Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on June 14, 2017
 Elsevier announces eight new psychology titles
Elsevier, the information analytics company specialising in science and health, has announced the seventh edition of Practical Stress Management: A Comprehensive Workbook by John Romas and Manoj Sharma. One of eight new psychology titles, this completely revised book includes new meditation techniques from around the world. The new edition also covers financial stress, and expands the section on sleep. It is accompanied by online MP3 files of guided relaxation techniques and ten new downloadable worksheets.
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 Scholarly Publishing Association convenes Annual Meeting in Austin
The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) kicked off June 11-13, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Attended by more than 650 scholarly publishing professionals from all over the world, this year’s program continued to encourage collaboration across university and scholarly presses, with more opportunities to connect both in-person and online.
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 Digital preservation experts worldwide to discuss challenges of digital preservation and share their experiences using Rosetta
Users of the Ex Libris Rosetta digital asset management and preservation solution are gathering this week at the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, UK, for the eighth annual meeting of the Rosetta Advisory Group. This meeting marks 10 years since the development of the Rosetta digital asset preservation and management solution began.
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 OCLC Research and LIBER to launch collaborative information management study
OCLC Research and LIBER, the Association of European Research Libraries, will launch a collaborative project to explore the adoption and integration of persistent identifiers (PIDs) in European research information management (RIM) infrastructures. The project will complement and extend previous research institution-scale implementations of RIM in European institutions.
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 CARL and CAUL-CBUA announce collaboration to advance data management and digital preservation needs of the Canadian research community
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Council of Atlantic University Libraries / Conseil des bibliothèques universitaires de l’Atlantique (CAUL-CBUA) have announced the signing of an agreement. Under the deal, both organisations work together to advance regional and national issues relating to the data management and digital preservation needs of the Canadian research community.
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 Stanford University Press expands title availability for scholars with CoreSource®
Stanford University Press continues to expand their reach and impact in the academic space with Ingram Content Group’s distribution network. Stanford University Press is now using CoreSource®, Ingram’s digital asset management and distribution platform, to increase their digital presence in the academic market.
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 Altmetric badges integrated into Researchfish platform
Researchfish, the research impact assessment platform provider, has announced that Altmetric badges, which showcase the online engagement surrounding scholarly publications, have been integrated into the Researchfish platform. The integration further enhances the information collected by research funders, allowing an increasingly comprehensive picture of the broader impacts relating to scholarly work to be collated and analysed.
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by rheyer Posted on June 13, 2017
 BMJ launches new OA paediatrics journal – BMJ Paediatrics Open
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has added a new title to its expanding portfolio of more than 60 specialist journals, with the launch of BMJ Paediatrics Open. The journal is a fully open access, international multidisciplinary journal, dedicated to publishing original research, clinical reviews, and protocols that deal with every aspect of child health, including surgery, public health, healthcare provision and qualitative research.
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 HighWire Press partners with Peer Review Evaluation to increase transparency for peer review
Scholarly publishing company HighWire Press has announced a partnership with Peer Review Evaluation (PRE) to offer turn-key integration of PRE, a transparency service from AAAS that improves the visibility of the peer review process. To mark this partnership and help publishers illustrate the integrity of their peer review process, PRE will cover any development costs for the first five HighWire publishing partners to adopt PRE in 2017.
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 The Optical Society celebrates 20 Years of OA journal, Optics Express
The Optical Society (OSA) is celebrating 20 years of its open access journal, Optics Express. Optics Expresswas developed in 1997 as a test-bed to explore the capabilities of all-electronic publishing, and simultaneously launched what is now known as Gold open access publishing. To acknowledge the Journal’s milestone, OSA has launched an anniversary website featuring commemorative editorials, a list of the top 100 most-cited Optics Express articles, recognition of all current and past editors, and historic material, as well as a series of Topical Editors’ Picks Collections.
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 Canadian Association of Research Libraries elects Donna Bourne-Tyson as CARL President
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has announced that Donna Bourne-Tyson, University Librarian, Dalhousie University, has been elected CARL President for a two year-term (2017–2019). She succeeds Martha Whitehead, Vice-Provost Libraries & Digital Planning at Queen’s University, who served as CARL President from 2015 to 2017.
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 PCG to represent Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. across India and Latin America
Publishers Communication Group (PCG), international sales and marketing consultant for the publishing market and part of the Ingenta Group, has signed a three-year contract with Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. to provide exclusive sales representation across India and Latin America. The content sales partner agreement, starting August 1, 2017, comprises Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.’s complete portfolio of over 80 journals for the scientific, technical, medical (STM) and information industries.
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 Scholastica releases first customisable website templates specifically for OA journals
Scholastica, a peer review and publishing platform for academic journals, has announced the release of the first customisable website templates specifically for open access journals. Scholastica’s customisable journal website templates are designed to showcase journal content, provide a superior user experience, and enhance article discoverability (including automatic Google Scholar indexing).
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 IPR License unveils Instant Rights
IPR License, the marketplace for publishers to trade rights globally, has announced that it has launched Instant Rights. This new service will enable rights sellers to place ‘Buy Rights’ buttons anywhere online that can then lead buyers to a simple, automated process to purchase translation rights quickly and efficiently.
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by rheyer Posted on June 12, 2017
 COAR publishes new report – Asia Open Access Regional Survey
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has published a new report, Asia Open Access Regional Survey. The report presents the results of a survey of open access activities in Asia undertaken in early 2017. It is expected that the survey results will contribute to the wider implementation of open access and help various regions make the case for greater investment in open access, both in terms of policies, as well as national and local infrastructure.
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 Agfa HealthCare integrates Thieme’s medical knowledge platform eRef into hospital information system ORBIS
Agfa HealthCare, a member of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, has announced the integration of Thieme’s medical knowledge platform eRef into the hospital information system (KIS) ORBIS. Hereafter, clinics working with ORBIS and licensed by eRef will have direct access to the medical journals, databases and databases from the KIS, as well as a comprehensive picture archive, patient reconnaissance sheets, videos and other services from Georg Thieme Verlag.
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 Taylor & Francis and The Conversation Africa partner to boost engagement with African research
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis and The Conversation Africa have announced a new partnership to facilitate African researchers increasing public engagement with their work and expertise. By acting as Funding Partner, Taylor & Francis will work with The Conversation Africa to highlight essential African research and offer T&F authors, journal editors, and publishing partners closer links with the African news website.
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 American Herbal Products Association and ASTM International sign MOU on cannabis standards
Global standards organisation ASTM International and the American Herbal Products Association have announced a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on standards for the cannabis industry. The news comes in advance of the first meeting of ASTM International’s new cannabis committee, June 11 and 12.
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 Victoria University partners with Publons to ensure better review and research outcomes
Victoria University Of Wellington (Victoria University) has announced a partnership with Publons to ensure better review and research outcomes for students and staff across their entire research community. This partnership is one of many initiatives announced by the university to improve peer review.
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 RCNi appoints Phil Smithers and Mohammed Haque as new Directors
RCNi, a health information and learning provider for the nursing profession, has appointed two new Directors to its Executive Team. Reporting to Rachel Armitage, Managing Director, Phil Smithers joins as Sales and Marketing Director, and Mohammed Haque joins as Finance Director.
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 Cochrane announces latest Associate Centre – Cochrane Iran
Cochrane, a global independent network of researchers, professionals, patients, carers and people interested in health, have announced its newest Associate Centre, Cochrane Iran. Cochrane Iran will be co-ordinated and led by its new Associate Centre Director, Professor Ali-Akbar Haghdoost and Co-Director Dr. Bita Mesgarpour, who will offer methodological support, mentoring, and supervision.
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 Latest edition of Blogspeak now online
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Alice Meadows (Do You Know About Yewno?); Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky (New science data-sharing rules are two scoops of disappointment); Angela Cochran (Are Open Access Journals Immune from Piracy?); Sima Barmania (“The research does not change anything; it’s the research that changes you”.); Virginia Barbour, Theodora Bloom, Jennifer Lin and Elizabeth Moylan (Minor, substantial or wholesale amendments: it’s time to rethink changes to published articles and avoid unnecessary stigma); and Elizabeth Gilbert and Katie Corker (What Is “Open Science”? (And Why Some Researchers Want It)). 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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Latest Publications: UC Davis/UC Davis Medical Center

by rheyer Posted on June 12, 2017
Search Alert: 167 new results
Your search alert called “UCD/UCDMC” has found 167 new results on Scopus. |  View all new results in Scopus
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1 . Antigenicity of bovine pericardium determined by a novel immunoproteomic approach Gates, K.V., Dalgliesh, A.J., Griffiths, L.G. 2017 Scientific Reports ,
7 ( 1 ) , art. no. 2446
2 . Ocean acidification compromises a planktic calcifier with implications for global carbon cycling Davis, C.V., Rivest, E.B., Hill, T.M., Gaylord, B., Russell, A.D., Sanford, E. 2017 Scientific Reports ,
7 ( 1 ) , art. no. 2225
3 . Personalizing protein nourishment Dallas, D.C., Sanctuary, M.R., Qu, Y., Khajavi, S.H., Van Zandt, A.E., Dyandra, M., Frese, S.A., Barile, D., German, J.B. 2017 Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition ,
57 ( 15 ) pp. 3313 – 3331 .
4 . Analytical modeling of liquid saturation jump effect for hydrogen alkaline anion exchange membrane fuel cell Huo, S., Park, J.W., He, P., Wang, D., Jiao, K. 2017 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer ,
112 pp. 891 – 902 .
5 . Impairment of antioxidant mechanisms in Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes) by acute exposure to aluminum Ramírez-Duarte, W.F., Kurobe, T., Teh, S.J. 2017 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part – C: Toxicology and Pharmacology ,
198 pp. 37 – 44 .
6 . Pharmacological inhibition of soluble epoxide hydrolase or genetic deletion reduces diclofenac-induced gastric ulcers Goswami, S.K., Rand, A.A., Wan, D., Yang, J., Inceoglu, B., Thomas, M., Morisseau, C., Yang, G.-Y., Hammock, B.D. 2017 Life Sciences ,
180 pp. 114 – 122 .
7 . Outcome of patients with intracranial relapse enrolled on national Wilms Tumor Study Group clinical trials Venkatramani, R., Chi, Y.-Y., Coppes, M.J., Malogolowkin, M., Kalapurakal, J.A., Tian, J., Dome, J.S. 2017 Pediatric Blood and Cancer ,
64 ( 7 ) , art. no. e26406
8 . Comparative environmental fate and toxicity of copper nanomaterials Keller, A.A., Adeleye, A.S., Conway, J.R., Garner, K.L., Zhao, L., Cherr, G.N., Hong, J., Gardea-Torresdey, J.L., Godwin, H.A., Hanna, S., Ji, Z., Kaweeteerawat, C., Lin, S., Lenihan, H.S., Miller, R.J., Nel, A.E., Peralta-Videa, J.R., Walker, S.L., Taylor, A.A., Torres-Duarte, C., Zink, J.I., Zuverza-Mena, N. 2017 NanoImpact ,
7 pp. 28 – 40 .
9 . Land sharing and land sparing reveal social and ecological synergy in big cat conservation Jiang, G., Wang, G., Holyoak, M., Yu, Q., Jia, X., Guan, Y., Bao, H., Hua, Y., Zhang, M., Ma, J. 2017 Biological Conservation ,
211 pp. 142 – 149 .
10 . Reactive oxygen species, abiotic stress and stress combination Choudhury, F.K., Rivero, R.M., Blumwald, E., Mittler, R. 2017 Plant Journal ,
90 ( 5 ) pp. 856 – 867 .
11 . Arabidopsis fructokinase-like protein associations are regulated by ATP Riggs, J.W., Callis, J. 2017 Biochemical Journal ,
474 ( 11 ) pp. 1789 – 1801 .
12 . Grooming decisions under structural despotism: the impact of social rank and bystanders among wild male chimpanzees Newton-Fisher, N.E., Kaburu, S.S.K. 2017 Animal Behaviour ,
128 pp. 153 – 164 .
13 . Midterm Outcomes after Infrapopliteal Interventions in Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia Based on the TASC II Classification of Below-the-Knee Arteries Singh, G.D., Brinza, E.K., Hildebrand, J., Waldo, S.W., Foley, T.R., Laird, J.R., Armstrong, E.J. 2017 Journal of Endovascular Therapy ,
24 ( 3 ) pp. 321 – 330 .
14 . Structure and activity of thermophilic methanogenic microbial communities exposed to quaternary ammonium sanitizer Fernandez-Bayo, J.D., Toniato, J., Simmons, B.A., Simmons, C.W. 2017 Journal of Environmental Sciences (China) ,
56 pp. 164 – 168 .
15 . Outside the envelope: rare events disrupt the relationshipbetween climate factors and species interactions Stuble, K.L., Zefferman, E.P., Wolf, K.M., Vaughn, K.J., Young, T.P. 2017 Ecology ,
98 ( 6 ) pp. 1623 – 1630 .
16 . Seroprevalences of anti–sarcocystis neurona and anti–neospora hughesi antibodies among healthy equids in the United States James, K.E., Smith, W.A., Conrad, P.A., Packham, A.E., Guerrero, L., Ng, M., Pusterla, N. 2017 Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association ,
250 ( 11 ) pp. 1291 – 1301 .
17 . Precipitation affects plant communication and defense Pezzola, E., Mancuso, S., Karban, R. 2017 Ecology ,
98 ( 6 ) pp. 1693 – 1699 .
18 . Aortic Stiffness, Increased White Matter Free Water, and Altered Microstructural Integrity: A Continuum of Injury Maillard, P., Mitchell, G.F., Himali, J.J., Beiser, A., Fletcher, E., Tsao, C.W., Pase, M.P., Satizabal, C.L., Vasan, R.S., Seshadri, S., DeCarli, C. 2017 Stroke ,
48 ( 6 ) pp. 1567 – 1573 .
19 . Video-assisted extirpation of cranial mediastinal masses in dogs: 18 cases (2009–2014) Maciver, M.A., Case, J.B., Monnet, E.L., Hunt, G.B., Mayhew, P.D., Oblak, M.L., Runge, J.J., Singh, A., Smeak, D.D., Steffey, M.A., Boston, S.E. 2017 Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association ,
250 ( 11 ) pp. 1283 – 1290 .
20 . Naproxen Sodium for Pain Control with Intrauterine Device Insertion: A Randomized Controlled Trial Creinin, M.D. 2017 Obstetrics and Gynecology ,
129 ( 6 ) pp. 1135 – 1136 .
21 . The direct cost of managing a rare disease: Assessing medical and pharmacy costs associated with duchenne muscular dystrophy in the United States Thayer, S., Bell, C., Mc, C.M. 2017 Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy ,
23 ( 6 ) pp. 633 – 641 .
22 . Disorders of performance-age bucking bulls Smith, J.S., Angelos, J.A., Chigerwe, M. 2017 Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association ,
250 ( 11 ) pp. 1302 – 1307 .
23 . Cell Therapy in Parkinson’s Disease: Host Brain Repair Machinery Gets a Boost From Stem Cell Grafts Napoli, E., Borlongan, C.V. 2017 Stem Cells ,
35 ( 6 ) pp. 1443 – 1445 .
24 . Rise and fall of toxic benthic freshwater cyanobacteria (Anabaena spp.) in the Eel river: Buoyancy and dispersal Bouma-Gregson, K., Power, M.E., Bormans, M. 2017 Harmful Algae ,
66 pp. 79 – 87 .
25 . Recurrent noncoding regulatory mutations in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma Feigin, M.E., Garvin, T., Bailey, P., Waddell, N., Chang, D.K., Kelley, D.R., Shuai, S., Gallinger, S., McPherson, J.D., Grimmond, S.M., Khurana, E., Stein, L.D., Biankin, A.V., Schatz, M.C., Tuveson, D.A. 2017 Nature Genetics ,
49 ( 6 ) pp. 825 – 833
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by rheyer Posted on June 12, 2017
 Elsevier updates major reference work on biomaterials
Elsevier, the information analytics company specialising in science and health, has announced the second edition of Comprehensive Biomaterials II, edited by Paul Ducheyne, Kevin Healy, Dietmar E. Hutmacher, David W. Grainger and C. James Kirkpatrick. One of five new biomaterials titles, this major reference work reviews the current status of nearly all biomaterials in the field by analysing their strengths and weaknesses, performance, and future prospects.
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 SAGE Publishing partners with SEMPRE to launch Music & Science journal
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has partnered with the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE) to launch a new open access journal Music & Science, providing a platform for engaged debate and insight into music research from a wide range of scientific perspectives. Scientific research is integral to gaining a greater understanding of how music is a cultural phenomenon and is yet grounded in the biology.
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 Thieme’s Synlett journal introduces ‘intelligent crowd’ peer review
The chemistry journal Synlett, published by Thieme, has trialled a new system of peer review that allows a crowd of 100 approved researchers to comment on manuscripts online. The reviewers can access a secure, bespoke online platform and view papers being considered for publication. They can annotate and comment on manuscripts, as well as respond to comments left by others.
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 Charlesworth Author Services and American Mathematical Society announce new partnership
Charlesworth Author Services, a division of The Charlesworth Group, has announced a new partnership with the American Mathematical Society to provide language editing and publication support services for its authors. Charlesworth Author Services is positioned with its long-standing expertise in editorial and publishing services to support the American Mathematical Society and its authors via a dedicated referral partnership.
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 Sixteenth profile in ARL series: University of Oklahoma Libraries support digital scholarship
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the sixteenth profile in a series highlighting digital scholarship support at ARL member libraries. The latest installment in this series features the work of the University of Oklahoma.
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 Princeton University Press appoints Christie Henry as new Director
Princeton University Press has announced the appointment of Christie Henry as new Director, effective September 1, 2017. Henry will succeed Peter Dougherty, who has been director of the Princeton University Press since 2005 and will retire as of the end of 2017.
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by rheyer Posted on June 8, 2017
 SSRN launches Biology Research Network – BioRN
Elsevier, a global information analytics company specialising in science and health, has announced that its working paper repository and preprint server SSRN has launched the Biology Research Network – BioRN. Biology researchers can post preprints and working papers on BioRN, share ideas and other early stage research, and collaborate. It allows users to quickly upload and read abstracts and full text papers, free of charge.
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 South Korea and China dominate Reuters Top 75: Asia’s Most Innovative Universities
South Korea and China have dominated the annual Reuters Top 75: Asia’s Most Innovative Universities, a list that identifies and ranks the educational institutions doing the most to advance science and invent new technologies. The most innovative university in the region, for the second year running, is South Korea’s KAISTwhich earned its first-place rank, in part, by producing a high volume of influential inventions.
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 LexisNexis Risk Solutions and AMA launch Verify Health Care Portal
LexisNexis® Risk Solutions and the American Medical Association (AMA) have launched the Verify Health Care Portal, the clinician attestation component of VerifyHCP, a robust solution for monitoring physician information that simplifies a successful data strategy for managing a health plan network. The Verify Health Care Portal uses payer directory information and combines it with LexisNexis Health Care’s database of healthcare professionals and its linking technology to pre-populate the portal with updated information on health care professionals to enable simpler and efficient attestation.
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 Cochrane Croatia recognised for success in promoting best available health information
Cochrane has announced that Cochrane Croatia has been recognised for its achievements in promoting evidence-based decision-making in health care by being awarded full, independent Centre status. The Centre consists of longstanding, dedicated Cochrane enthusiasts located at the University of Split School of Medicine, where it is part of the Croatian Centre for Global Health.
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 Paul Trainor named Editor-in-Chief of Developmental Dynamics Journal
The American Association of Anatomists (AAA) has appointed Paul Trainor as new Editor-in-Chief of the leading developmental biology journal, Developmental Dynamics. Paul Trainor, Investigator at Stowers Institute for Medical Research was approved by the Board of Directors in April 2017, and will take over as Editor-in-Chief on January 1, 2018.
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 Knowledge Unlatched strengthens its team with two new colleagues
Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the Open Access initiative supporting monographs in the humanities and social sciences, has expanded its team with two new colleagues from July 2017, due to the dynamic growth of its OA initiative. Catherine Anderson has joined as Sales Director in order to co-ordinate the worldwide sales activities, and Hannah Schroeder will be responsible for supporting libraries around the world.
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by rheyer Posted on June 7, 2017
 Elsevier unveils new version of Reaxys Medicinal Chemistry, facilitates better connections between biological and chemical data
Elsevier, the information analytics company specializing in science and health, has released a new version of Reaxys Medicinal Chemistry to improve the discoverability and extraction of relevant chemistry data – more than twice as fast as any other solution. The new release has undergone significant usability improvements to deliver a more streamlined and intuitive user interface.
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 AIP Publishing eliminates publication charges for the Journal of Applied Physics and Applied Physics Letters
AIP Publishing has announced that it will eliminate publication page charges for the Journal of Applied Physicsand Applied Physics Letters, as of June 1, 2017. Removing publication page charges from the Journal of Applied Physics and Applied Physics Letters is the latest move in a series of changes that reflect AIP Publishing’s commitment to authors and to making publishing more fair and accessible to all researchers.
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 Oxford University Press partners with the British Society for Rheumatology to publish a new OA journal – Rheumatology Advances in Practice
Academic publisher Oxford University Press has announced its partnership with the British Society for Rheumatology to publish a new, peer-reviewed open-access journal – Rheumatology Advances in Practice, beginning June 2017. Rheumatology Advances in Practice will complement the well-established journalRheumatology to reflect the increasing breadth of rheumatology practice.
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 EBSCO partners with American Library Association to award scholarships for librarians to attend 2017 Annual Conference
The American Library Association (ALA) and EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) are making it easier for seven librarians to attend the ALA Annual Conference after winning EBSCO-ALA scholarships. Each scholarship provides up to $1,000 to help defray the cost of travel and other expenses to the conference taking place in Chicago on June 22-27.
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 The European Commission signs framework agreement for Ex Libris Primo and Alma
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the European Commission has signed an inter-institutional framework agreement for the supply of the Ex Libris Alma library services platform and Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution. Libraries from ten European institutions and bodies will benefit from the agreement, including the libraries of the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee, the European Committee of the Regions, and the European Court of Auditors.
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by rheyer Posted on June 6, 2017
 AIP Publishing announces new publication – Bioengineering Today
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) and AIP Publishing have announced the launch of a new online magazine, Bioengineering Today. This web-only publication represents an innovative and interactive destination with the goal of highlighting the cutting-edge research discoveries of today with an eye toward illuminating the path toward a brighter future.
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 EPLF is latest European institution to adopt Altmetrics to complement existing bibliometric analysis
Alternative metrics provider Altmetric has announced that École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has become the latest institution to adopt the Explorer for Institutions platform to help analyse the online engagement surrounding its scholarly research outputs. EPFL joins leading institutions in utilising Altmetric data to better understand the reach and influence of published research.
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 Cengage announces major initiative to fight growing problem of counterfeit course materials
Cengage, an education and technology company, has announced a major initiative to fight the growing problem of counterfeit print course materials, which is estimated to cost the company between $70 million to $100 million annually. Beginning with shipments currently underway to on-campus, off-campus and online retailers, Cengage print products will include a unique certification seal developed by an expert third-party certification company.
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 Nominations for Early Career Research Award now open
Future Science Group (FSG) has announced that nominations are now open for the 2017 Early Career Research Award. The award is designed to recognise an outstanding early career researcher working in a biomedical field. The award has been launched by Future Science OA, the open access biomedical journal published by Future Science Group.
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 Institution of Engineering and Technology to host global STEM competition in the UK
The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) skills of hundreds of budding young engineers will be challenged when they compete in a robotic competition for students organised by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), hosted at the University of Bath and sponsored by Bechtel. The young engineers will compete in the IET’s FIRST® LEGO® League International Open Championship, held at the University of Bath between June 21-25.
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by rheyer Posted on June 5, 2017
CiteScore releases 2016 annual values and updates
Elsevier, a global information analytics company specialising in science and health, has released CiteScore 2016 annual values and a number of improvements to its set of simple, reproducible serial metrics that cover all journals, book series, conference proceedings and trade publications in Scopus. CiteScore metrics now include 2016 annual values.
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IET calls on the electrical industry to have its say on the 18th Edition of IET Wiring Regulations
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Monthly Update from Morgan and Claypool Publishers

by rheyer Posted on June 5, 2017

New eBooks

Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science

Automatic Text Simplification
Horacio Saggion, Department of Information and Communication Technologies
Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies

Engineering a Negotiating Strategy: A Case Study
Stuart Sabol, Power Engineering
Case Studies in Engineering

Engineering Finite Element Analysis
Ramana M. Pidaparti, University of Georgia
Synthesis Lectures on Mechanical Engineering

MEMS Barometers Toward Vertical Position Detection:
Background Theory, System Prototyping, and Measurement Analysis
Dimosthenis E. Bolanakis, Dept. of Air Force Science (Informatics and Computers section)
Synthesis Lectures on Mechanical Engineering

Mobile User Research: A Practical Guide
Sunny Consolvo, Google
Frank R. Bentley, Yahoo
Eric B. Hekler, Arizona State University
Sayali S. Phatak, Arizona State University
Synthesis Lectures on Mobile and Pervasive Computing

Multi-Objective Decision Making
Diederik M. Roijers and Shimon Whiteson, University of Oxford 
Synthesis Lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Vehicle Suspension System Technology and Design
Avesta Goodarzi and Amir Khajepour, University of Waterloo
Synthesis Lectures on Mechanical Engineering

Colloquium Digital Library of Life Sciences

The Endocannabinoid System in Local and Systemic Inflammation
Melanie E. M. Kelly, Christian Lehmann, and Juan Zhou, Dalhousie University
Colloquium Series on Integrated Systems Physiology: From Molecule to Function
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