Elsevier expands OA portfolio with two new journals – Preventive Medicine Reports and Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research - September 25, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new peer reviewed open access journal, Preventive Medicine Reports (PMR). Preventive Medicine Reports will serve as the sister journal to Preventive Medicine, a leading medical journal founded by Dr. Ernst Wynder in 1972. Continuing the legacy… Read More
University of Canterbury selects Intota Assessment from ProQuest to simplify library collection management - September 25, 2014
The University of Canterbury recently selected Intota™ Assessment from ProQuest as the best solution to address challenges in evaluating usage of their libraries' collections and making collection management decisions based on evidence. Detailed overlap analysis helps a library… Read More
Entries for 2015 PROSE Awards now being accepted - September 25, 2014
Entries are now being accepted through October 31 for the 2015 PROSE Awards. The PROSE Awards, now in its 39th year, is a celebration of publishing that recognises outstanding and innovative scholarly contributions to the arts, humanities, sciences, and math. The prestigious awards are produced by the Read More
Atypon to host all Inderscience content on Literatum platform, beginning mid-2015 - September 25, 2014
Scientific publisher Inderscience Publishers has announced the appointment of Atypon, a leading provider of software to the scientific and scholarly publishing industry, to host all Inderscience content from mid-2015 on its Literatum platform. Atypon announced the acquisition of Metapress, Inderscience's former… Read More
Brill’s International Journal of Public Theology and Journal of Reformed Theology now included in SCOPUS - September 25, 2014
Scholarly publisher Brill has announced that two journals in its growing Theology program – International Journal of Public Theology (IJPT) and the Journal of Reformed Theology (JRT) – are now included in SCOPUS. A sign of continued development in Brill's Theology program, the IJPT and… Read More
Swets files for bankruptcy, publishers urge customers to find alternative agents - September 24, 2014
Subscription agent SWETS has written to publishers that to protect the business interests of Swets & Zeitlinger Group BV, the company has requested the court in Amsterdam to declare a suspension of payments of Swets & Zeitlinger Group BV and appoint an administrator. This request was… Read More
