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International Publishers Association releases new report on electronic legal deposit
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has released a new report on electronic legal deposit. The new report reveals how policies and processes are being developed and implemented which allow digital content, whether in the form of e-books, journals, blogs or website content, to be collected and archived.
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Elsevier announces 2013 Journal Impact Factor highlights
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the highlights of its journal Impact Factor performance in 2013. According to the 2013 Journal Citation Reports® (JCR) published by Thomson Reuters, Elsevier saw 61 percent of its journal Impact Factors increase from 2012 to 2013, well ahead of the aggregate across all other journals at 55 percent. Furthermore, 21 percent of Elsevier journals are in the top 10 percent of their subject category.
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John Wiley & Sons to provide free access to biomedical literature in support of Ebola outbreak relief efforts in West Africa
Publisher John Wiley & Sons will provide free access to biomedical literature in support of the Ebola outbreak relief efforts in West Africa, aiding responders across the affected population. As part of this initiative, Wiley is partnering with the Emergency Access Initiative (EAI), which includes the National Library of Medicine, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, and the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers.
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Updated edition of Spinal Deformities now available
Scientific and medical publisher Thieme has announced the publication of the second edition of Spinal Deformities, a concise overview of current key principles and practices used in the diagnosis and treatment of spinal deformities. Each chapter of this introductory text begins with The Essentials, a bulleted list that summarizes the most important concepts presented, providing busy surgeons, residents, and fellows with a quick refresher before surgery.
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NLM offers free access to books and journals for healthcare professionals fighting Ebola outbreak
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) has been activated to support healthcare professionals working on the Ebola public health emergency in West Africa. The EAI is a collaborative partnership between NLM and participating publishers to provide free access to full-text from over 650 biomedical journals and over 4,000 reference books and online databases to healthcare professionals and libraries affected by disasters.
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Nano Today receives record high impact factor
Singapore-based Nano Today, a nanoscience and nanotechnology journal published by Elsevier, has received a record high impact factor of 18.432 in 2013, up from 17.689 in 2012, according to the Journal Citation Reports® published by Thomson Reuters last month. The scientific journal is one of the highest impact publications across nanoscience and nanotechnology, materials science and chemistry.
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Latest edition of Blogspeak now online
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Ted Bergstrom (Secrets of journal subscription prices: For-profit publishers charge libraries two to three times more than non-profits); David Crotty (In Science, Should the Majority Rule?); Cameron Neylon (The rise and rise of Creative Commons: Over 1.2M CC Licensed Scholarly Articles); Stephen Curry (Who governs science?); and Rick Anderson (Housecleaning at the Directory of Open Access Journals). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here.
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