Springer publishes 1,000th volume of Methods in Molecular Biology - July 12, 2013
STM publisher Springer has published Vascular Proteomics, the 1,000th volume of Methods in Molecular Biology (MIMB), both part of the SpringerProtocols database. Making this accomplishment even more noteworthy is the fact that the series has had the same editorial direction for its entire 30 years through… Read More
APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education awarded to Dr. Carissa Klein of Australia - July 3, 2013
Dr. Carissa Klein of Australia was awarded the APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education (ASPIRE), sponsored by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and Elsevier. The award was presented by Minister Gusti M. Hatta, Indonesian Ministry of Research and Technology. Dr. Klein's selection is… Read More
The BMJ rises to 4th place in global rankings of most cited general medical journals - July 1, 2013
The BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) has risen from sixth to fourth place in the international rankings of the most influential general medical journals in the world, show new figures on research citations (impact factor) for 2012. The BMJ has now overtaken two heavyweight US… Read More
ProQuest celebrates 75th anniversary of Eugene Power’s landmark project to capture books indexed in British Libraries’ Short Title Catalog on microfilm - June 28, 2013
Information giant ProQuest is celebrating the 75th anniversary of Eugene Power's landmark project to capture the books indexed in the British Libraries' Short Title Catalog on microfilm. The work launched Power's company University Microfilms, Inc. (UMI), which would later become an essential business within the ProQuest… Read More
Scientific American Science in Action Award winner announced - June 28, 2013
Science magazine Scientific American has announced the winners of the second annual Scientific American Science in Action Award, powered by the Google Science Fair. Elif Bilgin from Turkey, was declared the winner of the second annual Scientific American Science in Action Award. Bilgin won for her… Read More
More than one million articles accessed by individuals participating in JSTOR’s Register & Read programme - June 25, 2013
JSTOR, the not-for-profit digital library of thousands of academic journals and other content, has announced that more than one million articles have now been accessed by individuals participating in its free programme, Register & Read. The archive collections, which constitute the core of the JSTOR… Read More
New IOP Student Science Publication Award to recognise student science writers - June 24, 2013
The Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) has announced the addition of a new award which is being sponsored by the Institute of Physics (IOP) and its publishing company, IOP Publishing. The announcement was made at the recently held Science Writers'… Read More
European publishing partnership for physics celebrates 15th anniversary - June 19, 2013
The European publishing partnership for physics, The European Physical Journal (EPJ), is celebrating its 15th year in 2013. During this time, EPJ has launched new open access titles, either in response to the emergence of new research fields at the interface between more established subjects, or to fill obvious gaps… Read More
SSP honours excellence in leadership and volunteerism with its highest awards - June 18, 2013
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has announced the 2013 recipients for its most prestigious awards - the Distinguished Service Award, the SSP Appreciation Award, the Emerging Leader Award, and its newest, the International Contributions Award. These awards recognize outstanding service by individuals in support of… Read More
British Journal of Surgery celebrates 100th anniversary - June 14, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced that the British Journal of Surgery (BJS), the premier surgical journal in Europe and one of the top surgical periodicals in the world, is marking its 100th anniversary with a number of special activities. As part of… Read More
