Best Practice study on strategies of pharmaceutical publications - March 28, 2008
A recent article published in The Wall Street Journal has said that pharmaceutical manufacturers Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. kept a study of their drug Vytorin under wraps for over a year due to data concerns. The article went on to say that the study, which found Vytorin was… Read More
Oxford Journals’ new online journal to cover undergraduate bioscience research - March 28, 2008
Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced the launch of Bioscience Horizons, a free online journal showcasing some of the best undergraduate bioscience research from the UK and Republic of Ireland. The journal is claimed to be the first and only… Read More
HighWire launches re-designed PNAS site on new H2O platform - March 28, 2008
Stanford University' HighWire Press and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) have announced the public beta of the first journal to be launched on HighWire's new platform, H2O. The new site, at beta.pnas.org, represents a major re-design of PNAS… Read More
BioMed Central launches new journal – Molecular Cytogenetics - March 28, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced the launch of a new journal - Molecular Cytogenetics. The journal will include all aspects of chromosome biology and the application of molecular cytogenetic techniques in all areas of biomedicine. Thomas Liehr of the Institute of Human Genetics… Read More
OhioLINK joins OA consortium for particle physics publishing - March 28, 2008
The Ohio Library and Information Network, OhioLINK, has reportedly joined CERN's Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) project. OhioLINK joins a fast-growing number of institutions in the US which have pledged to re-direct their subscriptions to High-Energy Physics… Read More
Ziff Davis Enterprise and NetMediaEurope deal to expand marketing programme portfolio - March 28, 2008
Integrated media firm Ziff Davis Enterprise (ZDE), US, has announced a partnership with B2B sales house NetMediaEurope. This partnership is part of Ziff Davis Enterprise's overall strategy to expand the global reach of its editorial and marketing programmes through an extensive network of best-of-breed local partners.… Read More
