Springer and the Japan Geoscience Union to collaborate on new open access journal - June 24, 2014
STM publisher Springer and the Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU), the organisation that represents most of the earth and planetary science societies in Japan, have launched the new open access journal Progress in Earth and Planetary Science (PEPS). The first articles have already… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health honoured with 19 APEX Awards for Excellence in Publishing - June 24, 2014
Healthcare information solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that 13 of its Lippincott Williams & Wilkins-published journals won 19 awards in the 26th annual APEX Awards for Publication Excellence Competition. Neurology Today, published on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology, and Nursing 2014… Read More
PlumX to include usage statistics from EBSCO databases - June 24, 2014
Metrics from Plum Analytics will now include usage statistics for articles and books that are available from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) databases and EBSCO Discovery Service. The article-level data from these databases will allow Plum Analytics' product PlumX to provide usage statistics on articles and books… Read More
AAP statement on BISG withdrawal from Bookstats joint venture - June 24, 2014
On June 19, the Book Industry Study Group Board voted not to renew its joint agreement with the Association of American Publishers to continue as co-producers of the annual BookStats survey capturing the estimated size and scope of the publishing industry. … Read More
Five IOP journals to switch to electronic only - June 24, 2014
Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP), UK, has announced that five of the company's research journals will become electronic only and will no longer print paper editions. This transition will take effect with the 2015 subscription year and affects Biofabrication, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Biomedical Materials, Journal… Read More
Semantic Web Journal celebrates Web at 25 with Linked Data installation - June 24, 2014
All around the world people are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the invention of the Web. The Semantic Web Journal, published by IOS Press, is participating in these festivities by launching its new Linked Data-powered digital installation. The installation takes bibliographic data from Read More
