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
Thomson Reuters’ Clinical Xpert Navigator named best mobile data system - January 6, 2010
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that its Clinical Xpert Navigator has been named the category leader for mobile data systems in the latest ‘Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services’ report. This is the eighth consecutive year that the Navigator… Read More
Cengage Learning named to EContent’s list of 100 digital companies that matter most - January 5, 2010
Print and digital information services provider Cengage Learning, US, has announced that it was named to EContent magazine's list of 100 companies that matter most in the digital content industry. Companies named to the EContent 100 List are chosen for their continued leadership in the content… Read More
Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents journal introduces new features to mark 20th anniversary - January 4, 2010
Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents (EOTP), an Informa Healthcare publication, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month. EOTP has for two decades offered a bird’s eye view of the latest advances in the discovery of therapeutically promising molecules. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents’ launch aimed at… Read More
Nominations for SURFshare Open Access Award now open - December 28, 2009
SURFshare, an experimental sandbox to help explore microcredit models for independent publishers, has announced that it is accepting nominations for its Open Access Award for outstanding efforts to promote Open Access. Nominations can be submitted on or before January 15, 2010. The award will honour two… Read More
ACM announces winners of 2009 ACM Gordon Bell Prizes - December 24, 2009
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) recently presented the 2009 ACM Gordon Bell Prizes to four teams of scientists who created innovations in a range of applications related to high performance computing. The Gordon Bell Prizes recognises outstanding achievements in high-performance computing. Using supercomputers and computer… Read More
Elsevier’s S&T division China and Science News Bi-Weekly announce Scopus Young Researcher Award winners - December 22, 2009
Science News Bi-Weekly, a news magazine targeting science community in China, and Elsevier’s Science and Technology division in China have identified a group of promising young scientists in the fields of Nanosciences, Information sciences, Environmental Sciences and Biological Sciences for the Scopus’ Future Star of Researcher… Read More
