Dear Subscribers - January 23, 2009
STM Publishers can now add their Company to the Knowledgespeak Directory list. You can also update our events calendar, if you are organising an event which may be of interest to the STM publishing community. Also, you can send your company
Elsevier acquires publishing assets of William Andrew, Inc. - January 22, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the acquisition of the publishing assets of William Andrew, Inc. (William Andrew). William Andrew is an independent, mid-size publisher of technical and scientific materials that include applied science handbooks, references, and databases that promote knowledge, technology, and productivity, allowing individuals,… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell extends publishing partnership with American Cancer Society - January 22, 2009
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that it has expanded its long-standing partnership with the American Cancer Society (ACS) to include CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. Wiley-Blackwell has published CANCER and Cancer Cytopathology on behalf… Read More
BMJ Group to deploy Datanomic platform for data cleansing - January 22, 2009
Data specialist Datanomic Ltd., UK, has announced that global medical publisher BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. has selected its dn:Director platform to cleanse, standardise, match and enhance its data. The move is expected to help BMJ achieve a consolidated single view of its… Read More
BioMed Central journals on track to receive Impact Factors - January 22, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that two of its journals, Parasites & Vectors and Plant Methods, have been accepted for tracking by Thomson Reuters and will both receive Impact Factors in 2010. Launched in 2005, Plant Methods encompasses all aspects of technological innovation… Read More
Swets to pre-launch SwetsWise Selection Support at Denver event - January 22, 2009
Subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, will pre-launch the new SwetsWise Selection Support module at the forthcoming ALA Midwinter Conference in Denver, US, January 23-26, 2009. SwetsWise Selection Support offers a decision support service made available by combining the customer's usage statistics matched to their subscription holdings… Read More
