 Scope leverages Synaptica® to deliver a specialized thesaurus on nanotechnology for a global STM publisher |
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Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced that it has successfully completed an ANSI/NISO standards compliant nanotechnology Knowledge Model (KM) for a global scientific, technical and medical (STM) publishing company. Additionally, the hierarchies in the cleansed KM were also enhanced. More Search for more news in this Category |
 Elsevier provides free online access to health and disaster journals in response to recent hurricanes and Mexico earthquakes |
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Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, is providing free access online to health and disaster-related journals through the Emergency Access Initiative (EAI), a program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in partnership with the U.S. National Library of Medicine, for healthcare professionals and libraries. The NLM activated the EAI in response to the recent Hurricanes Irma, Harvey and Maria which devastated parts of Texas, Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana and several Caribbean islands, as well as the recent earthquakes in Mexico. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Scientific & technical publishing market flat in 2016, says new Simba report |
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Media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information has released a report titled ‘Global Scientific & Technical Publishing 2017-2021.’ The report notes that once a fast growing, predictable and inflation-proof market, scientific and technical publishing is now mostly flat and increasingly subject to rules imposed by research funders to make articles and data available for free. More Search for more news in this Category |
 New open-access journal Metabarcoding & Metagenomics joins the lines of publisher Pensoft |
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A new innovative open-access academic journal Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG) has been launched to welcome novel papers from both basic and applied aspects. Focusing on genetic approaches to study biodiversity across all ecosystems, MBMG covers a considerably large scope of research including environmental, microbial and applied metabarcoding and metagenomics (especially DNA-based bioassessment and -monitoring, quarantine, nature conservation, species invasions, eDNA surveillance), as well as associated topics, such as molecular ecology, DNA-based species delimitation and identification, and other emerging related fields. More Search for more news in this Category |
 Ingenta and British Library collaborate to digitise and distribute archival content |
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The British Library and Ingenta, a software provider to the publishing industry, have announced the signature of an agreement to collaborate on the digitisation and distribution of archival content for academic institutions. Every institutional library has its own archive of rare documents and publications which, in print format, remains accessible to very few researchers. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Ecological Society of America names Richard Pouyat as President for 2017-2018 term |
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Ecological Society of America (ESA) has recently named Rich Pouyat, National Program Leader for Air and Soil Quality Research, United States Forest Service, as its President during the Society’s annual meeting. Elected by the members of ESA for a one-year term, Pouyat presides over the world’s largest professional society of ecologists. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Latest edition of Blogspeak now online |
| The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Elizabeth Moylan (What does transparency in peer review mean to you?); Siân Harris (New Assessment Process Boosts Credibility of Developing-world Journals); Janneke Adema and Graham Stone (Taking back control: the new university and academic presses that are re-envisioning scholarly publishing); Robert Harington (Science, Publishing and Government Bills: Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR)); and Troy Baker (How Does Publication Bias Affect Medical Literature?). 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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