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
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Digital toolkit project to capture research information gets NSF grant - December 10, 2007
Beth Plale, associate professor in the Indiana University School of Informatics, Department of Computer Science, has reportedly received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for her project. She is working on developing a digital toolkit to help researchers more easily capture information about their scientific work. The new tools are… Read More
IT firms drop out of the race for Springer arm - December 10, 2007
Major IT firms Wipro and Infosys Technologies have reportedly dropped out of the race to acquire Scientific Publishing Services (SPS), the Indian arm of the Europe-based publishing group Springer. The two companies have cited high valuation expectations from SPS owners. A leading premedia and typesetting services provider for STM publishers,… Read More
PLEFA to be the official publication of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids - December 10, 2007
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that fatty-acid research journal - Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes & Essential Fatty Acids (PLEFA) - is set to become the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL), in 2008. The year also marks the… Read More
