David Schoonmaker appointed Editor of American Scientist Magazine - September 10, 2008
Scientific research society Sigma Xi, US, has named David R. Schoonmaker as editor of its flagship publication, the American Scientist magazine. His appointment follows a 15-year tenure as managing editor of the magazine. Schoonmaker succeeds Rosalind Reid, who served as editor of American Scientist from 1992-2008.… Read More
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American publishers may go to Congress to challenge NIH open access policy - September 9, 2008
The Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee in the US is scheduled to hold a hearing on September 11. According to media reports, the move is seen to be a legislative attempt to redress publishers' concerns that public access policies -… Read More
Lexi-Comp offers clinicians with direct links to PubMed - September 9, 2008
Medical information and clinical content solutions provider Lexi-Comp, Inc., US, has announced that it has added direct PubMed linking to Lexi-Comp ONLINE. Subscribers can now link directly to abstracts of the primary literature from the References field of monographs within this web-based application. With this enhancement,… Read More
Bloomsbury launches new imprint for open access academic publishing - September 9, 2008
Publishing house Bloomsbury Publishing, UK, has announced its entry into academic publishing with a new imprint: Bloomsbury Academic. All books will be made available free of charge online, with free downloads, for non-commercial purposes immediately upon publication, using Creative Commons licences. The… Read More
Karger brings out new journal on Innate Immunity - September 9, 2008
Medical and scientific publisher S. Karger, Switzerland, has announced the publication of the first print issue of the new journal - Journal of Innate Immunity. A bimonthly publication, the journal seeks to provide an international forum for interdisciplinary research in this rapidly growing field. Supported by… Read More
