IEEE approves dozens of standards and standards-development activities - August 16, 2012
Professional association IEEE, US, has announced dozens of new, revised and reaffirmed standards and standards-development projects. Among the new standards that have been published is IEEE 2200 – Standard Protocol for Stream Management in Media Client Devices. By defining interfaces for intelligently distributing and replicating… Read More
GenoSpace and Thomson Reuters partnership to deliver solution for analysing and interpreting human genomic variations - August 16, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that GenoSpace has joined its Life Sciences Partner Ecosystem. The companies will work together to develop an integrated product offering for the analysis and interpretation of human genomic variation. The GenoSpace platform seeks… Read More
UBM Medica US’s Physicians Practice recognised for editorial excellence - August 16, 2012
UBM Medica US, part of UBM Connect, has announced that Physicians Practice has been recognised for its editorial excellence by the ASBPE Awards ("Azbee") with a gold, silver, and honorable mention in their 2012 editorial awards. Physicians Practice, which provides practice management advice to physicians… Read More
HighWire appoints Hugh Blackbourn to lead customer support team in the UK - August 16, 2012
HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University Libraries, has announced the appointment of Hugh Blackbourn as Senior Publication Manager, leading HighWire's customer support team based in the UK. Hugh is an experienced publisher, having spent nearly 4 years as Head of Publishing for the… Read More
CLOCKSS Archive announces participation of five new publishers in its digital preservation archive - August 16, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of five new publishers in its digital preservation archive. The publishers are: Duke University Press, NZCER Press, New Prairie Press, Mathematical Sciences Publishers and Copernicus Publications. Duke University Press publishes primarily in the humanities and social sciences and… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing announces increased impact factors - August 16, 2012
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing, UK, has highest ever number of appearances in the 2011 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Thomson Reuters, with 53 titles and 84 rankings. Eight new titles received their first impact factor, which amounts to a 17.7 percent increase in ranked… Read More
