Submission fees – a viable business model for OA publishing, says Knowledge Exchange report - December 6, 2010
A new study commissioned by the Knowledge Exchange argues that there can be benefits to publishers if they switch to a model based on submission fees. Knowledge Exchange is a pan-European partnership between DFG (Germany), JISC (UK), DEFF (Denmark) and SURFfoundation (The Netherlands) who share a… Read More
WIT research group to lead EU project to provide increased security - December 6, 2010
A team of researchers in Waterford Institute of Technology's TSSG (Telecommunications Software and Systems Group) were recently appointed as lead co-ordinators of ENDORSE, a €3.7 million EU-wide research project to create technical and legal framework for data management, to prevent the accidental… Read More
UK poll examines impact of libel laws threat on scientific publishers - December 6, 2010
Sense About Science, a charitable trust to promote good science and evidence for the public, recently released the preview of a survey to estimate the number of medical and scientific journal editors threatened with libel action. The move comes as the UK's Read More
WK Health to showcase medication safety, patient care at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting - December 6, 2010
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that it will highlight medication safety and patient care through its Facts & Comparisons eAnswers drug reference solutions at the 45th American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting from December 5 -… Read More
German court upholds fines against Rapidshare for violating injunction - December 6, 2010
The Regional Court of Hamburg in Germany recently upheld the imposition of fines of over €150,000 against Rapidshare and its principals. The court had imposed the fines for violating the injunction it had issued earlier this year. The injunction was obtained in February 2010 by Read More
Co-Action Publishing and European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies launch European Journal of Psychotraumatology - December 6, 2010
Open access (OA) scholarly publisher Co-Action Publishing, Sweden, and the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS) have announced the launch of the society's new journal - European Journal of Psychotraumatology (EJPT). Miranda Olff of the Academic Medical Center, Netherlands, will serve as the Editor-in-Chief. She… Read More
