Elsevier publishes new journal for World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies - August 19, 2010
The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS), representing more than 30,000 neurosurgeons, 114 individual societies and 100 nations, has launched World Neurosurgery. The title is projected as the specialty's first publication acting as a global forum for high level peer reviewed, clinical and laboratory science. It is also expected to… Read More
BMJ Group launches open access journal – BMJ Open - August 18, 2010
Publisher BMJ Group, UK, has announced the launch of an open access journal, BMJ Open. The journal is exclusively dedicated to publishing general medical research. The new title, scheduled for launch this autumn, will add to the publisher's growing stable of international titles. Authors, whose work… Read More
SAGE to launch Foot & Ankle Specialist – European Edition - August 18, 2010
Academic publisher SAGE, UK, will launch Foot & Ankle Specialist - European Edition from February 2011. The journal will be an international edition of Foot & Ankle Specialist (FAS), a bimonthly controlled circulation journal. Launched in 2008, the journal publishes peer-reviewed clinical information for foot and… Read More
Springer set to publish official journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics - August 17, 2010
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it will publish Neurotherapeutics, the official journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics (ASENT), beginning in 2011. With the switch to Springer, the journal will change its format of publishing review articles only to offering original research articles… Read More
Pearson Education India launches its first online book store - August 16, 2010
Education publisher Pearson Education India has announced the launch of its first 'Online Bookstore' through its online retail partner, VRVBookshop. The online bookstore will include the complete catalogue of all Pearson Education India publications. These include imprints like Prentice Hall, SAMS, Longman, Addison Wesley, QUE, Wharton… Read More
New NIH website provides science-based information on bone health - August 13, 2010
The US' National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced that a new web resource providing latest science-based information on bone health and bone disease is available through the NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases - National Resource Center (NRC). The site is Read More
Thieme announces second edition of Multimodality Breast Imaging: A Correlative Atlas - August 13, 2010
Thieme, part of STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced the publication of the second edition of Multimodality Breast Imaging: A Correlative Atlas. Published by Thieme, the latest edition teaches the reader how to integrate mammography, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography… Read More
Elsevier launches new online knowledge hub for malaria researchers - August 12, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of Malaria Nexus, Elsevier's Global Malaria Resource, www.malarianexus.com. The new online knowledge hub seeks to provide a forum for malaria researchers, editors and opinion leaders. Malaria Nexus highlights the latest published research in Malaria,… Read More
Bowker launches automated manuscript submission process for general trade - August 12, 2010
Bibliographic information provider Bowker, US, a business unit of ProQuest, has launched an automated manuscript submission process for the general trade. BowkerManuscriptSubmissions.com (BMS) is an Internet-based service that enables authors to be seen by publishers and ensures publishers don't miss the next bestseller. BMS seeks to… Read More
OUP releases new titles to the Digital Reference Shelf - August 12, 2010
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has released new titles to the Oxford Digital Reference Shelf, in partnership with Semantico, a provider of services and technology for online publishing. The constantly expanding Oxford Digital Reference Shelf (ODRS) is powered by an online publishing platform designed by… Read More