New report analyses usage patterns of academic journal articles - December 19, 2013
A new report funded by the Professional & Scholarly Publishing (PSP) division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) analyses the usage pattern of articles published in over 2800 academic and professional journals. It identifies the 'half-life' of journals - the amount of time it takes… Read More
Diane Grob Schmidt elected 2015 president of the American Chemical Society - December 19, 2013
Dr. Diane Grob Schmidt, a section head in Research and Development at Procter & Gamble will become president of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in January 2015 after serving as president-elect in 2014. As president, she will lead the way to initiate and support actions… Read More
New research project allows faster and easier access to innovation trends in future technologies through trend mining in patent information - December 19, 2013
A new research project at FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure allows a faster and easier access to innovation trends in future technologies through trend mining in patent information. FIZ Karlsruhe has developed efficient analysis tools for trend research with patent information which draw… Read More
BISG to co-locate 2014 Making Information Pay Conference with 2014 IDPF Digital Book Conference at BookExpo America - December 19, 2013
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has announced the co-location of Making Information Pay 2014 with the International Digital Publishing Forum's (IDPF) annual Digital Book conference. The Making Information Pay conference will take place in the afternoon of May 29 as part of the expanded two-day… Read More
Elsevier to flip 7 subscription journals to Open Access in 2014 - December 18, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it will flip seven established subscription journals to a gold open access model starting January 1, 2014. These titles include Physics Letters B and Nuclear Physics B as part of Elsevier's participation in the SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consortium for Open… Read More
Thomson Reuters announces winner of the inaugural ScholarOne Journal Triathlon - December 18, 2013
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the winner of the inaugural ScholarOne® Journal Triathlon, an online contest designed to celebrate and recognise the innovative practices of scholarly research journals. Thrombosis and Haemostasis was named Journal Triathlon Champion from among 27… Read More
