BioMed Central journals indexed by PsycINFO and The Philosopher’s Index - August 7, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced that the American Psychological Association has accepted eight BioMed Central journals for inclusion in its abstracting database PsycINFO. PsycINFO is an abstract database of psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. An essential tool for researchers, it… Read More
OA journal BMC Medical Research Methodology achieves 250th publication mark - August 6, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced that open access journal BMC Medical Research Methodology has achieved its 250th publication. The journal is the seventh medical journal in the BMC series to reach the milestone of 250 publications. The BMC series is a group of… Read More
ProSPER.Net, Scopus announce new award for young scientists in Asia/Pacific region - August 1, 2008
Abstracting and indexing database Scopus, part of STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has launched an award with the Promotion of Sustainability in Postgraduate Education and Research Network (ProSPER.Net), Japan, to encourage young researchers and academics in the Asia/Pacific region. The ProSPER.Net/Scopus Young Scientist Award will be given… Read More
Nominations for BioMed Central’s 3rd Annual Research Awards now open - August 1, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced that nominations for the 3rd Annual Research Awards are now open. The awards celebrate the best published research across medical and biological science within any of BioMed Central's open access journals. Now in its third year, the awards… Read More
The Scientist wins Azbee Award for ‘Magazine of the Year’ - July 30, 2008
The American Society of Business Publication Editors has awarded life sciences journal The Scientist the Azbee Award for 'Magazine of the Year.' The 'Magazine of the Year' award recognises magazines for excellence in writing, reporting and editing; editorial organisation; layout and design;… Read More
Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association accepted for coverage in MEDLINE - July 28, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Alzheimer's Association has announced that Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association has been selected for inclusion in MEDLINE. MEDLINE is the premier bibliographic database of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Part of the National Institutes of… Read More
Thomson Innovation wins R&D 100 Award - July 24, 2008
The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters has announced that it has received an R&D 100 Award for its intellectual property research and analysis platform, Thomson Innovation (www.thomsoninnovation.com). The R&D 100 Awards are presented annually by R&D Magazine and recognise the 100 most technologically significant products that… Read More
ALPSP shortlists candidates for Best New Journal and Publishing Innovation awards - July 23, 2008
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), US, has announced that Best New Journal and Publishing Innovation awards will be announced on September 11, at the ALPSP International Conference at Beaumont House in Berkshire. The Association has already shortlisted the candidates for the two… Read More
ScienceDirect reaches new milestone of nine million full-text articles download - July 16, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its online scientific research platform, ScienceDirect, has surpassed nine million full-text articles. Doubling its content in less than five years, ScienceDirect claims to be the largest and most extensive online STM research platform. Serving the evolving needs of the… Read More
Wiley announces fifth annual ‘Young Chemist Award’ recipients - July 15, 2008
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc, US, has announced that three researchers have been selected as the recipients of the fifth annual 'Young Chemist Award', which Wiley organises in conjunction with the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS). The Chinese Chemical Society is one of the founding partners… Read More
