COAR launches draft ‘Resource Type’ vocabulary for open access repositories - August 4, 2015
Open access repositories are evolving in terms of the roles they play and the attributes they aim to express in their records. Users want to know about additional metadata elements used for describing repository items, such as open access status, research funder, institutional affiliation, and so on. Given the truly… Read More
Elsevier set to publish official journal of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing - August 3, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) have announced that Elsevier will publish NCSBN's flagship journal, Journal of Nursing Regulation. Journal of Nursing Regulation publishes scholarly articles that advance the science of nursing regulation, promote the mission and vision… Read More
Elsevier launches new article metrics module in abstract and citation database Scopus - July 31, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has launched a new Scopus module that will provide metrics for articles indexed in Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. The Article Metrics Module enhances the value of Scopus for researchers by enabling them to make quick decisions around… Read More
HealthStream unveils Compensation Planner app for healthcare organisations - July 30, 2015
Healthcare solutions provider HealthStream has announced the launch of the HealthStream Compensation Planner™, a full-featured, SaaS-based application for compensation management in healthcare organisations. With the Compensation Planner’s flexible and easy-to-customise design, healthcare organisations can automate time-consuming workflows, eliminate spreadsheets, make the best possible recommendations for salary… Read More
Deep Web Technologies announces major upgrade to next-generation search technology, Explorit Everywhere! - July 29, 2015
Federated search solutions provider Deep Web Technologies (DWT) has announced a major upgrade to Explorit Everywhere! next-generation search technology. Explorit Everywhere! searches internal, subscription and public Deep Web sources simultaneously for relevant results, helping organisations improve their research efficiency and ultimately driving down research costs. … Read More
Future Medicinal Chemistry shines the spotlight on schistosomiasis - July 28, 2015
In a special free issue of Future Medicinal Chemistry, leading experts explore current and potential new treatment options for the deadly neglected tropical disease schistosomiasis. The journal is published by Future Science Group. In this issue, experts discuss drug discovery and development advances towards addressing… Read More
Thieme and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons publish Neurosurgery Knowledge Update: A Comprehensive Review, an up-to-date board review guide for neurosurgeons - July 27, 2015
Medical and scientific publisher Thieme and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons recently published the Neurosurgery Knowledge Update: A Comprehensive Review, which claims to be the most up-to-date board review guide for neurosurgeons. It features actual cases, over 300 high-quality illustrations and images, clinical overviews, and… Read More
New global initiative to create sustainable educational ecosystem giving engineering students access to diverse, rigorous and low-cost teaching materials - July 27, 2015
ARM, a registered trademark of ARM Limited, has launched a new university alliance partnership that allows industry partners to develop high quality teaching materials based on their own technologies for engineering students around the world. The hardware and software kits will be centered around ARM teaching… Read More
BioMed Central launches checklist to improve reproducibility of studies published in its journals - July 24, 2015
Open access publisher BioMed Central has launched a pilot checklist to improve the reproducibility of studies published in its journals. In recent decades, the reproducibility of a large number of scientific studies has been called into question. Researchers were able to confirm only 11 percent of… Read More
Publications Division of the American Chemical Society announces 2016 launch of ACS Sensors journal - July 23, 2015
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the forthcoming 2016 publication of ACS Sensors, a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary research journal to be devoted to the dissemination of original research findings from across all areas of modern sensor science. Dr. J. Justin Gooding, Scientia… Read More
