IUCN to collaborate with CABI on invasive species information - December 19, 2007
Non-profit intergovernmental organisation CABI, UK, and the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) are set to collaborate in a bid to expand the knowledge available on invasive species. ISSG, which manages the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD), will partner with CABI… Read More
McGraw-Hill Professional and JAMA announce publishing agreement - December 19, 2007
McGraw-Hill Professional, part of education materials publisher McGraw-Hill Education, and the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) have announced an agreement to publish three medical references and to create a new interactive digital product. The move is aimed at offering medical… Read More
Allen Press and Aries Systems announce strategic sales and marketing agreement - December 19, 2007
Printer and publishing services provider Allen Press, Inc., US, has announced a strategic sales and marketing agreement with online submission system provider Aries Systems Corporation, US, for the latter's Editorial Manager and Preprint Manager publishing workflow solutions. Editorial Manager is used by scholarly journals for online… Read More
Inderscience introduces tables of contents by RSS - December 19, 2007
Scientific publisher Inderscience Publishers, Switzerland, has introduced the facility to receive tables of contents of individual journals in a browser or a newsreader like Bloglines or Google Reader using RSS technology. Contents are available for the latest issue of all published titles - currently 189 journals,… Read More
Brill to publish two new journals in 2008 - December 19, 2007
Academic publisher Brill, Netherlands, has announced the forthcoming launch of two new journals - Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews and International Journal of Myriapodology - in 2008. Both the journals will accept submissions shortly via the Editorial Manager online submission and refereeing system. Terrestrial… Read More
AAAS names new Editor-in-Chief for Science - December 19, 2007
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has named Bruce Alberts, president emeritus of the US National Academy of Sciences and chair of the National Research Council (1993-2005), as editor-in-chief of its journal Science, effective March 1, 2008. Alberts will be the 18th editor-in-chief… Read More
