The Ecological Societies of America and China launch new international, interdisciplinary, open access journal - March 18, 2015
The Ecological Society of America (ESA) and the Ecological Society of China (ESC) have jointly launched a new open access scholarly research journal to foster communication of applied ecological research across national and disciplinary boundaries. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability features international collaborations, interdisciplinary research, and… Read More
BMJ announced as supporting partner for new Parliamentary group - March 18, 2015
Medical knowledge provider BMJ has announced it will be a supporting partner for a new cross-party Parliamentary group to be launched after the UK General Election in May. Focusing on implementation and the importance of effective delivery of health innovations for patients, the prospective group… Read More
DCL digitally collaborates with Malaysia’s USM Press to grow its online textbooks and academic journals list - March 18, 2015
The tremendous growth in the eBook market led Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (Penerbit USM, thereafter USM Press) to tap Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL) to convert its inventory of books and academic journals to EPUB format. In the past 21 months, this partnership has facilitated growth of… Read More
UC Shared Print Strategy and Operations Teams announce new service – Journal Archiving Campaigns to the RLFs - March 18, 2015
The UC Shared Print Strategy and Operations Teams have announced a new service - Journal Archiving Campaigns to the RLFs (JACS). Journal archiving campaigns provide a coordinated approach to selecting, depositing, consolidating and preserving print journal backfiles at the Regional Library Facilities (RLFs). The service consists of annual, coordinated… Read More
Wiley-Publons pilot program enhances peer-reviewer recognition - March 17, 2015
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the launch of a six-month pilot program in partnership with Publons.com. The pilot enables peer reviewers for selected Wiley journals to get credit for their peer reviews on Publons. Publons works with reviewers, publishers,… Read More
Elsevier unveils new open access journal – Reviews in Physics - March 17, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new open access journal Reviews in Physics. Reviews in Physics claims to be the first open access journal publishing only review papers in all areas of (applied) physics. The journal provides a platform for researchers who… Read More
