RSC’s Dr Antony Williams honoured for his work on the ChemSpider platform - October 15, 2012
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced that Dr Antony Williams, VP for Strategic Development and Head of the Cheminformatics group, for the RSC has been honoured by Microsoft Research for his outstanding contribution to the field of data-intensive computing, especially for his work on… Read More
Elsevier announces winners of the Mosby’s Suite “Superheroes of Nursing” contest - October 12, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the winners of the Mosby's Suite "Superheroes of Nursing" contest, designed for peers to single out real-life superheroes in the nursing profession. Created by Elsevier in 2011, the contest is part of a nationwide campaign to recognise nurses who represent… Read More
IET’s Inspec database passes 13 million milestone with significant healthcare technology paper - October 12, 2012
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced that Inspec, its database indexing cutting-edge science and engineering research, has reached 13 million records. Cementing Inspec's position as one of the most extensive sources of engineering research in the world, the milestone has been hit with… Read More
Wiley’s Roitt’s Essential Immunology, 12th Edition, wins BMA Book of the Year award - October 10, 2012
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that Roitt's Essential Immunology, 12th Edition, has won the British Medical Association (BMA) Book of the Year Award. The BMA Medical Book Awards aim to encourage and reward excellence in medical publishing. Prizes are awarded in 21… Read More
Plantwise Knowledge Bank from CABI ‘Highly Commended’ at 2012 ALPSP Awards - October 9, 2012
Not-for-profit life sciences publisher CABI has announced that the Plantwise Knowledge Bank, a new initiative from the company, has been highly commended in the Publishing Innovation category at the 2012 ALPSP awards. Part of the wider Plantwise programme, the Knowledge Bank helps extension workers, government… Read More
Entries now open for 2012 PROSE Awards - October 3, 2012
The Association of American Publishers has announced that entries are now being accepted through October 31 for the 2012 PROSE Awards, the American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence. The PROSE Awards, one of the most prestigious programs honoring works in professional and scholarly… Read More
Winners of 2012 Scopus Young Researcher of the Year Awards announced - September 24, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) have awarded the winners of the 3rd annual Scopus Young Researcher of the Year Awards 2012, at the ARMS 14th annual conference at Australia, Gold Coast. The Scopus Young Researcher of the Year Awards… Read More
EBSCO Publishing wins Bronze at Chief Learning Officer 2012 Learning In Practice Awards - September 21, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has been named the Bronze winner at the Chief Learning Officer (CLO) Learning in Practice Awards for Excellence in Content Category. EBSCO, a provider of online resources for research and corporate training, has made online information resources… Read More
Thomson Reuters predicts Nobel Laureates for 2012 - September 20, 2012
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced its 2012 'Nobel-class' Citation Laureates. Annually, Thomson Reuters citation analysts mine proprietary data from the company's research platform, Web of Knowledge, to identify the most influential researchers in the categories of chemistry, physics, physiology or medicine,… Read More
ProQuest honoured for innovations that accelerate information discovery - September 18, 2012
ProQuest, an information company central to global research, has been named in the 2012 InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation's most innovative users of business technology. ProQuest is known for its creation of information and technology tools that support research. InformationWeek is a… Read More
