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John Wiley & Sons announces transition of three journals to Wiley Open Access publishing program
Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the transition of three journals to the Wiley Open Access publishing program, bringing the total number of Wiley’s open access titles to 47. From January 1, 2015, all published articles in Conservation Letters, Thoracic Cancer and The Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine will be open access and free to view, download and share.
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Elsevier Materials Science journals offer multiple data sharing options for Materials Science researchers
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that its data sharing infrastructure has been implemented across 13 journals covering all areas of Materials Science. Offering multiple data sharing options for an entire subject discipline not only meets the needs of researchers in the field, but also addresses one of the key objectives in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy outlined in its Strategic Plan for the Materials Genome Initiative: unlock durable access to research data.
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Department Of Justice not to challenge IEEE’s proposal to update patent policy
The US’ Department of Justice has announced that it will not challenge a proposal by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) to update the IEEE Standards Association’s (IEEE-SA) patent policy. That policy governs the incorporation of patented technology in IEEE standards and explains the terms under which holders of patents essential to IEEE standards commit to make licenses available for use in implementing IEEE standards.
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Altmetric now tracking Wikipedia references to research outputs
Alternative metrics provider Altmetric has announced that any mentions of articles or other academic outputs in Wikipedia will now be reflected in a new ‘Wikipedia’ tab on the Altmetric details page. The English version alone contains over 4.7 million articles, and as of February 2014 there were nearly 500 million unique users and over 73,000 active editors.
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Gale receives several honours from the MarCom Awards
Creative campaigns that blend the benefits of products and services with true advocacy on behalf of libraries have propelled Gale, a provider of library resources, to be recognised by the MarCom Awards, a competitive award competition that spans industry types and companies of all sizes. Competing against thousands, Gale, part of Cengage Learning, took home several honours including four Platinum Awards, three Gold Awards and two Honorable Mentions.
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