Elsevier launches new textbook initiative with Cell Press - December 10, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new textbook initiative for the life sciences - called ‘Academic Cell’ - at the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology. The first title, Molecular Biology by David P. Clark, has now been published.… Read More
Chinese Academy of Sciences announces membership agreement with BioMed Central - December 10, 2009
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has announced a membership agreement with open access publisher BioMed Central to cover publication costs for research articles published by researchers at its institutions. CAS has long been a supporter of open access, having signed the Berlin Declaration in 2004.… Read More
Symyx and Royal Society of Chemistry announce collaborative partnership - December 10, 2009
Symyx Technologies, Inc., a US-based provider of information management systems, and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) have announced the launch of a collaborative partnership designed to enhance the usability and accessibility of public scientific databases. The first joint project links related… Read More
EDP Sciences names publishing platform ‘Vision4Press’ - December 10, 2009
Society publisher EDP Sciences, France, has announced a new name - Vision4Press (V4P) - for the web-based publishing platform it has been developing since 1995. V4P is used to disseminate the group’s publications and various scientific contents. It is projected as an easy-to–set-up-tool, and is claimed… Read More
Turpion Limited launches new Web portal to address modern physics problems - December 10, 2009
Turpion Limited, a company owned by Pion Ltd and the Institute of Physics Publishing, UK, recently launched a new Web portal Physics-Online.Ru to attract a wide circle of scientists, scholars, students and post graduates to discuss modern physics problems. An English user-friendly interface is now available… Read More
Atlas Co selected as preferred reseller for Atypon’s software in Japan - December 10, 2009
Information services provider Atypon Systems, Inc., US, has announced that it has appointed Atlas Co., Ltd. as a preferred reseller for Atypon's software. Under this arrangement, Atlas will market and support Atypon's software to professional and scholarly publishers in Japan. Atypon's software is used by some… Read More
