Elsevier names Ron Mobed as CEO of Science and Technology Division - March 24, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the appointment of Ron Mobed as Chief Executive Officer, Science and Technology, based in Amsterdam. Mobed joins Elsevier from Cengage Learning, where he was President of the Academic & Professional group, and from Information Handling Services (IHS), where he… Read More
American Physical Society announces Editorial Board for Physical Review X journal - March 21, 2011
The American Physical Society (APS) recently presented the current Editorial Board for the Society's new, electronic-only, gold open access, primary research journal - Physical Review X. The Editorial Board will assist in setting the standards of the journal and advise the… Read More
SNM names new Editor-in-Chief for The Journal of Nuclear Medicine - March 21, 2011
Scientific and medical organisation SNM-Advancing Molecular Imaging and Therapy has announced the appointment of Dr. Dominique Delbeke as the editor-in-chief for The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM). Her appointment for the 2012-2016 term was confirmed by the SNM House of Delegates at the society's Mid-Winter Meeting.… Read More
The McGraw-Hill Companies name Brian Kibby as President of the Higher Education Group - March 18, 2011
Information services provider McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has announced the appointment of Brian Kibby as president of the Higher Education group. Kibby will succeed Ed Stanford who has led the group for more than a decade and successfully expanded the group's digital products and services. Over… Read More
Barry O’Callaghan resigns as CEO of Houghton Mifflin - March 16, 2011
Barry O'Callaghan, chief executive of the education publishing company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, has reportedly stepped down from his position. The move comes slightly more than a year after Houghton underwent a major refinancing. O'Callaghan, who will remain a senior advisor to… Read More
Dr. Howard C. Bauchner named Editor-in-Chief of medical journal JAMA - March 11, 2011
The American Medical Association has announced the appointment of Dr. Howard C. Bauchner from Boston University School of Medicine as the new Editor-in-Chief of JAMA, effective July 1, 2011. Dr. Bauchner will be the 16th editor in the journal's 127-year history. He will succeed Catherine D.… Read More
GE Healthymagination head Michael Barber joins Healthline Networks Board of Directors - March 10, 2011
Health information services provider Healthline Networks, US, has announced that Michael Barber, a General Electric (GE) officer and vice president of the company's global health programme, Healthymagination, has joined the board of directors of Healthline Networks, Inc. In his role as a board member, Barber… Read More
Prof. Rina Dechter named Co-Editor-in-Chief of Artificial Intelligence - March 9, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that Professor Rina Dechter of the University of California, Irvine, has accepted to join Professor Tony Cohn of the University of Leeds as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Artificial Intelligence. She succeeds Dr. Raymond Perrault of SRI International in that position.… Read More
OCLC appoints Dénelise l’Ecluse as Sales Director for the EMEA region - March 2, 2011
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced the appointment of Dénelise l'Ecluse as the new Sales Director for the Europe, Middle East and African (EMEA) region. l'Ecluse will take up the position recently vacated by Eric van Lubeek after he became Managing Director on January 1,… Read More
Robert Parker appointed interim CEO of the Royal Society of Chemistry - February 28, 2011
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced that Dr Robert Parker, Managing Director, Publishing, has been appointed by the Trustees as interim Chief Executive from March 1, until such time as a permanent successor is appointed. The move follows the resignation of Richard Pike as Chief… Read More
