Corrigendum - June 5, 2015
This is with reference to the news alert titled "SpringerOpen expands Japanese society open access journals portfolio" covered in the News Section of Knowledgespeak (dated Jun 4, 2015). Readers may please note that the news article has been revised on company request. The revised version of the news article is… Read More
SpringerOpen expands Japanese society open access journals portfolio - June 4, 2015
Surgical Case Reports is now being published by SpringerOpen and it will soon be joined by JA Clinical Reports and IPSJ Transactions on Computer Vision and Applications. The addition of these journals to the portfolio adds to the growing number of Japanese society open access journals… Read More
Thieme announces new research project examining authors’ perceptions of APC and Pay What You Want as a business model for academic journals - June 4, 2015
Medical and scientific publisher Thieme has announced a collaboration with the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität of Munich's School of Management and Department of Economics in a groundbreaking research project. The project involves examining authors' perceptions of Article Processing Fees (APC) and Pay What You Want (PWYW) as a business… Read More
SAGE set to publish Evolutionary Psychology - June 4, 2015
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it will begin publishing Evolutionary Psychology, an open access journal focused on the evolutionary origins of human behaviour, beginning July, 2015. First published in 2003, Evolutionary Psychology publishes research that examines human psychology and behaviour from an evolutionary perspective… Read More
TechTarget appoints veteran Wall Street data scientist Chuck Alvarez as Chief Data Officer - June 4, 2015
Technology media company TechTarget, Inc. has hired Chuck Alvarez as Chief Data Officer. In his new role, Alvarez will focus on TechTarget's Big Data strategy and new initiatives that will leverage TechTarget's Deal Data to deliver rich demand-side research, analytics and insight to enterprise Information Technology… Read More
OpenStax College, ASM Press partner to offer free introductory-level title in spring 2016 - June 4, 2015
Rice University-based publisher OpenStax College and the American Society for Microbiology Press have announced a partnership to produce Microbiology, a new introductory-level textbook due for release in spring 2016 that will be free online and low-cost in print. The collaborative publishing agreement - the first… Read More
