New cultural competency reports now available in ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health - January 12, 2009
ProQuest, part of Cambridge Information Group, US, has announced that 'cultural competency reports' from CultureVision are now available in ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source. This information is vital for health care professionals to confidently care for patients with diverse ethnic backgrounds and religious beliefs. The… Read More
Nature Education launches free online educational resource for Generation Y - January 9, 2009
Nature Education, a division of scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group, UK, has announced the launch of Scitable (www.nature.com/scitable), a free, online educational resource for undergraduate biology students and educators. Currently focused on genetics, Scitable combines authoritative scientific information with social media functionality.… Read More
RSC Publishing announces online publication of the first issue of a new interdisciplinary journal for the scientific community - January 9, 2009
Scientific publisher RSC Publishing, UK, the publishing arm of the Royal Society of Chemistry, has announced the online publication of the first issue of Integrative Biology, a new interdisciplinary journal for the scientific community. Free for all to read online, this inaugural issue contains articles on… Read More
Ambulatory Pediatrics changes name to Academic Pediatrics, announces new Editor-in-Chief - January 9, 2009
Ambulatory Pediatrics, published by STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it has changed its name to Academic Pediatrics as of the January 2009 issue. The journal also announced that Dr. Peter Szilagyi will serve as the new Editor-in-Chief of the journal. He succeeds Dr. James M. Perrin.… Read More
Elsevier adds Doyma Spanish Medical Collection titles on ScienceDirect - January 8, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that fifty titles from the Elsevier Doyma Spanish Medical Collection are available on ScienceDirect, its online scientific research platform. Doyma, a Spanish language medical publisher acquired by Elsevier in 2005, publishes about 5,000 high quality papers every year. The inclusion… Read More
RSC, ChemZoo developing tools to help chemists label compounds with standard tags - January 8, 2009
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and ChemZoo, a US-based software firm, are developing tools to help chemists label their own compounds with a standard computer-readable tag. The collaborative project, announced in December 2008, aims to help researchers share information on chemical… Read More
UKDA releases new suite of web pages on data management and sharing - January 7, 2009
The UK Data Archive (UKDA) recently announced the release of its new suite of web pages providing guidance on data management and sharing. The pages aim to provide data creators, data managers and data curators with best practice strategies and methods for creating, preparing and storing… Read More
Behavioral and Brain Sciences selects Editorial Manager to transition editorial workflow to the web - January 5, 2009
Online submission system provider Aries Systems Corporation, US, has announced that its Editorial Manager peer-review system was selected by the journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) to successfully transition editorial workflow to the web. BBS is published by Cambridge University Press. BBS was one of several journals pioneering a format… Read More
Inderscience brings out inaugural issues of four new titles - January 5, 2009
STM and business publisher, Inderscience, Switzerland, has announced the publication of the first issues of four new titles. The journals are - International Journal of Adaptive and Innovative Systems; International Journal of Knowledge Engineering and Soft Data Paradigms; International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing; and International Journal of Shipping… Read More
American Public Health Association announces new edition of renowned public health manual - January 1, 2009
The American Public Health Association has announced the publication of the 19th edition of the Control of Communicable Diseases Manual - a sourcebook for public health and infectious disease specialists for more than 90 years. Edited by Dr. David L. Heymann, Assistant Director-General for Health Security… Read More
