OSA and Scholarly iQ issue COUNTER Release 4 compliant usage reports for OSA journals - May 30, 2013
The Optical Society (OSA) and Scholarly iQ has announced that OSA's usage statistics for its portfolio of peer-reviewed journals have been upgraded and are now available using the new COUNTER Release 4 (R4) standards. These new standards, like the ones already in place, have been accepted… Read More
Journal of Intensive Care now accepting submissions - May 30, 2013
Journal of Intensive Care, published by open access publisher BioMed Central, is now accepting submissions. The peer-reviewed online journal aims to publish articles contributing to the development of intensive care medical science, and to promote the exchange of ideas internationally in this and related fields. In… Read More
HighWire Press and GeoScienceWorld expands journals partnership - May 30, 2013
HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University Libraries, and GeoScienceWorld (GSW) have announced a significant expansion of their journals partnership through a new integrated eBooks platform built on the HighWire Open Platform. The GSW eBooks Collections claims to be the first non-profit, multi-publisher eBooks… Read More
Harvard University appoints Peter Suber as director of the Office for Scholarly Communication - May 30, 2013
The Harvard Library and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University have announced the appointment of SPARC senior researcher Peter Suber as director of the Office for Scholarly Communication (OSC). The OSC spearheads campus-wide initiatives to open, share, and preserve scholarship. Suber's… Read More
Elsevier publishes new book titles for the petroleum geology industry - May 29, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced publishing fourteen new book titles for the petroleum geology industry. The new publications provide geoscientists with additional high-quality, foundational content that supports oil and gas exploration. Elsevier showcased the books at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Convention and Conference… Read More
Springer and the Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics announce publishing partnership - May 29, 2013
STM publisher Springer has announced that Springer and the Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (SIGG) are collaborating to publish Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, the official journal of the society, starting in 2013. The journal was previously published by the Italian publisher Editrice Kurtis. The… Read More
