Thomson Reuters launches Cortellis Data Fusion to address big data challenges - February 5, 2014
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of Cortellis Data Fusion, an addition to the Thomson Reuters Cortellis suite, a comprehensive information solution for drug discovery and development. Cortellis Data Fusion utilises linked data technologies – frameworks that allow content… Read More
EDP Sciences launches new Open Access imprint, EDP Open - February 5, 2014
EDP Sciences, a learned-society owned publisher, has announced the launch of EDP Open, a new Open Access imprint. EDP Sciences has almost a century's experience of publishing high quality, international journals, magazines, books and websites. Today, EDP partners with prestigious societies, publishers and prominent academics. … Read More
Elsevier announces new concept methods journal: MethodsX - February 4, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a new concept methods journal: MethodsX. Researchers spend up to 80 percent of their time customizing and tweaking existing methods to make them better fit their specific research setting. By providing a home for these often unpublished records, MethodsX allows… Read More
Latest version of Thomson Reuters ProView professional eReader platform launched - January 31, 2014
Thomson Reuters has announced the latest version of Thomson Reuters ProView, professional eReader platform. The new version of ProView provides annotation management, PDF creation and sharing, and library sorting features, helping users to get the most out of their ProView eBook titles. Thomson Reuters ProView is… Read More
Oxford University Press launches new OA journal – Oxford Medical Case Reports - January 31, 2014
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced the launch of a new medical journal, Oxford Medical Case Reports (OMCR). OMCR is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal publishing original and educationally valuable case reports that expand the field of medicine. The journal covers all… Read More
STRIATUS/JBJS, Inc. acquires PRE-score - January 30, 2014
STRIATUS/JBJS, Inc., publisher of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery and its family of journals and educational offerings, has announced the acquisition of PRE-score, a new journal metric product that seeks to help readers identify journals that conduct ethical, rigorous peer review, and to quantify… Read More
Latest release of Price Rx includes NADAC pricing information and additional user enhancements - January 29, 2014
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that Price Rx® v2.2 now features NADAC pricing information and several other key enhancements, helping to save users valuable time in research and reporting for selected drug products. Price Rx customers now have the ability to… Read More
Oxford University Press partners with ISHAM to publish Medical Mycology journal - January 28, 2014
Academic publisher Oxford University Press has announced a new partnership with the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM). Beginning in January 2014, OUP and ISHAM will be working together to publish the journal Medical Mycology. Medical Mycology is a… Read More
Palgrave Macmillan launches open and transparent peer review trial for academic books in the humanities and social sciences - January 28, 2014
Academic publisher Palgrave Macmillan has launched an open and transparent peer review trial for academic books in the humanities and social sciences. The trial, which is live at www.palgraveopenreview.com, will run for six weeks and is the first open peer review… Read More
Annual Reviews’ new journal to provide multi-disciplinary critical reviews for statisticians and other scientists - January 28, 2014
Annual Reviews, the non-profit publisher that synthesises critical research literature, has announced the launch of its first new journal in 2014 - The Annual Review of Statistics and Its Application. The new journal will publish critical reviews about developments in the field of statistics and is… Read More