SAGE announces publishing partnership with ICRS - September 25, 2009
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a partnership with the International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS) to launch a new journal – Cartilage. SAGE will publish the journal on behalf of the ICRS beginning in January 2010. The journal will be edited by UCLA Professor of Medicine, Dr.… Read More
Beta version of SPIE eBooks made available in SPIE Digital Library - September 25, 2009
The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, Inc. (SPIE) has announced that SPIE Press Field Guides, handbooks, monographs and tutorial texts are now available in the SPIE Digital Library with the recent beta launch of SPIE eBooks. By year-end 2010 SPIE eBooks will include about 140 titles… Read More
ICIS Pricing launches weekly Asia Polyethylene (PE) Pipe Grade Resin Price Report - September 25, 2009
Pricing and market intelligence service provider ICIS Pricing, US, part of Reed Business Information, has launched a new weekly price report for Asian polyethylene (PE) pipe grade resins covering China and Southeast Asia. The new report follows the successful launch of a similar report, Polyethylene Pipe… Read More
Symyx Technologies releases Symyx Notebook 6.3 - September 24, 2009
Symyx Technologies, Inc., a US-based provider of technologies for R&D, has announced the release of Symyx Notebook 6.3, a major version upgrade that significantly enhances the Symyx vision of an enterprise electronic lab notebook (ELN) to support many scientific disciplines. Previous versions of Symyx Notebook had… Read More
Jones & Bartlett unveils enhanced version of CDX Automotive - September 24, 2009
Educational publisher Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. (J&B), US, has announced a new release of CDX Automotive, an advanced learning solution for automotive training. The enhanced version is claimed to offer more media–rich content, features and functionality to further increase student engagement and improve learning outcomes.… Read More
Nature Publishing Group set to launch Nature Communications – an online-only journal with OA option - September 23, 2009
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced the launch of a new journal - Nature Communications. The journal will publish high-quality peer-reviewed research across the biological, chemical and physical sciences. It will be the first online-only Nature-branded journal. The journal will begin accepting submissions… Read More
Thomson Reuters launches forecasting tool for pharma industry - September 23, 2009
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has launched a new forecast tool for the pharma industry, called Thomson Pharma Partnering Forecast. The product seeks to combine competitive intelligence and sales forecast data to enable quick and credible assessment of the sales potential of pipeline and marketed… Read More
Credo Reference adds Encyclopaedias from Springer - September 23, 2009
Online reference library Credo Reference, US, recently signed an agreement to integrate four key Springer Science+Business Media encyclopaedias into the Credo General Reference collection. With a focus on science, technology, medicine, architecture, business and transport, Springer Science+Business Media publishes books, journals and internet products for the… Read More
NPG outlines publishing strategy for 2010 in annual letter to customers - September 22, 2009
Steven Inchcoombe, the Managing Director of scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), has outlined publishing endeavour and other initiatives for 2010 in an annual letter to customers. NPG has announced plans to continue innovation in web offerings, publishing processes and business models, with a focus on… Read More
Presentations from American Chemical Society’s 238th National Meeting now online - September 22, 2009
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has made recordings of more than 150 presentations from its 238th National Meeting, available online without charge. With this move the Society seeks to expand access to scientific sessions at its national meetings. The sessions include about 150 cutting-edge research papers… Read More