Springer partners with the Society for Mathematical Biology to fund new awards - October 14, 2008
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced a partnership with the Society of Mathematical Biology (SMB) to fund a series of prizes based on papers published in the Springer journal Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (BMB). The awards honour the enormous contribution that applied mathematician Lee Segel made… Read More
Three contributors to John Wiley publications bag Chemistry Nobel for 2008 - October 10, 2008
STM publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that all the three 2008 Chemistry Nobel laureates - Dr. Osamu Shimomura, Dr. Martin Chalfie and Dr. Roger Y. Tsien - are part of its publishing community. The scientists bagged the honour for discovering green… Read More
The Scientific Business of Thomson Reuters predicts Nobel laureates for 2008 - October 6, 2008
The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the 2008 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates researchers likely to be in contention for Nobel honours. This is in anticipation of this year's Nobel Prize winners to be announced in October. Every year, data from ISI Web of… Read More
SAGE eReference platform wins APEX award - October 6, 2008
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that the SAGE eReference platform was recently awarded the Annual Award for Publication Excellence (APEX) in the web and intranet sites category. This honour follows the platform's selection as a 2007 Choice Outstanding Academic Title and a 2007 Library Journal Best… Read More
Journal of Medical Case Reports publishes 500th case report - October 3, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced the publication of the 500th case report in the Journal of Medical Case Reports (JMCR). The 500th article shows an analysis of 113 medical case reports that identify risk factors for the development of complications after endovascular abdominal… Read More
Elsevier publishes 40th edition of Gray’s Anatomy - October 3, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the publication of the 40th edition of Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice in September 2008. In celebration of its 150th anniversary, the new edition provides meticulously enhanced and updated artwork throughout, while maintaining the distinguished lineage of… Read More
Menopause announces rise in Impact Factor - October 2, 2008
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, and The North American Menopause Society have announced that Menopause: The Journal of The North American Menopause Society has recorded a significant increase in its Impact Factor - a key indicator of the… Read More
iParadigms and CrossRef receive publishing innovation award from ALPSP - October 1, 2008
iParadigms, LLC, the leader in the field of textual intellectual property protection, has announced that CrossCheck powered by iThenticate is the recipient of the Publishing Innovation Award from the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP). The winners of the 2008 awards were recently announced… Read More
LWW titles honoured at the 2008 BMA Medical Book Awards - September 30, 2008
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that TNM Staging Atlas by Philip Rubin & John T. Hansen has been awarded the prestigious BMA Medical Book of the Year 2008. Having already scooped First Prize for Oncology it… Read More
Research project of the year shortlist announced - September 30, 2008
Research exploring the spreading of facts, cultural diversity in the arts, computer memory storage, and climate change are among the projects shortlisted for the 2008 Times Higher Education (THE) Awards research project of the year, sponsored by academic publisher SAGE. Now in its fourth year, the awards aim to raise… Read More
