Cengage Learning launches MindShare Alliance Partner Program to recognise partner companies - April 10, 2012
Teaching, learning and research solutions provider Cengage Learning, US, has announced a new programme to recognise partner companies that add unique capabilities to Cengage Learning’s products and services for the benefit of customers. The MindShare Alliance Partner Program is launching with more than twenty participating companies.… Read More
Hindawi receives more than 5,000 submissions in March - April 3, 2012
Open access publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation, US, has announced that it has received over 5,400 submissions in March across its portfolio of over 300 open access journals, which represents an increase of 80 percent from March 2011. In explaining the reasons for the company's growth,… Read More
Wiley Job Network marks first six months of success with 50,000 registered users - March 30, 2012
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc, US, has marked the first six months of Wiley Job Network by attracting over 50,000 registered users and over two million job views. Through its connection to Wiley Online Library, Wiley Job… Read More
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