Institute of Physics Publishing introduces e-prints in IOPscience - January 31, 2008
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP), UK, has announced the introduction of e-prints to its new journal service, IOPscience. E-prints are delivered seamlessly from eprintweb.org (based on Cornell University's arXiv.org) and are presented in a new tab alongside regular search results, providing a valuable… Read More
Allen Press journals to be accessible via SIMID SMILE - January 31, 2008
Healthcare information and education publisher Allen Press, US, has announced a strategic marketing and distribution agreement with SIMID S.M.I.L.E. (Scientific Medical Information Library Europe), a combination database and library of medical journals and books covering forty medical disciplines. Under the deal, Allen… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing to present Emerald Backfiles at VALA 2008 - January 31, 2008
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced that it will present Emerald Backfiles at the VALA 2008 Conference and Exhibition, to be held at the Melbourne Convention Centre, Melbourne, from February 5-7. Emerald will release the digitisation of the full archive… Read More
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Information industry witnessed growth slowdown in 2007, says Outsell report - January 30, 2008
Media industry-focused research and advisory firm Outsell, Inc., US, has released a new report - Information Industry Market Size and Share Rankings: Preliminary 2007 Results. According to the report, the industry slowed over the past year -with revenues growing only 5.3 percent to $381 billion, compared… Read More
Most researchers prefer existing peer review systems, says PRC study - January 30, 2008
The Publishing Research Consortium (PRC) has published a new study titled 'Peer Review in Scholarly Journals - perspective of the scholarly community'. According to the study, most researchers are not in favour of changing the current system of peer review for… Read More
