 Negotiations on subscription fees and Open Access between Dutch universities and Elsevier fail |
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Negotiations between the Dutch universities and publishing company Elsevier on subscription fees and Open Access have ground to a halt. In line with the policy pursued by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the universities want academic publications to be freely accessible. To that end, agreements will have to be made with publishers. The proposal presented by Elsevier last week failed to address this inevitable change. The universities hope that Elsevier will submit an amended proposal. More Search for more news in this Category |
 EBSCO modernizes publication discovery with Full-Text Finder |
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EBSCO Information Service (EBSCO) has announced the introduction of Full-Text FinderTM (FTF). Available to all EBSCO Discovery ServiceTM (EDS) customers with their subscription, and as a stand-alone application to non-subscribers, Full-Text Finder delivers the intuitive, time-saving experience when searching for journals, e-books and articles, and managing the library’s holdings. More Search for more news in this Category |
 IOP Publishing collaborates with JournalMap |
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Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP) and USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have signed an agreement to add more than 1000 articles from IOP’s journal Environmental Research Letters (ERL) to the JournalMap literature discovery database. JournalMap’s vision is to help scientists find out what research has been done in a specific location, as well as to determine whether a study undertaken in a specific region, could be relevant to another part of the world. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Elsevier unveils new OA journal – EBioMedicine |
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STM publisher Elsevier has announced that two of its leading brands, Cell Press and The Lancet, have now joined forces to launch a new open access journal, EBioMedicine. The broad-spectrum journal will publish research papers covering the entire breadth of life and health sciences, ranging from basic research to clinical and public/global health science. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Dr. Kathleen Murphy White named new Editor-in-Chief of Quality Management in Health Care |
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Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Dr. Kathleen Murphy White has been named Editor-in-Chief of Quality Management in Health Care (QMHC), a peer-reviewed journal of evidence, ideas, and experience in improving health care quality and patient outcomes. The appointment is effective with the current issue of QMHC. More Search for more news in this Category |
 Dr. Peter Nakaji and Dr. Peter Vajkoczy sign on as editors-in-chief of Thieme eNeurosurgery editorial board |
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Scientific and medical publisher Thieme has announced that Dr. Peter Nakaji and Dr. Peter Vajkoczy have signed on as editors-in-chief of the editorial board for Thieme eNeurosurgery. In this capacity, Dr. Nakaji and Dr. Vajkoczy are responsible for providing Thieme with regular input on relevant new content for eNeurosurgery so that the platform continues to offer comprehensive coverage of the field. More Search for more news in this Category |
 CERN Council selects Dr Fabiola Gianotti as next Director-General |
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CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, has selected Italian physicist, Dr Fabiola Gianotti, as the organisation’s next Director-General at its 173rd Closed Session. The appointment will be formalised at the December session of the Council, and Dr Gianotti’s mandate will begin on January 1, 2016 and run for a period of five years. More Search for more news in this Category |
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