ScienceDirect to host 45 French-language journals from Elsevier Masson - December 14, 2007
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that 45 French-language medical journals from Elsevier Masson will be available on ScienceDirect beginning January 3, 2008. The titles, including Feuillets de Radiologie, Journal de Chirurgie and La Press Médicale, represent a wide range of high-quality journals and complement the… Read More
BioMed Central to publish Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance - December 14, 2007
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced that the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (JCMR) is moving to BioMed Central's open access publishing platform from the traditional subscription publishers, Taylor & Francis. The move will allow the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) members and… Read More
BMJ Group announces new editor for Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - December 14, 2007
Medical publisher BMJ Group, UK, has announced that Prof. Mauricio Barreto will be the next editor of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Prof. Barreto will take up his post in March 2008. His major research interests are infectious disease epidemiology, under nutrition, micronutrient deficiencies… Read More
Dear Subscribers - December 14, 2007
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 Read More
Institute of Physics concerned over low fund allocation for physics research - December 13, 2007
The UK's Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) has launched its science budget for 2008-11, and there has been concern over what is perceived as insufficient funding allocation for physics research. Dr. Robert Kirby-Harris, chief executive of the Institute of Physics (IOP), has expressed concern at the proportion of… Read More
SPARC recognises five student leaders as new SPARC Innovators - December 13, 2007
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), UK, a leading organisation of European research libraries, has recognised five student leaders as its latest SPARC Innovators. Hailed as Agents of Change, the latest students to join an accomplished group of past SPARC Innovators include: Benjamin Mako Hill,… Read More