Elsevier announces competition for chemistry research students - February 8, 2010
Elsevier Properties SA, a centre of excellence within Reed Elsevier for the management of intellectual property, has announced the launch of the Reaxys PhD Prize for young chemists. The competition is for candidates currently studying for a PhD or having completed a PhD within the past… Read More
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews bags three awards at the PROSE Awards - February 8, 2010
STM and scholarly publisher Wiley-Blackwell, US, has announced that its Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs), the new publications launched in 2009, have picked up three of the most prestigious awards in scholarly publishing at the annual PROSE awards. The American Publishers Awards for Professional & Scholarly Excellence… Read More
Ninth annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences announced - February 2, 2010
The Wiley Foundation, US, has announced that the ninth annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences will be awarded to Dr. Peter Hegemann, Professor of Molecular Biophysics, Humboldt University, Berlin; Dr. Georg Nagel, Professor of Molecular Plant Physiology, Department of Botany, University of Wuerzburg; and Dr. Ernst… Read More
Portico digital repository certified as trustworthy digital repository by CRL - January 26, 2010
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) has certified the Portico digital repository as a trustworthy digital repository. Portico claims to be the first digital preservation service to undergo this independent audit and the only service to… Read More
SAGE and Index on Censorship launch new award for international publishing - January 21, 2010
Academic publisher SAGE and Index on Censorship, Britain’s leading organisation promoting freedom of expression, have announced a new award that will recognise the significant contribution made by the publishing industry to promoting freedom of expression. The SAGE International Publishing Award will be presented at the 10th… Read More
Cambridge, Williams F1 win award for Formula One-based educational software - January 20, 2010
Cambridge University Press and Williams F1 have been jointly recognised with BETT Awards, an industry award for excellence in ICT in education. The duo bagged the award for the curriculum software product, Race to Learn. The product, which uses Formula One as a point of engagement… Read More
Eleven millionth record uploaded on Inspec database - January 19, 2010
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced that its bibliographic database, Inspec, has uploaded the 11 millionth record. Research into cognitive radio networks was the 11 millionth record on the Inspec database, following swiftly on from the addition of the 10 millionth record in… Read More
Optical Society of America’ Optics Express named first SPARC Innovator of 2010 - January 18, 2010
Optical Society of America (OSA) has announced that its open-access journal Optics Express has been named the first SPARC Innovator of 2010. Optics Express publishes original, peer-reviewed articles in all fields of optical science and technology twice a month – within an… Read More
Pearson’s nursing titles receive top honours from the American Journal of Nursing - January 12, 2010
International media company Pearson, US, has received Book of the Year honours from the American Journal of Nursing (AJN), in recognition of two titles that explore the nursing specialties of pediatrics and gerontology. The AJN claims to be the oldest and largest circulating, broad-based nursing journal.… Read More
Hindawi announces strong growth in 2009 - January 11, 2010
STM publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation, US, has announced that its collection of open access journals has grown substantially during 2009. The number of submitted manuscripts to Hindawi journals in 2009 increased by more than 115 percent - from about 7,600 submitted manuscripts in 2008 to more… Read More
