Elsevier launches new journal – Wound Medicine - March 22, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of Wound Medicine – The International Wound Journal for Clinical and Health Economics Research and Applications. Published in print and online four times a year, Wound Medicine is devoted to the clinical, scientific and health economics aspects… Read More
Springer and Politecnico di Milano partner to launch new book series - March 22, 2013
STM publisher Springer has announced a partnership with Politecnico di Milano to publish a new book series entitled POLIMI SpringerBriefs. These titles will consist of concise summaries of cutting-edge research and practical applications across a wide spectrum of fields. All books in the series are available… Read More
Elsevier launches PracticeUpdate, free information portal for physicians - March 21, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of PracticeUpdate, a free website featuring high-quality, relevant medical information and education resources. The site is aimed at the millions of physicians who seek news and articles to help them diagnose and treat their patients. Read More
OSA launches new web-based submission and manuscript tracking system to streamline journal submissions - March 21, 2013
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced the launch of Prism, its new web-based submission and manuscript tracking system for its suite of scholarly journals. When fully implemented, Prism will include customised modules for authors, reviewers and editors and will replace OSA's current system for handling the… Read More
Springer launches new water platform - March 19, 2013
STM publisher Springer has announced the launch of a new, interdisciplinary platform on water at springer.com/aboutwater. Springer's new Water Program brings together Springer publications from a wide variety of scientific disciplines. Researchers, policymakers and administrative decision makers, engineers, lawyers and water… Read More
Elsevier Australia releases textbook on health science statistics - March 18, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier Australia has announced a new local publication titled Vital Statistics: an introduction to health science statistics. The book is projected to help the nation's health science students to understand the whys, hows and whens of health science statistics. The book seeks to establish… Read More
Thomson Innovation adds patent records from Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand - March 15, 2013
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the addition of English-translated patent records from Vietnam and Thailand, as well as Malaysian full-text patents, to Thomson Innovation, its patent intelligence and collaboration platform. The addition of these patent documents is seen to… Read More
Reprints Desk launches document delivery service for academic institutions - March 15, 2013
Research Solutions company Reprints Desk, Inc., US, has announced the launch of A-Z Academic Document Delivery Collection, a new single-article document delivery retrieval service for academic libraries that provide literature acquisition services to faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students. University of Washington Libraries was among the… Read More
Wiley, OpenStax College team up to create product for college biology - March 13, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a partnership with Rice University-based OpenStax College, which is considered a newcomer from the 'open education resources' (OER) movement. The partnership calls for Wiley to deliver content from OpenStax College's two new biology textbooks via WileyPLUS with… Read More
EBSCO Publishing launches Arabic language full text database – Arab e-Marefa - March 13, 2013
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has released Arab e-Marefa, an Arabic language full text database that offers hundreds of journals published by many of the Arab world's prestigious academic publishers. Arab e-Marefa is produced by Marefa World Company for Digital Content in Jordan.… Read More
