McGraw-Hill Higher Education’s digital learning solutions selected as finalists for 2012 CODiE Awards - March 29, 2012
Education materials publisher McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced that its industry-leading digital learning solutions have been selected as finalists for the Software and Information Industry Association's (SIIA) 2012 CODiE Awards in educational technology. The CODiE Awards, an annual awards programme that recognises excellence in software… Read More
Thomson Reuters recognises Mexican researchers for their contributions to science and innovation - March 19, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters recognised the most highly cited Mexican researchers across 25 universities in the areas of Science and Social Sciences/Arts & Humanities at a recently held award ceremony at the Castillo de Chapultepec. This event is part of the… Read More
Oxford University Press named publisher and distributor of the year at UK booksellers’ awards - March 19, 2012
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced that it has been named Publisher and Distributor of the Year at a Booksellers Association award ceremony. This is the seventh time in eight years that OUP collected the Publisher of the Year award, and the… Read More
ALPSP invites applications for 2012 Awards for publishing innovation and best new journal - March 15, 2012
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has called for applications for the 2012 Awards for publishing innovation and best new journal. The ALPSP award for publishing innovation recognises a significantly innovative approach to any aspect of publication. Applications will be judged… Read More
SAGE Reference and CQ Press titles receive top rankings from ‘Library Journal’ - March 15, 2012
Academic publisher SAGE,, US, has announced that Library Journal has selected three SAGE Reference titles and two CQ Press databases to be included in its annual Best Reference 2011 feature. The titles being recognised by Library Journal this year include Encyclopedia of Social Networks;… Read More
Elsevier announces winners of its first China Science Challenge - March 12, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the winners and winning applications of its first China Science Challenge, a competition calling out software developers to create customised solutions to enhance the search and discovery experience for researchers on the SciVerse platform. Participants of the challenge worked… Read More
Springer Publishing takes top honours in the 2011 AJN Book of the Year Awards - March 12, 2012
Healthcare and social science publisher Springer Publishing Company recently announced that the company received ten ‘AJN Book of the Year Awards’ in nursing. AJN claims to be the oldest and one of the most honored broad-based nursing journals in the world. The awards programme is… Read More
SAGE named IPG Academic and Professional Publisher of the Year 2012 - March 12, 2012
Academic publisher SAGE has been named the Independent Publisher’s Guild (IPG) Academic and Professional Publisher of the Year 2012. The announcement was made as part of the IPG’s annual conference. SAGE won this category with a professional publishing programme, wide-ranging digital activity, high production standards… Read More
Four LWW Nursing books win AJN Book of the Year award - March 6, 2012
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that four nursing textbooks published by the company have been awarded the AJN Book of the Year award by the American Journal of Nursing (AJN). LWW publications were honored in the categories of… Read More
UKSG announces 2012 Merriman Award winner - March 5, 2012
The UKSG, an international organisation that seeks to connect the knowledge community, has announced the 2012 winner of its annual John Merriman Award, set up in recognition of the founder of UKSG and NASIG (the North American Serials Interest Group). Stephen Buck, E-Resources and Periodicals… Read More