Thomson Reuters releases 40th annual Journal Citation Reports, breaks new ground in journal evaluation - June 22, 2015
The Intellectual Property (IP) & Science business of Thomson Reuters is changing the face of scholarly journal evaluation with the release of the 2015 Journal Citation Reports® (JCR) that includes the integration of a new metric, the Journal Impact Factor Percentile; a Normalized Eigenfactor®; detailed analysis… Read More
QS and Elsevier extend cooperation - June 22, 2015
QS, the leading global career and education network, and STM publisher Elsevier have announced that they will extend their cooperation. Elsevier will continue to provide the data as well as offer analytical services for QS's rankings, including its flagship QS World University Rankings®, QS Top 50… Read More
Nature Publishing Group unveils new open access journal – Cell Death Discovery - June 22, 2015
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group together with the Cell Death and Differentiation Association (ADMC) and the editorial team of Cell Death & Differentiation, and Cell Death & Disease recently launched a new open access journal, Cell Death Discovery. Cell Death Discovery provides… Read More
EDP Sciences issues findings from working group on peer review - June 22, 2015
EDP Sciences, a not-for-profit publisher, recently released information on the findings and recommendations of a working group into the peer review process. The meeting involved a committee of experts linked to the European Physical Journal (EPJ) including Editors-in-Chief, Associate-Editors, members of the Steering Committee and researchers… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry titles post impressive Impact Factors - June 22, 2015
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced that its journals portfolio has performed well across the board with Chemical Science, Chemical Society Reviews and Energy and Environmental Science seeing substantial rises in their Impact Factors. Energy and Environmental Science, which launched in 2008, performed strongly… Read More
PLOS appoints Veronique Kiermer as Executive Editor for PLOS journals - June 22, 2015
PLOS has announced that Dr. Veronique Kiermer has been appointed as Executive Editor. Kiermer will be responsible for the editorial and content direction and vision for PLOS' journals. Her appointment is effective July 20, 2015. Prior to joining PLOS, Kiermer was Director of Author and… Read More
