Thomson Reuters announces plans to unify dual listed company structure - June 23, 2009
Thomson Reuters, a leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has announced plans to unify its dual listed company (DLC) structure. Under the initiative, the company plans to withdraw shares from the London Stock Exchange. The Thomson Reuters Board of Directors has unanimously determined… Read More
Class action evidence shows Elsevier staff consulted with Merck on Vioxx content - June 23, 2009
Staff at STM publisher Elsevier reportedly e-mailed pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck, asking it to select the content it wanted published about its anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx in the Elsevier journal Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine. This has been revealed by documents tendered to a US Federal… Read More
BMC series accepting case reports again - June 23, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that medical journals in the BMC series have started considering case reports again. The move follows the recent departure of the Journal of Medical Case Reports from BioMed Central's portfolio. BMC Gastroenterology has published the first case report… Read More
Inderscience Publishers announces inaugural issues of six new titles - June 23, 2009
STM and business publisher Inderscience, Switzerland, recently published the first issues of six new titles. The new titles are: International Journal of Advanced Operations Management; International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling; International Journal of Collaborative Enterprise; International Journal of Environmental Engineering; International Journal… Read More
AAUP announces cooperative agreement with iPublishCentral - June 23, 2009
The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has announced a cooperative agreement with iPublishCentral, a self-service e-content delivery platform from Impelsys, to support its 130 members in pursuing electronic publishing. The partnership provides AAUP members with a discount for using iPublishCentral's e-publishing platform and services through… Read More
RIN report examines UK’s share of world research outputs - June 22, 2009
The Research Information Network (RIN) has announced a new report that highlights key issues both for those who produce bibliometric analyses of research performance, and for those who commission and make use of such work. Bibliometrics is observed to be playing an increasing role in assessing… Read More
