OSA announces inaugural issue of Biomedical Optics Express - August 4, 2010
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced the launch and publication of the first issue of its latest monthly journal, Biomedical Optics Express. With a focus on biomedical optics and photonics, the journal joins OSA's diverse portfolio of 14 peer-reviewed optics journals. Joseph A. Izatt, Professor of… Read More
Techstreet announces plans to release new electronic version of the ASME’ Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code - August 3, 2010
Techstreet, part of the IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters, has announced its plan to release Techstreet ASME BPVC Plus, a new electronic version of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. The new offering includes single-user online access to PDF files… Read More
Skeletal Muscle journal now accepting submissions - August 3, 2010
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that Skeletal Muscle, a new open access journal that focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying the biology of skeletal muscle, is now accepting submissions. The journal is overseen by Editors-in-Chief Kevin P. Campbell (University of Iowa), David J.… Read More
‘Journal of Agricultural Science’ launches new series on climate change - August 3, 2010
Cambridge University Press, the publishing division of the University of Cambridge, has announced that The Journal of Agricultural Science has launched a special topic on 'Climate Change and Agriculture'. According to the journal, if agriculture is to continue the successes of the previous five decades in… Read More
IEEE announces new features for IEEE Xplore Digital Library - August 2, 2010
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), US, a technical professional association for the advancement of technology, has launched several new enhancements to the IEEE Xplore digital library (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org). The latest updates to IEEE Xplore include support for Athens and Shibboleth… Read More
New interactive toolkit for healthcare professionals launched - August 2, 2010
The Medicines Management, Keele University, has developed a new online resource designed to assist healthcare professionals in the local development of shared care agreements. The Effective Shared Care Agreement Toolkit seeks to outline clinical and patient management responsibilities and suggest how they can be shared between… Read More
Elsevier and PANGAEA announce next step in connecting research articles to data - July 30, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and PANGAEA - Publishing Network for Geoscientific & Environmental Data - have announced their next step in interconnecting the diverse elements of scientific research. Elsevier articles at ScienceDirect are now enriched with graphical information linking to associated research data sets that are… Read More
DynaMed Drug Topics to provide medication cost assistance program information from NeedyMeds - July 30, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that a new service within its DynaMed point-of-care clinical reference will link clinicians to cost assistance programmes designed to help patients afford their medications. DynaMed drug topics now include links to NeedyMeds, a non-profit organisation that… Read More
Maney Publishing and BSBI announce new publishing arrangement to relaunch Watsonia as the New Journal of Botany - July 30, 2010
Academic Publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced a new publishing arrangement with the Botanical Society of the British Isles (BSBI) to relaunch its journal Watsonia - Journal of the Botanical Society of the British Isles as the New Journal of Botany, in 2011. New Journal of… Read More
ISMPP and MPIP launch new medical publishing website - July 30, 2010
The International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) and the Medical Publishing Insights and Practices (MPIP) initiative have launched a new web page highlighting various MPIP initiatives (http://www.mpip-initiative.org). The web page is projected as a valuable resource providing information on the overall… Read More
