People’s Medical Publishing House acquires book list from BC Decker Inc - August 1, 2008
Peoples Medical Publishing House (PMPH), China, has announced the acquisition of the book list from Canada-based health science publisher BC Decker Inc. This acquisition gives PMPH USA, the newly established US operation for PMPH, an impressive list of medical and dental books… Read More
Nature Publishing Group launches Manuscript Deposition Service - August 1, 2008
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has launched the first phase of its Manuscript Deposition Service. The free service is expected to help authors meet funder and institutional mandates for public access. The NPG Manuscript Deposition Service is now available to authors publishing original research… Read More
Thieme launches second edition of endoscopic sinus surgery title - August 1, 2008
Thieme Publishers, part of STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has released the second edition of the Endoscopic Surgery of the Paranasal Sinuses and Anterior Skull Base. This completely revised book, by Dr. Malte Erik Wigand, claims to be a comprehensive visual guide for medical professionals… Read More
Reed Business deploys MarkLogic Server to enhance digital assets distribution - August 1, 2008
XML content server provider Mark Logic Corporation, US, has announced that Reed Business (RB) Netherlands has deployed MarkLogic Server as the engine behind an editorial workflow-based application for internal search and discovery of valuable digital assets. This enables RB Netherlands to reuse… Read More
ProSPER.Net, Scopus announce new award for young scientists in Asia/Pacific region - August 1, 2008
Abstracting and indexing database Scopus, part of STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has launched an award with the Promotion of Sustainability in Postgraduate Education and Research Network (ProSPER.Net), Japan, to encourage young researchers and academics in the Asia/Pacific region. The ProSPER.Net/Scopus Young Scientist Award will be given… Read More
Nominations for BioMed Central’s 3rd Annual Research Awards now open - August 1, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced that nominations for the 3rd Annual Research Awards are now open. The awards celebrate the best published research across medical and biological science within any of BioMed Central's open access journals. Now in its third year, the awards… Read More