PeerJ publishes first articles - February 13, 2013
PeerJ, a new academic journal publisher, founded on the principles of affordability, innovation, and Open Access, has published its first articles. PeerJ, launched by Jason Hoyt (formerly at Mendeley and Stanford University) and Peter Binfield (formerly at PLOS ONE), has been shaped from the premise… Read More
Society for Scholarly Publishing launches new website - February 12, 2013
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has announced the redesign and launch of its new website, accessible at www.sspnet.org. Easier navigation; a cleaner, mobile-ready design; more streamlined event registration and login procedures; as well as a more friendly user interface were the… Read More
NISO and OAI release draft for comments of ResourceSync Framework Specification - February 12, 2013
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) has announced the release of a beta draft for comments of the ResourceSync Framework Specification for the web detailing various capabilities that a server can implement to allow third-party systems to remain synchronized with… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education makes LearnSmart available to high school students - February 12, 2013
McGraw-Hill Education, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has announced that it will make McGraw-Hill LearnSmart, its adaptive study tool, available for students in high school. The aim is to provide teachers and schools with a digital solution that has been proven to increase… Read More
Elsevier’s Gold Standard launches MEDalternatives, a new comprehensive resource for drug therapy options and costs - February 8, 2013
Elsevier's Gold Standard, a drug information provider, has announced the launch of the MEDalternatives database, a comprehensive resource for drug therapy options designed to give health plans and their members additional drug cost savings options through access to information on alternative therapies. MEDalternatives uses only evidence-based… Read More
Thomson Reuters unveils DataScope Workflow License for Order Management Systems - February 7, 2013
Thomson Reuters, a leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has announced the launch of the DataScope Workflow License (DWL). The DataScope Workflow License combines a series of technical indicators with pricing and reference data, enabling the investment community to streamline and integrate their… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert announces preview issue of New Space, an international journal dedicated to space innovation and entrepreneurship - February 7, 2013
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced the preview issue of New Space, an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to space innovation and entrepreneurship. This publication facilitates the emerging multidisciplinary opportunities for space-based collaborations of industry, academia, and government agencies. The journal will be available in… Read More
EBSCO Publishing releases EngineeringCore and ITCore e-book subscription collections - February 6, 2013
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has released EngineeringCore and ITCore, two e-book subscription collections designed to support the learning and reference needs of engineering and technology professionals. The collections are available as annual subscriptions that give users unlimited access to all titles. … Read More
IET launches latest version of IET Digital Library with Publishing Technology - February 6, 2013
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), in partnership with Publishing Technology, has reengineered its IET Digital Library, the central access point for the organisation's online content, with a reported abundance of new user-friendly features. Launched on Publishing Technology's pub2web platform with intrinsic semantic web… Read More
Elsevier launches Reaxys Medicinal Chemistry as part of its suite of life science solutions - February 5, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of Reaxys Medicinal Chemistry. It offers medicinal chemists access to comprehensive, referenced and well-structured data to enhance the compound selection process across discovery and pre-clinical stages in drug research and development. Reaxys Medicinal Chemistry will significantly improve the… Read More
