PeerJ announces first institutions to provide PeerJ memberships to their faculty - April 11, 2013
Academic publisher PeerJ Inc. and PeerJ PrePrints (a preprint server) have announced the first four universities to enter into an institutional arrangement to centrally fund PeerJ membership fees for their faculty. Universities who have already entered into these arrangements for their faculty include Duke University,… Read More
NISO publishes annual review issue of ‘Information Standards Quarterly’ - April 10, 2013
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has published the Spring 2013 issue of its Information Standards Quarterly (ISQ) magazine in open access on the NISO website. The magazine provides a summary of the 2012 standards development work conducted by NISO and by the international ISO Information… Read More
Elsevier announces significant content expansion and improved user interface for Reaxys - April 9, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a significant content expansion and an improved and enriched user interface for Reaxys, a unique chemistry workflow solution. With this interface and content update Reaxys now supports the entire chemistry workflow resulting in a faster and more efficient research process.… Read More
Future Science Group launches new journal – Pharmaceutical Bioprocessing - April 9, 2013
Publisher Future Science Group has announced the launch of Pharmaceutical Bioprocessing, a new bimonthly peer-reviewed online and print publication addressing all aspects of bioprocessing for the development and manufacture of biopharmaceutical healthcare products. The journal is the latest addition to the internationally recognised Future Science portfolio.… Read More
Annual Reviews unveils new journal for animal scientists - April 8, 2013
Annual Reviews, the non-profit publisher that synthesises critical research literature, has announced the new Annual Review of Animal Biosciences journal. The journal was created to address the enormous wealth of new knowledge brought about by biotechnology, and the characterisation of the genomes and transcriptomes of domesticated… Read More
Rubriq enters second phase of beta testing of peer review system - April 5, 2013
Rubriq, a for-benefit organisation offering peer review and journal matching services, has completed the first phase of beta testing for its independent peer review system, and the second phase is now underway. During all three planned beta phases, publishers are helping to validate Rubriq's patent-pending scorecard,… Read More
BioMed Central launches new OA journal – Animal Biotelemetry - April 4, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced the launch of a new open access peer-reviewed journal, Animal Biotelemetry. The journal joins the publisher's growing portfolio in ecology and conservation and marks a significant development in the area of Animal Biotelemetry research. Animal Biotelemetry publishes the… Read More
SAE International launches database on alternative fuels - April 4, 2013
Engineers and technical experts association SAE International has launched the 'SAE Global Technology Library-Alternative Fuels' packed with more than 3,100 technical papers, 60 technical standards and six e-books. The searchable online database seeks to enable mobility engineering professionals to stay up-to-date and compete in a… Read More
PeerJ unveils PeerJ PrePrints – a new ‘Preprint Server’ for the Biological and Medical Sciences - April 3, 2013
Open Access publisher PeerJ has launched 'PeerJ PrePrints' an entirely new 'preprint server' for the Biological and Medical Sciences. With the launch of PeerJ PrePrints, the publication ecosystem of PeerJ is now complete. For an academic article, publication in a peer reviewed journal is simply… Read More
Oxford University Press launches new journal – Gastroenterology Report - April 3, 2013
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced the launch of a new journal - Gastroenterology Report. The journal launched its first content on March 26, 2013. Gastroenterology research has developed quickly in China in the last decade, and as a result there is… Read More
