OUP Southern Africa named Academic Publisher of the Year - September 16, 2014
Academic publisher Oxford University Press Southern Africa (OUPSA) won the Sefika Academic Publisher of the Year award 2014 on August 26. It is the sixth time since 2006 that OUPSA has won the award, which recognizes outstanding achievements and contributions to the South African book industry.… Read More
Thomson Reuters and BMJ Publishing collaborate to optimise peer review process - September 15, 2014
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a collaboration with British Medical Journals (BMJ), a publisher of healthcare research, to optimise the efficiency of the article peer-review process and solve the industry-wide problem of reviewer fatigue by utilizing ScholarOne Reviewer Locator, an extension… Read More
Elsevier forms Materials Science Council to support efforts of materials science research community worldwide - September 15, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that, together with leading experts in the field, it has established the Elsevier Materials Science Council, a discipline-specific initiative to raise the profile and support the efforts of the materials science research community across the globe. Over the next three… Read More
Retraction Watch and PRE partner to support journals and editors in providing quality content - September 15, 2014
Retraction Watch, launched in 2010 in an effort to increase the transparency of the retraction process among scholarly publication, and PRE (Peer Review Evaluation), which was formed to support publishers in promoting trust and transparency related to peer review, will work together to share information related… Read More
Digital Science’s managing director Timo Hannay to feature in ALPSP’s Masters In Publishing Series - September 15, 2014
Digital Science's managing director Timo Hannay will be interviewed as part of ALPSP's Masters In Publishing Series. The series aims to provide an in-depth look at leaders in the industry whose innovations are charting new courses and whose successes are built… Read More
IOS Press announces 2015 journal prices - September 15, 2014
STM publisher IOS Press, Netherlands, has released its 2015 journal pricelist, which is available at www.iospress.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2015-Facts-sheet.pdf. Commencing its publishing activities in 1987, IOS Press serves the information needs of scientific and medical communities worldwide. The journal program now consists of more… Read More
