McGraw-Hill Professional names John Rennie as Editorial Director of Science Publishing Group - July 25, 2012
Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, has announced that John Rennie has joined the division as editorial director, responsible for Professional's science programme. In his new role, Rennie will oversee the ongoing editorial development of the AccessScience digital subscription platform and the Encyclopedia… Read More
Maney Publishing announces increased impact factors for Materials Science and Engineering titles - July 25, 2012
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced impressive citation results across its materials science and engineering list. Maney’s materials science and engineering collection achieved an average increase in impact factor of 13 percent and also increased total citations. Many journals have citation half-lives in excess of… Read More
JISC, Wellcome Trust initiative to help universities with new OA publishing system - July 25, 2012
New work funded by the UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Wellcome Trust, on behalf of the Open Access Implementation Group (OAIG), will look at how they can help universities to manage the charges efficiently for open access (OA) publishing. It will also examine… Read More
ARM TechCon event to examine latest technologies for design engineers - July 25, 2012
UBM Electronics, a US-based provider of media and marketing solutions for the design engineering and the electronics industry, and ARM, a supplier of semiconductor IP, have announced the details of ARM TechCon 2012. The event, scheduled for October 30, 2012 at the Santa Clara Convention Center,… Read More
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins releases first e-book titles in Washington Manual Subspecialty Consult Series - July 24, 2012
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced the release of the first e-book editions in The Washington Manual Subspecialty Consult Series. Written by residents/fellows and reviewed by faculty at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis,… Read More
IEEE forms study group to explore next-generation IEEE 802.3 BASE-T - July 24, 2012
Professional association IEEE, US, has announced the formation of the IEEE 802.3 Next-Generation BASE-T Study Group. The new group is designed to measure industry interest and needs in the next generation of the IEEE 802.3 BASE-T family of technologies for Ethernet transmission over twisted-pair cabling. … Read More
