Future Science Group journals report significant gains in 2011 impact factor rankings - August 1, 2012
Publisher Future Science Group (FSG), UK, has announced that all three companies operating under the FSG banner saw significant Impact Factor (IF) advances with 81 percent of titles showing improved performance. Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Thomson Reuters aim to provide a systematic, objective… Read More
RSuite User Conference to examine importance of metadata in content management - July 31, 2012
RSI Content Solutions, a US-based provider of content management services, has announced that its Chief Technology Officer, Lisa Bos, will make a presentation titled 'How Metadata Management is the Key Component of Findability' at the 2012 RSuite User Conference. The event is scheduled for September 20,… Read More
NISO and NFAIS issue new Recommended Practice on Online Supplemental Journal Article Materials, Part B for public comment - July 31, 2012
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the National Federation for Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) have issued a new Recommended Practice on Online Supplemental Journal Article Materials, Part B: Technical Recommendations (NISO RP-15-201x) for public comment until September 15, 2012. Although… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal – Applied and Translational Genomics - July 31, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new open access journal, Applied and Translational Genomics. The journal is dedicated to publishing articles on applied genomics and translational research. The completion of the human genome project gave way to research that takes the… Read More
Communications of the ACM now accessible as mobile application for iPhones, iPads, and Android devices - July 31, 2012
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has announced that its flagship publication Communications of the ACM is now accessible as an easy-to-use mobile application for iPhones, iPads, and Android devices. Communications of the ACM (CACM) is a monthly publication that delivers leading-edge content to the worldwide… Read More
Eight hundred academic and not-for-profit institutions in Russia gain access to Nature archives - July 31, 2012
A new agreement on behalf of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation has been signed with scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG). The agreement enables researchers, students and citizens across the country to access the Nature archives from 1869 to 2011. The… Read More
