AAP members express concern on implementation of NIH mandate - March 24, 2008
Professional and scholarly publisher members of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) have raised concerns that implementation of the National Institute of Health (NIH) mandate on private-sector journal articles will undermine copyright protection for scientific works. In comments submitted for a public hearing on March 20,… Read More
Sage Reference publishes three-volume encyclopedia on global warming - March 24, 2008
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of Sage Reference's new three-volume Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change. The General Editor of the encyclopedia is S. George Philander, Knox Taylor Professor of Geosciences at Princeton University and Research Director of ACCESS (African Centre for Climate… Read More
Ambient Sound Investments invest in online scientific publisher Versita - March 24, 2008
Investment group Ambient Sound Investments (ASI) has announced a Euro 400000 injection in an online publisher Versita. The fast growing Polish venture is seeking to become a leading scientific online publisher and electronic publishing technology provider in Central and Eastern Europe. As a result of the… Read More
Haymarket set to publish two leading cancer journals - March 24, 2008
Publisher Haymarket Media Inc., US, has announced that it will publish The American Journal of Hematology/Oncology and Oncology Nursing News, two leading journals for cancer clinicians. Both titles were previously published by U.S. HealthCare Communications, of Highland Park, NJ. The American Journal of Hematology/Oncology (AJHO) reaches… Read More
Brill selects EMpact to drive sales in Mexico, Central America, South America and The Caribbean - March 24, 2008
EMpact Sales (EMpact), the publisher representation group within the EBSCO Information Services division, has entered into an agreement in which it has been appointed sales agent for academic publisher Brill, Netherlands. Under the agreement, EMpact will promote and sell Brill's products in… Read More
Winners of the 2007 BioMed Central Research Awards announced - March 24, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced the winners of the 2007 BioMed Central Research Awards. The winners were announced at an awards ceremony at the Royal Society of Medicine. The event was attended by shortlisted authors, eminent researchers from around the world, open access… Read More
