Latest edition of blogspeak now online - September 14, 2009
The latest edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are John Blossom (It Depends on What "Semantic" Is: NetBase And Natural Language Processing Hit Hiccups with HealthBase); Kent Anderson (E-books: Tasting Blood in the Water); Margaret Somerville (Ethical pitfalls in academic publishing); and David Crotty (New Technologies and the Need… Read More
Ghostwriting in medical journals is highly prevalent, says JAMA study - September 11, 2009
Editors at the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) have released a new study on the prevalence of ghostwriting. The move follows recent reports that scientific research has been contaminated by ghost writers funded by drug companies. According to the study, six of the top… Read More
Elsevier launches new journal on environmental sustainability - September 11, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the October 2009 launch of a new journal, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. Professor Rik Leemans from Wageningen University and Professor Anand Patwardhan from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay will serve as Editors-in-Chief. More than forty internationally-recognised experts will… Read More
Cambridge University Press and FiledBy partner to provide websites for academic and professional authors - September 11, 2009
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has announced a partnership with FiledBy to provide over 100 Cambridge authors with websites on the FiledBy marketing platform. Cambridge is one of the world's largest university publishers with a programme that encompasses virtually every academic discipline,… Read More
Research and Markets adds Scholarly Communication for Librarians report to their offering - September 11, 2009
Market research and data services provider Research and Markets, Ireland, has announced the addition of Woodhead Publishing Ltd's new report ‘Scholarly Communication for Librarians’ to their offering. The Scholarly Communication for Librarians report explains complex concepts in a clear, concise manner. It… Read More
EBSCO makes evidence-based flu resources freely available online - September 11, 2009
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that it is making the latest evidence-based flu-related information available for free on the web. The site (www.ebscohost.com/flu) will provide evidence-based clinical information from DynaMed and Nursing Reference Center, EBSCO’s clinical and nursing… Read More
