BioMed Central names Bev Acreman as Commercial Director - September 9, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the appointment of Bev Acreman as Commercial Director. Acreman comes to BioMed Central from Taylor & Francis, where she has played a significant role in growing the company to its present position as a major player in STM… Read More
BioMed Central journals indexed by PsycINFO - September 4, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the American Psychological Association has accepted two BioMed Central journals for inclusion in its abstracting database PsycINFO. The journals accepted for inclusion are: BMC Neurology and International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity. BMC Neurology is… Read More
Open Book Alliance formed to counter Google Book Settlement - September 1, 2009
Librarians, legal scholars, authors, publishers and technology companies have announced the formation of a coalition – the Open Book Alliance – that will counter the proposed Google Book Settlement in its current form. The proposed settlement is between Google, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and… Read More
Inderscience Publishers announce four new titles - September 1, 2009
STM and business publisher Inderscience, Switzerland, recently published the first issues of four new titles. The journals are: International Journal of Collaborative Engineering; International Journal of Decision Sciences, Risk and Management; International Journal of Global Warming; and International Journal of Knowledge and Web Intelligence. International Journal… Read More
BioMed Central expands Independent Journals Portfolio with Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome - August 28, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome has launched with the publisher as the eighth addition to the Independent Journals Portfolio this year. The journal is the official journal of the Brazilian Diabetes Society (SBD). Through reporting on basic research… Read More
IOP Publishing journal offers free access to Topical Reviews Collection - August 24, 2009
Journal Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, published by non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing, UK, is presenting four topical reviews which have been published in the journal so far this year. These articles, available as part of the reviews collection on the journal's website,… Read More
Investigative Genetics now accepting submissions - August 19, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that Investigative Genetics, a new open access journal, is now accepting submissions. The journal will be overseen by co-Editors-in-Chief Bruce Budowle (University of North Texas Health Science Center, USA), Manfred Kayser (Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Netherlands) and… Read More
Open Humanities Press and University of Michigan Library’s Scholarly Publishing Office partner to launch five new OA book series - August 11, 2009
Scholars of the Open Humanities Press (OHP) are partnering with the University of Michigan Library’s Scholarly Publishing Office to launch five new OA book series. Edited by senior members of OHP’s editorial board, the forthcoming open access series are: New Metaphysics (ed. Graham Harman and Bruno… Read More
SPARC unveils centralised web resource and group of experts to advise on OA policy - August 7, 2009
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced that it has introduced a new suite of web-based tools to facilitate fact-based campus policy discussions on open access (OA). This includes key topics such as copyright, journal sustainability, disciplinary differences and author rights. With these… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert provides online access to Breastfeeding Medicine - August 3, 2009
Medical publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced complimentary online access to its journal Breastfeeding Medicine for the entire month of August. All published issues will be available free online at www.liebertpub.com/bfm A MEDLINE journal, Breastfeeding Medicine is the official publication… Read More
