NISO recommended practice on test modes for SUSHI servers for trial use - August 3, 2011
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the availability of the recommended practice providing a Test Mode for SUSHI Servers (NISO RP-13-201x) for a trial use period ending January 31, 2012. The Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) Protocol is a NISO standard (ANSI/NISO Z39.93-2007)… Read More
Digital Science launches new funding programme to encourage innovation - August 3, 2011
Digital Science, a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd., unveiled its Catalyst Prize, an initiative to support innovators who wish to develop new software tools or technologies for scientific research. The programme will provide a series of awards up to £15,000 each (about $24,000) to the most… Read More
The Hearing Journal Directory now available online - August 3, 2011
The Hearing Journal, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, has announced that it now offers audiology professionals fast and easy access to up-to-date and comprehensive hearing industry information. The leading source of information on the global hearing industry is available exclusively online at The Hearing Journal… Read More
Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology reports increased impact factor - August 3, 2011
The Society of Interventional Radiology has announced that its flagship publication the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology's impact factor increased nearly 15 percent in 2010. While the journal's quality and influence has remained consistently high over the past five years, the journal's core strengths have… Read More
Allen Press launches mailing and distribution blog, MailBlogx - August 3, 2011
Publishing services provider Allen Press, Inc., US, has announced the launch of a new blog called MailBlogx, a mailing and distribution resource for scholarly and special interest publishers. The new blog will be a place for publishers who need to find out the latest information… Read More
Elsevier introduces new interactive feature on SciVerse ScienceDirect to enrich content of articles - August 2, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has introduced Genome Viewer, a new interactive feature on SciVerse ScienceDirect for applicable life sciences journals. The Genome Viewer is a SciVerse application that displays detailed gene or genomic sequence information on the genes mentioned in an article. The Genome Viewer utilises… Read More
