Future Science Group announces significant Impact Factor increases for two of its key journals - September 17, 2014
Publisher Future Science Group has announced significant Impact Factor increases for two of its key journals - Epigenomics and Nanomedicine. The Impact Factor of Epigenomics increased 115 percent to 5.215, while Nanomedicine increased 11 percent to 5.824. Three other titles also posted increases: Future Virology… Read More
Maryvonne Enjolras joins OCLC EMEA as Regional Director - September 17, 2014
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, has announced that Maryvonne Enjolras has joined OCLC EMEA as Regional Director. In this newly created role, Enjolras is overseeing the expansion of OCLC services in France, Portugal and Spain. She will be based in OCLC's new… Read More
Australian Research Council selects Elsevier’s Scopus for ERA 2015 assessment - September 16, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier recently announced that the Australian Research Council (ARC) has selected Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific literature, as the bibliometric provider for its 2015 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment. This is the third consecutive time Scopus has… Read More
Thomson Reuters celebrates sesquicentennial anniversary of the Zoological Record - September 16, 2014
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the 150th anniversary of the Zoological Record, the oldest continuous bibliographic database in life sciences and the leading and most comprehensive source for biodiversity, systematics and zoological information. Housed within the Web of Science, the… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry names Jan Kuras as new Open Access Development Manager - September 16, 2014
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced the appointment of scientific information and publishing industry specialist Jan Kuras to lead and implement the organisation's open access strategy. Kuras joins RSC's publishing team as Open Access Development Manager and brings over 20 years' experience in scientific… Read More
Nature Publishing Group partners with The Systems Biology Institute to launch OA journal npj Systems Biology and Applications - September 16, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group has announced a new partnership with The Systems Biology Institute, Tokyo, to launch npj Systems Biology and Applications, an online open access journal dedicated to publishing high quality research. The journal will begin accepting submissions in November 2014 and publish its… Read More
