2013-14 ARL Library Investment Index Rankings once again list Penn State University Libraries among top research libraries in North America - August 24, 2015
Penn State's University Libraries again have been recognized among the top research universities in North America, according to the recently released 2013-14 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Library Investment Index Rankings in the Chronicle of Higher Education. The University Libraries are… Read More
Elsevier announces winners of Gray’s Anatomy Art Contest - August 19, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier and publisher of Gray's Anatomy, the world's most famous anatomical reference, has selected Amanda Lilleston of Ann Arbor, Mich., as the winner of the Gray's Anatomy Art Contest. Christopher Smith of Silver Springs, Md., was named runner-up. Lilleston will receive a $1,000… Read More
Registration for ChemSearch Challenge Opens at American Chemical Society meeting 2015 - August 18, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that registration is now open for participation in the Reaxys ChemSearch Challenge, a series of online quizzes that measure how quickly chemists can find the information they need to correctly answer research questions. Chemists can use their preferred chemistry database or… Read More
Bookbuilders of Boston now accepting entries for second annual NEPCo Awards - August 11, 2015
Bookbuilders of Boston is accepting entries for the second annual New England Publishing Collaboration (NEPCo) Awards event, which honours excellence in publishing collaboration. NEPCo showcases results achieved by two or more organisations working as partners for mutual benefit in the industry. Guidelines for entry are:… Read More
CAS announces 2015 SciFinder Future Leaders in Chemistry and First-Ever Alumni Program - August 10, 2015
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world’s authority for chemical information, has announced the 2015 SciFinder Future Leaders in Chemistry. Twenty Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers will have an exclusive opportunity to share their insights on the information and workflow needs of scientists around the world, and… Read More
Springer and Tsinghua University Press present the second Nano Research Award - July 30, 2015
Paul Alivisatos, Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California (UC) Berkeley's Samsung Distinguished Professor of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, has received the second Tsinghua University Press – Springer Nano Research Award. The award ceremony took place at the 2015 Sino-US Nano Forum, held from June 25-28… Read More
Elsevier and ADSA announce winners of the fifth annual Journal of Dairy Science Most-Cited Awards - July 28, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier and the American Dairy Science Association have announced the winners of the fifth annual Journal of Dairy Science® (JDS) Most-Cited Awards. Papers published in JDS throughout 2012 were eligible and citations from date of publication until April 15, 2015 were taken into consideration.… Read More
PeerJ awarded the DOAJ Seal - July 16, 2015
Open access publisher PeerJ has been awarded the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Seal. The DOAJ only awards the seal to 'journals that adhere to an exceptionally high level of publishing standards and best practice.' To be awarded the DOAJ Seal journals must fulfil… Read More
Kudos shortlisted for ALPSP Award for Innovation in Publishing - July 14, 2015
Kudos, which helps researchers, publishers and institutions to manage and increase the reach and impact of publications, has been shortlisted for the 2015 ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing. The Awards are a prestigious annual event in which the leading developments in scholarly and professional… Read More
HighWire Press’ newly launched visual analytics product, Impact Vizor, named finalist for the ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2015 - July 10, 2015
HighWire Press, Inc., a technology platform and strategic partner to influential scholarly publishers and societies, has announced that its newly launched visual analytics product, Impact Vizor, has been selected as a finalist for the ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2015. Impact Vizor was created… Read More
