First issue of re-launched Analytical Cellular Pathology now online - April 21, 2011
Scientific and medical publishing house IOS Press, Netherlands, has announced that the journal Cellular Oncology has readopted its original name and features an expanded scope. From 2004 to mid-2010 Analytical Cellular Pathology (ACP) was published under the title of Cellular Oncology. ACP's new focus is on… Read More
‘PLoS Biology’ publishes user’s guide to ‘Encyclopedia of DNA Elements’ - April 20, 2011
The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, US, has announced that the international team of the ENCODE (Encyclopedia of DNA Elements) project has created an overview of its ongoing large-scale efforts to interpret the human genome sequence. The April 19 publication of "A User's Guide to the Encyclopedia… Read More
Springer to publish new journal for Society of Behavioral Medicine - April 20, 2011
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it will be publishing Translational Behavioral Medicine: Practice, Policy, Research (TBM), a journal of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. The journal will debut with a special section, "Information Technology and Evidence Implementation", to be presented at an event titled… Read More
Touch Group launches new clinical portal, touchnephrology.com - April 20, 2011
Medical and health sciences media and communications firm Touch Group PLC, UK, has reportedly launched a new clinical portal called touchnephrology.com. With content from review journals European Nephrology and US Nephrology, the portal will seek to serve as an open access resource for nephrologists and hospital… Read More
Thieme publishes student guide for Audiology Capstone research project - April 20, 2011
Medical publisher Thieme has reportedly published a guide titled The Audiology Capstone: Research, Presentation, and Publication. The publication is projected as a thorough, step-by-step guide that leads audiology students through their final research project, the Capstone. In four major sections, the textbook presents key information -… Read More
Thomson Reuters white paper offers publishers tips to optimise peer review systems - April 19, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the publication of a white paper tilted "Top 5 Best Practices for Advancing your Editorial Office". The paper outlines five ways in which scholarly publishers can advance their business by leveraging all that online peer review systems have… Read More
Google allows users to edit US map under Map Maker initiative - April 19, 2011
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, is reportedly set to let users edit and make additions to the map of the US under its Map Maker initiative launched three years ago. Google Map Maker is said to be a parallel version of Google Maps that… Read More
JISC offers infoKit on best practices to be adopted by UK researchers - April 19, 2011
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has developed a research information management infoKit that is expected to benefit the nation's 30,000 researchers by offering guidance on preparing for the Research Excellence Framework (REF). It also offers examples of best practice in this area. The infokit… Read More
SAGE begins publication of journal ‘Alternatives’ - April 19, 2011
Publisher SAGE, US, has announced that it has begun to publish the journal Alternatives: Global, Local, Political. Established in 1975, Alternatives seeks to promote a wide range of approaches to political, social, cultural and ecological developments, and to encourage more creative and imaginative ways of thinking… Read More
Pharmaceutical Press announces new edition of Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference - April 18, 2011
Pharmaceutical Press, the publishing arm of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, UK, has announced the publication of the 37th edition of Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference. Martindale is available in print, online via MedicinesComplete and for the first time, as a combined print and online package.… Read More
