Amagine’s new interactive programme to help physicians determine health IT priorities - June 20, 2011
Amagine, Inc., a subsidiary of the American Medical Association (AMA), has introduced the health IT index. This interactive programme allows physicians to identify their individual health IT priorities in just three minutes so they can begin working towards adoption. Physicians attending the AMA's Annual Meeting, taking… Read More
EPA releases two databases with chemical toxicity and exposure data - June 16, 2011
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the release of two databases in a bid to make it easier to find data about chemicals. These include ToxCastDB, the Toxicity Forecaster database, and ExpoCastDB, a database of chemical exposure studies. Scientists and the public can use… Read More
BioMed Central launches new journal – Microbial Informatics and Experimentation - June 15, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of a new journal - Microbial Informatics and Experimentation. Prof. Barry Wanner from the Department of Biological Sciences at Purdue University, and Prof. Michael Wise from the University of Western Australia, will serve as the Editors-in-Chief… Read More
Inaugural issue of Scientific Reports goes live - June 15, 2011
Scientific Reports, an online-only, open access, multidisciplinary publication from Nature Publishing Group (NPG), has announced the publication of its first articles. The fifteen articles published range in scope from graphene to coral disease to viral nanoparticles. More articles will be published in the coming days, under… Read More
Thomson Reuters Institutional Profiles to analyse and compare leading academic research institutions worldwide - June 14, 2011
Research analytics and evidence-based decision support data services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the release of Institutional Profiles, a web-based resource that provides a comprehensive view of nearly 500 of the world's leading academic research institutions. Through rigorous collection, vetting, aggregation, and normalisation of… Read More
Syngress titles offer tips for protection against cyber attacks - June 14, 2011
Syngress, an imprint of Elsevier Science and Technology Books, has announced that Syngress security experts are at the forefront of the battle against cybercrime and offer their solutions in recent, cutting-edge cyber security books. In Cyber Warfare, authors Jason Andress and Steve Winterfeld describe how… Read More
BioMed Central journals set to launch thematic series to showcase latest forestry research - June 14, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced that its peer-reviewed online journals BMC Ecology and Carbon Balance and Management are co-publishing a thematic series entitled 'Forests: Looking to the Future' to showcase the latest forestry research and published content in both journals. Manuscripts on topics… Read More
Touch Group launches new clinical portal, touchurology.com - June 13, 2011
Medical and health sciences media and communications firm Touch Group plc, UK, has announced the launch of a new clinical portal, touchurology.com. The new portal is driven by content from leading review journals European Urological Review and US Urology. It will… Read More
Elsevier launches new Article of the Future prototypes - June 10, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a variety of new Article of the Future prototypes. The new discipline-specific, three-pane article design sets a new standard for both the presentation and the content of the scientific article. The prototypes, available in seven disciplines,… Read More
Oxford Textbook of Medicine Online updated with latest content - June 10, 2011
Academic publisher Oxford University Press, a department of the University of Oxford, has announced that the Oxford Textbook of Medicine Online is being updated with new content. The aim is to ensure that the resource continues to reflect current clinical practice. The resource claims to be… Read More
