Nature Index: A new global indicator for high quality science shows growing strength of China - November 13, 2014
The growing contribution to science of Chinese institutions such as Chinese Academy of Sciences is one striking pattern revealed in the recently launched Nature Index. High quality science outputs of 20,000 institutions worldwide can now be easily analysed with the new Nature… Read More
CDISC and HIMSS collaborate on standards-based health IT solution, linking patient care with clinical research - November 13, 2014
The Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) and HIMSS have extended their existing and long-standing relationship and, in collaboration with Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) USA, will work together to foster the adoption of standards to enable the interoperability of health IT… Read More
Elsevier publishes four new books in environmental sciences portfolio - November 13, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of four new environmental science books offering the latest information on the study of soil and water, including the fourth edition of Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry, written by Eldor Paul, Senior Research Scientist at the Natural Resources Ecology… Read More
Wolters Kluwer announces January 2015 release of OA journal – Transplantation Direct - November 13, 2014
Global information services company Wolters Kluwer has announced the January 2015 release of Transplantation Direct, an open access journal created as a companion to Transplantation®, the official journal of The Transplantation Society. This journal is accepting manuscripts now at editorialmanager.com/txd. Transplantation… Read More
ProQuest’s Intota library services platform centralises and simplifies e-resource management - November 13, 2014
Day-to-day library collection management activities for academic librarians using ProQuest Intota™ now benefit from a new workflow feature called My Intota. My Intota provides an 'Activities' and 'Databases' workspace that includes tasks, deadlines and associated action steps—with multiple filtering capabilities and access… Read More
Genetics Society of America and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press partner to assist authors in depositing preprints into bioRxiv - November 13, 2014
The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is partnering with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Press to assist authors in submitting unpublished manuscripts to bioRxiv, a fast-growing preprint server for the life sciences. GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics, the journals of the GSA,… Read More
