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
PeerJ celebrates first anniversary - June 14, 2013
PeerJ recently celebrated the first anniversary of their original announcement. PeerJ was announced on June 12, 2012 and opened for submissions on December 3, 2012. The first PeerJ articles were published on Feb 12, 2013. This was followed by launching PeerJ PrePrints in April… Read More
McGraw-Hill networks win top honours at AEP’ 2013 Annual Awards - June 13, 2013
McGraw-Hill Education, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has announced that McGraw-Hill networks, the company's digital social studies program for the middle and high school markets, received two honours at the 2013 Association of Educational Publishers' Annual Awards. Announced at the Association of American… Read More
