Health Information Science and Systems journal now accepting submissions - October 31, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its new multidisciplinary journal, Health Information Science and Systems, is now accepting submissions. The journal aims to integrate computer science/information technology with health science and services, embracing information science research coupled with topics related to the modeling,… Read More
Thomson Reuters launches intelligence solution for pharmaceutical industry - October 28, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the launch of Thomson Reuters Cortellis, a competitive intelligence solution for the life sciences industry. The solution seeks to bring together the company's best-in-class drug research and development data and the latest information management technology. The aim is… Read More
Future Science Group launches new series of eBook collections - October 28, 2011
Publisher Future Science Group (FSG), UK, has launched a new series of eBook collections under the Future Medicine imprint. FSG publishes more than fifty journal titles, including the Expert Review series. In the first instance, fifty eBooks are being released onto the market through late 2011… Read More
SAGE to publish Hammill Institute on Disabilities’ Learning Disability Quarterly journal - October 26, 2011
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it will continue its partnership with the Hammill Institute on Disabilities by publishing another of their titles named Learning Disability Quarterly (LDQ). The addition of LDQ brings the Institute’s total number of journals with SAGE to 15 titles. The Hammill… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing’s new online resource connects research published in scholarly journals to current global events - October 26, 2011
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing, UK, has announced a new service that seeks to bridge the gap between academic world and current global events. The new free online resource, Research in the News, connects research published in scholarly journals to current global events. Every month, three… Read More
Oxford Desk Reference and Oxford Specialist Handbooks added to Oxford Medicine Online - October 26, 2011
Two indispensable medical series - Oxford Desk Reference and Oxford Specialist Handbooks – have been added to Oxford Medicine Online. The two bestselling medical series are publishing this October on Oxford Medicine Online, bringing comprehensive guidelines and current best practice to the fingertips of medical practitioners.… Read More
CUP to publish Episteme: A journal of individual and social epistemology - October 25, 2011
Cambridge University Press (CUP), the publishing division of the UK's University of Cambridge, has announced that Episteme, the journal in social epistemology, will move to CUP in 2012 with a broader remit and an increase in frequency to four issues per year. The journal has, in… Read More
STN redesigned to offer better search and analysis capabilities - October 25, 2011
The STN partners - Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) in the US and FIZ Karlsruhe in Germany - have announced that a completely new STN will be phased into the market beginning in 2012. STN is an online database service that provides global… Read More
Elsevier / CPM Resource Center announces availability of CPM CarePoints Emergency - October 25, 2011
Elsevier / CPM Resource Center (CPM), a firm developing clinical decision support tools for healthcare, has announced the availability of CPM CarePoints Emergency. The product is a new component of the CPM CarePoints collection, a pre-built, implementation-ready solution that provides a framework for evidence-based care and… Read More
Amazon brings HTML5 support to Kindle with Format 8 - October 24, 2011
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has launched its next-generation file-format for Kindle books. Kindle Format 8 (KF8) will reportedly replace Mobi 7, and it brings support for HTML5 and CSS3. According to Amazon, this will enable publishers to create better-looking books… Read More
