Inspec Database attains new landmark - June 25, 2008
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced that its bibliographic database, Inspec, has reached a landmark of over 10 million records. It was a journal article from IOP Publishing's Nanotechnology that pushed the database over the 10 million mark. Inspec… Read More
BioMed Central journals receive higher impact factor ratings - June 23, 2008
Open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central, US has announced that 40 of its journals have received official impact factors. Thomson Reuters recently released the 2007 Journal Citation Report. Highlights of this year's Impact Factors include an impressive showing by BMC Biology, the biological flagship journal of… Read More
SAGE announces 500th journal site on SAGE Journals Online platform - June 23, 2008
Academic publisher SAGE recently announced the launch of its 500th journal site on the SAGE Journals Online platform. The 500th journal site was for the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (JPEN), now published by SAGE on behalf of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral… Read More
RSuite CMS bags Mark Logic Innovation award - June 20, 2008
Content provider Really Strategies, Inc., US, has announced that its browser-based content management system (CMS), RSuite, has received the Mark Logic Innovation Award. Dave Kellogg, Mark Logic CEO, presented the award to companies that are powering big ideas by leveraging the MarkLogic Server. RSuite CMS is… Read More
Ovid expands Shibboleth compliance to include German and French federations - June 17, 2008
US-based information research solutions provider Ovid Technologies, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, has announced that it has expanded its Shibboleth compliance for Ovid and SilverPlatter, its two precision search and discovery platforms, to French and German federations. Now, institutions in France and Germany which are part… Read More
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins sweeps healthcare publishing awards - June 16, 2008
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, received 19 different awards for writing, editing and design in the annual awards competition of the American Society of Healthcare Publications Editors (ASHPE). The awards include six gold, six silver and seven bronze awards.… Read More
MetaPress designated KnowledgeWorks certified by Serials Solutions - June 5, 2008
MetaPress, a division of EBSCO Industries, Inc., has announced that it has successfully completed the Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks Certification Program. One of only 13 organisations around the globe to earn this designation, MetaPress is now considered a KnowledgeWorks Certified content partner and, as such, has pledged… Read More
China receives first ‘Thomson Reuters Research Fronts Award 2008’ - May 30, 2008
The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters and the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) Research Front Analysis Center jointly presented China's scientific papers and their authors with the first 'Thomson Reuters Research Fronts Award 2008'. This accolade is awarded to prominent scientific papers… Read More
The Charlesworth Group gains ISO14001 environmental standard - May 27, 2008
Publishing solutions provider The Charlesworth Group, UK, has announced formal accreditation to the ISO 14001 environmental standard. Environmental issues have been at the top of Charlesworth's agenda for many years. During the last two years, the company has made significant investment in new plant and equipment… Read More
Journal of Orthodontics honoured with FEO award for third successive year - May 19, 2008
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced that for the third year running, a paper published in the UK's Journal of Orthodontics has won the European Federation of Orthodontics (FEO) Award. This is an accolade given to the authors of the paper judged to be the… Read More
