Elsevier announces semi-finalists for the Elsevier Grand Challenge - August 21, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced ten semi-finalists in The Elsevier Grand Challenge, a competition inviting the scientific community to prototype tools innovating how Life Sciences information is used in online text databases. The semifinalists were chosen by a distinguished panel of… Read More
Medscape to include articles from BioMed Central Journals in CME activities - August 20, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced that four articles from its journal BMC Surgery have been featured by Medscape for its Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program. Other BioMed journals featuring in Medscape's CME activities include BMC Psychiatry and BMC Family Practice. BMC Surgery publishes… Read More
London Book Fair chooses India as market focus for Spring 2009 fair - August 19, 2008
The London Book Fair, claimed to be one of the world's largest trade events for publishers and the book sellers, has selected India as its market focus for Spring 2009, for the first time. A key target segment of this fair will be service providers for… Read More
Springer journal named Rising Star by ScienceWatch - August 15, 2008
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that its journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences (AAS) was recently named a Rising Star among geosciences journals by ScienceWatch.com, a free, open web resource for science metrics and analysis. According to Essential Science Indicators from Thomson Reuters, the journal's current… Read More
Record number of entries to Times Higher Awards Research project of the year award - August 8, 2008
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that entries to the Research Project of the Year at the Times Higher Awards 2008 are more than 50 percent higher than in 2007. The award, sponsored by SAGE, received 53 entries from over 30 institutions across the UK. The Research… Read More
Emerald Management honours top authors of 2007 - August 8, 2008
Emerald Group Publishing Limited has announced the winners of its 2007 Citation of Excellence Awards. Now in their twelfth year, these distinguished annual awards recognise the 50 outstanding articles published by the top 400 management journals in the world. Each year the Emerald Management Reviews Accreditation… Read More
Scholarly publishers adopt German version of Editorial Manager - August 7, 2008
Online submission system provider Aries Systems Corporation, US, has announced that publishers such as Georg Thieme Verlag, Deutscher Ärzte-Verlag and Hogrefe Verlag have adopted the German version of Editorial Manager. The publishers have launched online manuscript submission and peer review services specifically tailored to German-speaking authors.… Read More
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
