CLOCKSS Archive announces participation of five new publishers in its digital preservation archive - August 16, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of five new publishers in its digital preservation archive. The publishers are: Duke University Press, NZCER Press, New Prairie Press, Mathematical Sciences Publishers and Copernicus Publications. Duke University Press publishes primarily in the humanities and social sciences and… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing announces increased impact factors - August 16, 2012
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing, UK, has highest ever number of appearances in the 2011 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Thomson Reuters, with 53 titles and 84 rankings. Eight new titles received their first impact factor, which amounts to a 17.7 percent increase in ranked… Read More
2012 RSuite User Conference spotlight – DITA for Publishers - August 15, 2012
RSI Content Solutions, a US-based provider of content management services, has announced that attendees at the 2012 RSuite User Conference will hear how people are using the powerful combination of RSuite CMS and DITA. The 2012 RSuite User Conference is scheduled for September 20, 2012. Publishing… Read More
Publishers’ statement on injunctive and declaratory relief in the copyright infringement lawsuit - August 15, 2012
The US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia recently handed down a ruling on injunctive and declaratory relief in the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by academic publishers against Georgia State University. According to a statement from the publisher plaintiffs the District Court’s decision is marred by a number… Read More
Asian Journal of Psychiatry accepted for indexing in MEDLINE - August 15, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the Asian Journal of Psychiatry, the official scientific journal of the Asian Federation of Psychiatric Associations, has been accepted for indexing in Medline and will soon be accessible via PubMed. Indexing through the US National Library of Medicine's (NLM)… Read More
Wiley journals adopt CC-BY licence allowing commercial use of published articles - August 15, 2012
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced revised licensing arrangements for proprietary journals published under the Wiley Open Access programme. The journals will adopt the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence which allows commercial use of published articles. The Wiley Open Access portfolio… Read More
