JISC’s new guide showcases work achieved for scholarly communications in the UK - October 22, 2009
The UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced the launch of a definitive guide to its 15 years of work in Open Access as part of International Open Access Week (October 19 – 23, 2009). The guide, Open Access for UK research: JISC’s contributions -… Read More
New food science subscription database from ebrary - October 22, 2009
Digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, has announced the availability of a new subscription database that supports research and development needs in all aspects of food science through trusted content and powerful technology. The subscription may be supplemented with titles purchased individually as well… Read More
Sheridan Custom Publishing Direct launches with HighWire - October 21, 2009
Printing and publishing services provider The Sheridan Group, US, and Stanford University’s HighWire Press have announced the availability of a new service, Sheridan Custom Publishing Direct, on select HighWire-hosted publications. The service allows readers to create their own customised content collections for… Read More
Elsevier to unveil BrainNavigator with added features at Neuroscience 2009 event - October 20, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it will showcase the new features it is rolling out for its BrainNavigator research tool at the Society for Neuroscience’s Neuroscience 2009 event in Chicago. Recently adopted by the US’ National Institutes of Health (NIH), BrainNavigator is an online,… Read More
BioMed Central launches new Stem Cells Gateway - October 20, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of the Stem Cell Gateway, highlighting the latest articles published in this field across BioMed Central journals. The Gateway complements the publisher’s new journal, Stem Cell Research & Therapy, slated for launch in early 2010. The… Read More
Elsevier launches new journal highlighting research in exposure science and spatial statistics - October 19, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new scientific journal, Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology. The journal’s Editorial Board will be led by the internationally recognised scholar Professor Andrew B. Lawson, Division of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina,… Read More
Springer and WINFOCUS launch new journal – Critical Ultrasound Journal - October 19, 2009
STM publisher Springer, Germany, and the WINFOCUS Society are founding a new publication, The Critical Ultrasound Journal. The journal will serve as the official publication of WINFOCUS (World Interactive Network Focused on Critical UltraSound), a scientific organisation committed to developing point-of-care ultrasound practice throughout in-hospital and… Read More
BioMed Central adds case report journals to its portfolio - October 19, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the addition of leading case report journals - Journal of Medical Case Reports (JMCR) and Cases Journals - to its expanding portfolio. Since their inception, both these journals, which currently provide over 2000 freely accessible case reports,… Read More
Emerald to publish Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting - October 19, 2009
Emerald Group Publishing, UK, has announced the acquisition of the Journal of Financial Reporting & Accounting. Emerald will take over the publication of the journal from Volume 8, Issue 1. Edited by Associate Professor Dr. Lai Ming Ling of the Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia, the journal… Read More
OCLC offers Metadata Services for Publishers to enhance title metadata - October 16, 2009
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced a new service that provides added value to libraries and publishers by enhancing and delivering data that can work in multiple contexts and systems. The new service, Metadata Services for Publishers, takes publishers' ONIX… Read More
