Journal of Biomedical Science publishes first articles as an open access publication - January 12, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the Journal of Biomedical Science has published its first articles as an open access publication. The journal is supported by the National Science Council (NSC) of Taiwan, and authors will not be required to pay any article… 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
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
SPIE launches new open-access journal SPIE Reviews - December 29, 2008
The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, Inc. (SPIE) recently announced the launch of a new open-access journal SPIE Reviews. Prof. William T. Rhodes will serve as the editor of the journal. He will be assisted by a broadly interdisciplinary editorial board that will provide the expertise… Read More
Bahrain Medical Bulletin converts to OA - December 25, 2008
Medical journal Bahrain Medical Bulletin (BMB) has reportedly converted to open access (OA). The journal will now be free to read online, and is published under a progressive copyright that allows readers to reuse the articles provided they cite them correctly. This conversion is funded by… Read More
NIH institute expands open access dataset of genetic and clinical data to include asthma - December 18, 2008
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the US' National Institutes of Health (NIH) has expanded its collection of genetic and clinical data first made freely available to researchers worldwide last year. The collection now includes clinical and genetic information collected from three asthma… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert provides free online access to key AIDS journals - December 3, 2008
Medical publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced complimentary access to all archival online issues of the company's AIDS journals - AIDS Patient Care and STDs and AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses - till December 31, 2008. The journals are being made available in honour of World… Read More
IFPMA approves updated joint position on disclosure of clinical trials data - December 2, 2008
The Council of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) has approved an updated Joint Position on the Disclosure of Clinical Trial Information via Clinical Trial Registries and Databases. This extends the range of trials that member companies must provide information about to include… Read More
European digital library Europeana goes online - November 21, 2008
The European Commission has announced the launch of Europeana, a European multimedia online library, at www.europeana.eu. Internet users worldwide can now access more than 2 million books, maps, recordings, photographs, archival documents, paintings and films from national libraries and cultural institutions… Read More
Elsevier’s new service provides over half a million reviewers free access to published research - November 19, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of reference linking, a new service enabling its community of reviewers to have direct access to referenced articles published by Elsevier, directly from the manuscript they are reviewing. Reference linking means that by clicking on the hyperlinks,… Read More
