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Nature Publishing Group partners with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation to launch npj Breast Cancer journal
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group is joining forces with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) to publish npj Breast Cancer, an open access research journal which will help understand, prevent, treat and cure the world’s second most common cancer. The journal will publish high quality research that is online-only, and free to access, enabling academics, clinicians and patients to stay up to date with the latest research on the subject.
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Springer to publish new official journal of the Italian Economic Association
STM publisher Springer has announced that it will publish the new official journal of the Italian Economic Association, the Italian Economic Journal. Articles have already been published online on SpringerLink. The first print issue will be compiled in March 2015.
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SAGE acquires 19 journals from Baywood Publishing Company, strengthens social and health science journals collection
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the purchase of 19 journals from Baywood Publishing Company, Inc. With this acquisition, SAGE will publish journals in counselling, gerontology & aging, health & healthcare, education and anthropology, beginning in 2015.
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ALPSP appoints Pippa Smart as Editor of Learned Publishing
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has announced the appointment of Pippa Smart as Editor of their journal Learned Publishing with immediate effect. Pippa will be joined by the recently appointed North American Editor, Judy Luther from Informed Strategies.
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De Gruyter implements CCC’s licensing solution for readers to republish or reuse content
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has announced that academic publisher De Gruyter has implemented CCC’s RightsLink, a technology solution that allows visitors to the De Gruyter website to license journal content quickly and easily for republishing or reuse. De Gruyter publishes over 1,300 new titles each year in the humanities, sciences, medicine and law, more than 700 subscription-based or Open Access journals, and a variety of digital products.
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‘Measuring Up: Assessing Use of Digital Repositories and the Resulting Impact’ project receives IMLS grant
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded a $500,000, three-year National Leadership Grant to four partner organisations to perform research and recommend best practices that will improve data collection and information sharing for institutional repositories and digitised collections. The grant project, ‘Measuring Up: Assessing Use of Digital Repositories and the Resulting Impact,’ will investigate the challenges libraries face in producing accurate reports of the use of their digital repositories through web analytics.
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Healio Gastroenterology announces Peer Perspective board
STM publishing company SLACK Incorporated, publisher of Healio Gastroenterology, has announced the selection of its Peer Perspective board for this new publication, launching in January. Published monthly, Healio Gastroenterology will compile the most-read content from Healio.com and distribute it in a print news magazine reaching 15,000 gastroenterologists and hepatologists in the United States.
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