Biology Direct launches new online submission system - September 15, 2010
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its journal Biology Direct - which operates a novel scheme of open peer review - has launched a new online submission system to make submission to the journal considerably more straightforward. Manuscripts published in the journal appear… Read More
Czech data protection authority halts Google’s Street View data collection - September 15, 2010
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has announced that the Czech Republic's data protection authority has refused to allow further picture collection for Google's Street View map service. The data office, which already rejected a similar request from Google in December 2009, said it would… Read More
Allen Press opts for Quark XML Author to automate scholarly journals publishing - September 15, 2010
Print and publishing services provider Allen Press, US, has chosen to integrate Quark, Inc.'s Quark XML Author into its publishing workflow in order to further automate its publishing processes and create competitive advantages for its publishers. Quark XML Author is an XML… Read More
Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - September 15, 2010
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak is now available via our new beta application, SCOOPE STM Mobile. Subscribers on the move can now gain easy access to Knowledgespeak through a reader-friendly mobile phone interface. This application is uniquely available in two versions:… Read More
Disclosures not revealing author-industry ties consistently, says study - September 14, 2010
Medical journal Archives of Internal Medicine has published a study, according to which current journal disclosure practices do not yield complete or consistent information regarding authors' industry ties. It has become standard practice in medical journals to require authors to disclose their relationships with industry. However,… Read More
Elsevier launches new search and discovery tool for Geoscientists - September 14, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of Geofacets, a search and discovery tool which delivers relevant content from Elsevier's market-leading earth sciences journals. Geofacets will help geoscientists in the oil and gas industry spend less time searching and formatting content… Read More
