ARL report on journals transition from print to electronic formats - December 11, 2007
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), US, has published a report which examines the issues associated with the migration from dual-format publishing to electronic-only publication of journals. The report, 'The E-only Tipping Point for Journals: What's Ahead in the Print-to-Electronic Transition Zone,' by Richard K. Johnson… Read More
NPG to publish genomes using Creative Commons licence - December 11, 2007
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that is introducing a Creative Commons licence for original research articles publishing the primary sequence of an organism's genome for the first time in any of the Nature journals. The Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported licence… Read More
BioMed Central to launch new journal – BMC Research Notes - December 11, 2007
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced the forthcoming launch of a new journal - BMC Research Notes. The journal is the latest addition to the BMC series, a group of open access, peer-reviewed research-only journals that span most areas of biological and clinical research.… Read More
Nutrition Society signs publishing contract with Cambridge Journals - December 11, 2007
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press (CUP), US, has announced that the Nutrition Society has signed a long-term contract to continue its publishing partnership with Cambridge Journals. Four journals of the Society - British Journal of Nutrition, Public Health Nutrition, Nutrition Research Reviews and Proceedings of the… Read More
Reed Elsevier announces retirement of Strauss Zelnick - December 11, 2007
Publisher Reed Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the retirement of Strauss Zelnick from the boards of Reed Elsevier with immediate effect. Zelnick served as a Non-Executive Director of Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier Group plc and as a Supervisory Board member of Reed Elsevier NV since… Read More
Scopus presents Young Scientist Awards for 2007 - December 11, 2007
The second annual 'Scopus Young Scientist Awards' for 2007 were given away to nine researchers in India from across various scientific disciplines. The awards are given away by STM publisher Elsevier in a bid to honour and propel young research minds towards furthering science in the nation. The winners were… Read More
