PSP Consultancy to publish Scholarly Communications Report - December 11, 2009
Publishing services provider PSP Consultancy, UK, has announced that it will publish Scholarly Communications Report (SCR), the monthly digest of all that is new and influential in scholarly publishing. The move follows an announcement, earlier this year, to close SCR. SCR will now be published under… Read More
Elsevier launches new textbook initiative with Cell Press - December 10, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new textbook initiative for the life sciences - called ‘Academic Cell’ - at the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology. The first title, Molecular Biology by David P. Clark, has now been published.… Read More
EDP Sciences names publishing platform ‘Vision4Press’ - December 10, 2009
Society publisher EDP Sciences, France, has announced a new name - Vision4Press (V4P) - for the web-based publishing platform it has been developing since 1995. V4P is used to disseminate the group’s publications and various scientific contents. It is projected as an easy-to–set-up-tool, and is claimed… Read More
Turpion Limited launches new Web portal to address modern physics problems - December 10, 2009
Turpion Limited, a company owned by Pion Ltd and the Institute of Physics Publishing, UK, recently launched a new Web portal Physics-Online.Ru to attract a wide circle of scientists, scholars, students and post graduates to discuss modern physics problems. An English user-friendly interface is now available… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing set to publish Management Research - December 9, 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, has announced the addition of Management Research: The Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management (MRJIAM) to its extensive portfolio of management journals. Previously published by M.E. Sharpe, Inc., Management Research publishes peer-reviewed articles from international… Read More
UC Press and California Digital Library launch collaborative publishing venture, UCPubS - December 9, 2009
The University of California Press (UC Press) and the California Digital Library have announced the official launch of a collaborative publishing venture, UC Publishing Services (UCPubS). UCPubS offers a suite of open access digital and print publication services to University of California centers, institutes, and departments… Read More
University of Ottawa launches OA program, joins Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity - December 9, 2009
The University of Ottawa has become the first Canadian university to adopt a comprehensive open access programme that supports free and unrestricted access to scholarly research. The University’s new program includes a commitment to make the University’s scholarly publications available online at no charge through the… Read More
Elsevier’s new Pharmacology text being well received - December 8, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the early success and rapid acceptance of its recently released Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Principles to Practice, a new pharmacology textbook. Designed to better meet the needs of today's residents and practitioners, the publication has garnered critical acclaim and has earned… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell announces 7th edition of TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours - December 7, 2009
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc, US, has announced the release of the latest edition of TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours. TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours, 7th Edition, offers an international approach to cancer classification and staging, with the… Read More
RSMeans releases CostWorks 2010 edition and new cost data book titles - December 4, 2009
Construction cost information provider RSMeans, US, part of Reed Construction Data, has announced the release of its 2010 CD-based cost data, CostWorks, as well as several new cost data book titles. The 2010 cost data will also be available through the MeansCostWorks.com… Read More
