Wellcome Trust seeks greater transparency from journals on OA publishing costs - October 21, 2009
The UK’s Wellcome Trust has called for greater transparency among publishers to counter the argument that access fees are being paid twice - once through subscriptions and again through publication fees. The call comes as the Trust announces a further £2 million to fund open access… Read More
Chemical Abstracts Service and FIZ Karlsruhe sign deal to strengthen partnership - October 21, 2009
Scientific information services provider FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany, and Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, recently signed an agreement to further strengthen a partnership that began in 1983 with the foundation of STN International. STN International is an online service for patent… Read More
SpringerWienNewYork and Versita further strengthen co-publishing partnership - October 21, 2009
SpringerWienNewYork, part of STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media, Germany, and e-publishing technology solutions provider Versita, Poland, have announced a collaboration for the distribution, marketing and sales of STM journals of Central European societies and other institutions. With this move the companies seek to further strengthen their… Read More
Informa journal Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods accepted for inclusion in MEDLINE - October 21, 2009
Medical scientific publisher Informa Healthcare, UK, has announced the inclusion of the journal Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods in the US National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE Index. Maintained by the US National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online) is a premier bibliographic… Read More
Sheridan Custom Publishing Direct launches with HighWire - October 21, 2009
Printing and publishing services provider The Sheridan Group, US, and Stanford University’s HighWire Press have announced the availability of a new service, Sheridan Custom Publishing Direct, on select HighWire-hosted publications. The service allows readers to create their own customised content collections for… Read More
Dear Subscriber - October 21, 2009
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