Wiley promotes research excellence with annual Polymer Science award - November 16, 2009
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that two researchers have been selected as the recipients of the seventh annual ‘SPSJ Wiley Award’. The award is sponsored by Wiley in conjunction with the Society of Polymer Science Japan (SPSJ). Masami Kamigaito from Nagoya University… Read More
Nature Medicine marks 15th anniversary with expanded content and editorial team - October 8, 2009
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that Nature Medicine will celebrate 15 years as the leading translational research journal, in 2010. To mark this anniversary, the journal will expand its content by 25 percent and increase its editorial team. Starting January 2010, Nature… Read More
Thomson Reuters predicts Nobel Laureates for 2009 - September 30, 2009
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the 2009 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates researchers likely to be in contention for Nobel honours. Thomson Reuters claims to be the only organisation to use quantitative data to make annual predictions of Nobel Prize winners. Each year, data… Read More
Platts announces 2009 finalists for the 11th annual Platts Global Energy Awards - September 30, 2009
Energy information provider Platts, part of the McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has announced the 2009 finalists for its annual Platts Global Energy Awards. Established in 1999, the Platts Global Energy Awards has become one of the most recognised awards programme in the industry. The award recognises innovation,… Read More
PLoS ONE wins 2009 ALPSP Award for Publishing Innovation - September 21, 2009
Open access (OA) publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS) has announced that its peer-reviewed online publication PLoS ONE has been presented with the 2009 award for Publishing Innovation during the 2009 annual awards of the Association of Learning and Professional Society Publishing. This award is made… Read More
Hundreds of encyclopedias added to Credo’s reference platform - September 21, 2009
Online reference library Credo Reference, UK, has announced that just after a year since it released its new platform, it has substantially expanded the academic content available on the platform. These are available at no additional cost for Credo Unlimited customers. Some of the highlights of… Read More
KMWorld names Luxid Trend-Setting Product of 2009 - September 21, 2009
Text Analytics solutions provider TEMIS, US, has announced that its Information Intelligence solution Luxid has captured its second major industry award of 2009. KMWorld Magazine, premier publisher of the content, document and knowledge management markets, has designated TEMIS’s flagship software solution Luxid the prestigious award ‘Trend-Setting… Read More
Elsevier’s Science &Technology division China and Science News Bi-Weekly launch ‘Scopus Young Scientist’ award - September 18, 2009
Elsevier’s Science &Technology division China and Science News Bi-Weekly have announced the launch of the ‘Scopus Young Scientist’ award, locally referred to as the Scopus’ Future Star of Science award. The award is designed to promote the cultivation and growth of the next generation of scientists… Read More
McGraw-Hill Medical wins 2009 BMA Medical Book of the Year award - September 18, 2009
Print and digital resources provider McGraw-Hill Medical, part of McGraw-Hill Professional, US, won a number of honours and awards at the British Medical Association's Medical Book Competition awards ceremony, including two category first prize awards and the contest's top prize, Medical Book of the Year. In… Read More
Scopus, TWOWS and TWAS announce Young Women Researcher Awards - September 17, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a joint development agreement between its flagship product SCOPUS, an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, and the Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS) and the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). The deal is to develop… Read More
