Royal Society launches enquiry on long-term prospects for UK science and innovation - April 3, 2009
The UK's Royal Society has embarked on an 11-month enquiry into the role that science will play in equipping the nation to meet the economic, social and environmental challenges of the next 50 years. The study, titled 'The Fruits of Curiosity: science, innovation and future sources… Read More
DOAJ launches cooperative initiative for long-term preservation of OA journals - April 3, 2009
The Directory of Open Access Journal (DOAJ) of Lund University Libraries and the e-Depot of the National Library of the Netherlands (KB) have announced the launch of an initiative to secure the long-term preservation of OA journals. The initiative is being sponsored by the Swedish Library… Read More
Elsevier announces Asia and Pacific availability of illumin8 - April 3, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the Asia and Pacific (APAC) availability of illumin8, a Web-based natural language processing solution designed to help corporate research professionals answer complex R&D questions with greater speed and effectiveness. illumin8 extracts key relationships across the breadth of Elsevier's premium scientific… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell announces publishing partnership with the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - April 3, 2009
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a new partnership with the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Under the deal, Wiley-Blackwell will publish the Society's journals Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry and Integrated… Read More
Oxford Journals launches new OA journal – DATABASE - April 3, 2009
Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced the launch of an innovative, open access journal, DATABASE: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation. David Landsman will serve as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. The new journal seeks… Read More
SAGE expands medical publishing programme - April 3, 2009
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the further growth of its medical publishing programme with the acquisition of Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research (DVDR) from Sherborne Gibbs Limited. The journal is the official journal of the International Society of Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research, and will be… Read More
