascular Neurology. The journal, which represents BMJ’s first joint publishing venture in the People’s Republic of China, will be owned by the Chinese Stroke Association… Read More
IPEM and IOP extend partnership to create book programme - November 9, 2015
The Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) and IOP Publishing (IOP) have extended their partnership to create a new ebook programme specifically designed for the medical physics and biomedical engineering communities. The new series will begin publication in 2018. It will be supported… Read More
Altmetric data now available for 2 EDP Sciences titles - November 9, 2015
EDP Sciences recently added the Altmetric data for the journals: Astronomy & Astrophysics and Parasite. Altmetric data gives users a more complete picture of how people are engaging with scholarly literature by tracking a variety of sources, including news, social media, bookmarking and peer-review forums,… Read More
Dr. Antonio Puente named 2017 president of the American Psychological Association - November 9, 2015
Dr. Antonio Puente, professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, has been elected 2017 president of the American Psychological Association. He will serve as APA’s president-elect in 2016. 2017 APA President Antonio Puente is also the founder and co-director of the Cape… Read More
International Association for Plant Taxonomy to preserve e-journal with Portico - November 9, 2015
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) will preserve TAXON with Portico, ensuring that the e-journal will be secure and available into the future. IAPT is dedicated to organismal biodiversity the extent, recognition, organization, evolution, and naming of… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - November 9, 2015
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Jigisha Patel (Sharing peer review experiences and knowledge); Elizabeth Gadd (When are journal metrics useful? A balanced call for the contextualized and transparent use of all publication metrics); Karin Wulf (Books, Glorious Books: Explorations in Open Access Monograph Publishing); Angela… Read More
