Royal Society of Chemistry journals continue to show Impact Factor growth - June 24, 2013
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced that its publishing portfolio has once again shown outstanding excellence, with the publication of the latest Impact Factors (IF) report from Thomson Reuters. Six out of the top 20 multidisciplinary chemistry journals are published by the RSC. The… Read More
SCOAP3 on track to meet target start date of January 1, 2014 - June 24, 2013
The international Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) partnership reaffirmed its commitment to SCOAP3 at a recent meeting in May. The initiative, with the full support of CERN, is now ready to move to its next step - signing contracts with publishers… Read More
New IOP Student Science Publication Award to recognise student science writers - June 24, 2013
The Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) has announced the addition of a new award which is being sponsored by the Institute of Physics (IOP) and its publishing company, IOP Publishing. The announcement was made at the recently held Science Writers'… Read More
NISO announces new two-phase project to develop standards and recommended practices for altmetrics - June 24, 2013
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced a new two-phase project to study, propose, and develop community-based standards or recommended practices in the field of alternative metrics. Assessment of scholarship is a critical component of the research process, impacting everything from which projects get funded… Read More
Library Assessment Conference 2010 papers featured in EBLIP - June 24, 2013
Fifteen articles about a range of assessment activities in academic libraries are featured in the latest issue of Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP vol. 8, no. 2). An editorial by Martha Kyrillidou and Damon Jaggars summarises the themes of these papers selected from the 2010 Library Assessment Conference… Read More
Cengage Learning appoints Sandi Kirshner as Chief Marketing Officer - June 24, 2013
Cengage Learning, a leading educational content, software and services company, has announced the appointment of Sandi Kirshner as Chief Marketing Officer. She will be based in the company's Boston, MA office and will serve on the executive team reporting to Kevin Stone, Chief Sales and… Read More
