University of Southampton announces institutional OA mandate - April 15, 2008
The University of Southampton announced a University-wide open access (OA) mandate during the recently held Open Repositories (OR08) conference. All academic staff will hereafter be required to make all their published research available online. Hosted by the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the… Read More
Science-Metrix launches Nanotechnology World R&D Report 2008 - April 15, 2008
Science and technology measurement and evaluation firm Science-Metrix, Canada, has announced the launch of the Nanotechnology World R&D Report 2008. This off-the-shelf report, based on Elsevier's Scopus and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) data, enables its users to rapidly determine where and by… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell and International Communication Association launch 12-volume encyclopaedia - April 15, 2008
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, and the International Communication Association have announced the launch of a new International Encyclopedia of Communication. The encyclopaedia is a 12-volume work containing over 1,300 newly-commissioned entries covering the scholarship, evidence, and… Read More
Nature Publishing Group set to publish JSHG’ Journal of Human Genetics - April 15, 2008
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced a new publishing partnership with the Japan Society for Human Genetics (JSHG). Under the deal, NPG will publish the latter's Journal of Human Genetics from January 2009. The Journal of Human Genetics publishes articles on human genetics,… Read More
CABI launches CAB eBooks - April 15, 2008
Non-profit intergovernmental organisation CABI, UK, has launched CAB eBooks (http://www.cabi.org/cabebooks), a new portal to provide customers with digital copies of its publications from 2000 - 2008. CABI's renowned book collection can now be purchased digitally. Over 140 titles in the applied life-sciences… Read More
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