‘FEBS Letters’ unveils Structured Digital Abstracts for journal articles - April 4, 2008
FEBS Letters, a journal for short reports in molecular biosciences, has announced a new enhancement to the journal article: Structured Digital Abstracts (SDA). SDA is an extension of the regular journal article abstract comprising a series of sentences, each of which contains a relationship between two… Read More
Springer’s MDCT.net marks first year online, continues to gain recognition among professionals - April 4, 2008
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that its website MDCT.net marks the successful completion of its first year online. This editorial product offers scientific information via the Internet to professionals on multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) technology and practice. The website seeks to keep the radiology community… Read More
Emerald to launch Emerald Backfiles at the UKSG Conference and Exhibition 2008 - April 4, 2008
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, UK, has announced the launch of Emerald Backfiles at the UKSG Conference and Exhibition 2008, to be held at the Riviera International Conference Centre, Torquay, UK, from April 7-9, 2008. Emerald will release the digitisation of the… Read More
Collexis names Lenerl Sharp as European Director of Sales - April 4, 2008
Knowledge management and discovery software developer Collexis Holdings, Inc., US, has announced the appointment of Lenerl Sharp as the company's European Director of Sales. In this new position, Sharp will focus on sales of Collexis' suite of products to the life science markets. Sharp joins the… Read More
Clarification - April 4, 2008
With reference to the news alert titled "APPI, EMpact deal to promote scholarly information and education efforts" covered in the News Section of Knowledgespeak (dated 20, March 2008), publisher APPI has clarified that the nature of this agreement is such that Empact is proactively selling APPI journals in these areas.… Read More
Rapid growth in OA publishing witnessed during first quarter of 2008 - April 3, 2008
The first quarter of 2008 has reportedly seen dramatic growth of Open access (OA) publishing, as measured by the number of titles in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). There has been a net growth of 271 titles in DOAJ in the first quarter. This is an average of… Read More
