American Journal of Nursing announces 2008 Book of the Year Awards - January 15, 2009
The American Journal of Nursing (AJN), published by healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, recognised the best nursing and healthcare publications of 2008 with an announcement of its Book of the Year Award recipients. Winners in 15 separate categories… Read More
Credo Reference receives highest ratings in Library Journal’s E-Reference Ratings - January 13, 2009
Online reference library Credo Reference, US, garnered the highest scores of all 176 titles from 60 publishers evaluated in Library Journal's new 2009 E-Reference Ratings feature published in the November 15, 2008 issue. Library Journal reviewed the best-known and respected electronic reference resources in fourteen key… Read More
Collexis life science research portal BiomedExperts crosses 80,000 users mark - January 9, 2009
Knowledge management and discovery software developer Collexis Holdings, Inc., US, has announced that its life science research portal http://www.BiomedExperts.com has surpassed 80,000 registered users. BiomedExperts claims to be the world's first literature-based professional social networking site that was pre-populated with more than… Read More
Thomson Reuters’ Clinical Xpert Navigator named Best Mobile Data System in the KLAS Awards - January 8, 2009
The Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters 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. KLAS, an independent healthcare IT vendor research firm, recognises… Read More
JIPB editor named one of five crop researchers who could change the world - January 6, 2009
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that handling editor of the Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, Professor Jianhua Zhang, has been named one of five crop researchers who could change the world. The Journal of Integrative… Read More
Techstreet receives WebAward for excellence in website development - January 1, 2009
The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters has announced that Techstreet, the one-stop source for online access to industry codes and standards, has received the 2008 Information Services Standard of Excellence WebAward from the Web Marketing Association (WMA) for excellence in web site… Read More
AstraZeneca ties with the Nobel Prize Foundation comes under scrutiny - December 30, 2008
Swedish anti-corruption agents are reportedly investigating pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca's financial ties with the Nobel Prize Foundation. According to reports from Pharmalot and Discover Magazine, the drug maker financially sponsored two of the Nobel Foundation subsidiaries and maintains strong financial ties to decision makers who actually award the Nobel Prize. Prosecutors… Read More
American Chemical Society’s office of public affairs wins three national awards - December 23, 2008
The world's largest scientific society American Chemical Society (ACS), US, has announced that its office of public affairs has won three prestigious national awards in a competition sponsored by Association TRENDS, a national newspaper for associations. ACS won a gold medal in the podcast category for… Read More
ProVation software named number one in Clinical Procedure Documentation category of KLAS’ Year-end Report - December 19, 2008
Medical information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that ProVation MD software, from its ProVation Medical brand of products, has been designated number one in the Clinical Procedure Documentation category of the 2008 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services… Read More
EContent top 100 List of ‘Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry’ announced - December 19, 2008
ProQuest, OCLC, EBSCO, and other vendors serving the library market have been recognised by EContent magazine in its Annual EContent 100 List of 'Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry.' The companies were judged by content and its management and other criteria and divided into categories such as… Read More
