Inderscience announces inaugural issues of four new journals - June 12, 2008
STM and business publisher, Inderscience, Switzerland, has published the first issues of 4 new titles. The new journals are: International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research, International Journal of Biometrics, International Journal of Functional Informatics and Personalised Medicine and International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems.… Read More
Oakstone launches newsletter on orthopaedic surgery practices - June 12, 2008
Oakstone Publishing, a US-based provider of audio and print information products and continuing medical education for physicians, has launched a monthly newsletter to address the practice management challenges of orthopaedic surgery practices. The publication, Orthopaedic Practice Management, provides specialty-specific guidance, expert advice, how-to strategies and real-world… Read More
Attention Subscribers – Benefit now from the Content atomisation initiative from Knowledgespeak - June 12, 2008
Knowledgespeak is planning to atomise its content. A preliminary but significant initiative has already been taken in this direction. For an internationally esteemed association, we have repackaged and categorised our news under various topics to suit the information needs of its members. We are exploring other possibilities of bringing a… Read More
PE group Candover considering acquisition of Informa - June 11, 2008
Private equity group Candover is reportedly considering making an approach for information services provider Informa, UK. According to media reports, Informa is in merger talks with United Business Media. A bid from Candover, the co-owner of German publishing group Springer Science + Business Media, will most… Read More
Scientists and researchers mean business with social applications - June 11, 2008
2collab, the research collaboration platform from STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the results of a survey, asking researchers about the role of social media in their professional lives. The survey, which yielded over 1,800 responses, revealed that scientists are using blogs, wikis, and social networking… Read More
JISC joins consortium for OA publishing in high energy physics - June 11, 2008
It has been announced that the UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has joined SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics), which offers a new model of open access (OA) publishing. Under this model, funding agencies and libraries cover authors' publication payments to… Read More
