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Elsevier announces nine new Medicinal Chemistry Books at American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in Boston
STM publisher Elsevier has announced nine new medicinal chemistry books, including the latest edition of The Practice of Medicinal Chemistry, considered ‘The Bible’ by many medicinal chemists for nearly twenty years, which will be available in September. This highly respected resource for professors, students and researchers, along with eight other books, will be featured in the medicinal chemistry portfolio in Elsevier booth #231 at the 250th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting & Exposition, August 16-20, in Boston.
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Results of Publishers Licensing Society survey of text and data mining activity announced
The Publishers Licensing Society recently conducted a survey of text and data mining activity to which ALPSP Members were invited to respond. A total of 111 unique responses were received and the results will be unlikely to surprise many of those involved in scholarly and professional publishing. Overall, approaches from those wishing to mine data have been small, totalling 91 for the whole of 2014.
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New Outsell report identifies next generation data visualization tools
Outsell, Inc., the research and advisory firm focused on media, information, and technology, has announced the publication of a new report ‘Next Generation Enterprise Data Visualization Tools’. Big data has ushered in a wave of data-driven decision-making in the enterprise and traditional business intelligence systems have given way to an explosion of next generation analytics companies offering easy-to-use products requiring minimal infrastructure, IT support, and statistical skills.
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Publishers Communication Group hires Sarah Zhao as new China sales representative
Sales and marketing consultancy Publishers Communication Group (PCG) has hired Sarah Zhao as its new sales representative based in China, effective July 1. Working from Beijing, Zhao will promote and sell content to institutions and consortia in the China market on behalf of PCG’s client publishers. This new direct appointment expands upon PCG’s presence in China previously conducted through a local partnership, reflecting the growing demand for access to the market through dedicated staff on the ground.
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Blackboard acquires Nivel Siete
Education technology company Blackboard Inc. has announced the acquisition of Nivel Siete, a leading Moodle provider operating in Latin America. By joining their forces, the two companies will be able to offer more services and solutions to organizations that leverage Moodle, a widely used learning management system (LMS), and support a greater number of learners to achieve their educational goals.
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HighWire appoints Amy Mosher as VP Human Resources
HighWire Press, Inc., a technology platform and strategic partner to influential scholarly publishers and societies, has announced the appointment of Amy Mosher as Vice President of Human Resources. As a member of the executive team, Amy will work closely with Dan Filby, HighWire’s CEO and the broader leadership team to assure that HighWire advances its business, brings in and retains top talent.
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Kudos appoints Rebecca Shumbata as Sales Manager in North America
Kudos, which helps maximise the reach and impact of research publications, has announced the appointment of Rebecca Shumbata as the company’s Sales Manager in North America. Rebecca was most recently at Publishing Technology, prior to which she held roles at the New England Journal of Medicine and Cell Press.
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Perceptions of open access publishing are changing for the better, reveals NPG and Palgrave Macmillan survey
A survey of 22,000 academic researchers by Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and Palgrave Macmillan has found that a decreasing number of authors are concerned about perceptions of the quality of open access publications. In 2014, 40 percent of scientists who had not published open access in the last three years said ‘I am concerned about perceptions of the quality of OA publications.’ But this year, only 27 percent said they were concerned.
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Wiley and the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers announce publishing agreement
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced a new publishing agreement with the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP). Under the contract the company will publish the ALPSP journal, Learned Publishing from January 2016 through December 2020. Learned Publishing is the official journal of the ALPSP and publishes on a quarterly basis.
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Holtzbrinck Publishing Group reorganises management structure, appoints John Sargent as EVP
Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a Stuttgart-based publishing holding company, has reorganised its management structure following the formation of Springer Nature earlier this year, with Macmillan’s John Sargent assuming the role of HPG’s executive vice president, reporting to group CEO Stefan von Holtzbrinck. Sargent, formerly Macmillan Publishing CEO, will now assume the role of executive vice president of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group and take on responsibility for the higher education business as well as continuing to manage the global trade business.
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Wolters Kluwer’s clinical decision support resource UpToDate accredited by the Royal College of General Practitioners
The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced that the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has accredited its clinical decision support resource, UpToDate. UpToDate contains over 10,500 clinical topics and more than 9,600 graded recommendations to support better clinical decisions at the point of care.
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The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science journal joins the Independent Scholarly Publishers Group collection
The National Academy of the Sciences (NAS) recently joined The Independent Scholarly Publishers Group (ISPG) by adding its journal, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, to the ISPG collection. The journal is one of the world’s most-cited and comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journals, publishing more than 3,500 research papers annually.
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Maryellen Giger, A.N. Pritzker Professor of Radiology, University of Chicago, elected to SPIE presidential chain
SPIE Fellow Maryellen Giger, A.N. Pritzker Professor of Radiology, Committee on Medical Physics, and the College Vice-Chair of Radiology at the University of Chicago, has been elected to serve as the 2016 Vice President of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. With her election, Giger joins the SPIE presidential chain and will serve as President-Elect in 2017 and as the society’s President in 2018.
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SLACK Inc. announces increased impact factor for the Journal of Refractive Surgery
SLACK Incorporated, an independent STM publishing company, has announced that the Journal of Refractive Surgery’s impact factor has increased by 25% compared to last year. According to data released by the Journal Citation Reports® (JCR) Thomson Reuters, 2015, the Journal’s impact factor for 2014 is 3.468 with a ranking of 7 out of 57 ophthalmology journals. This is an increase over the Journal’s 2013 impact factor of 2.781 and a ranking of 11 out of 58 ophthalmology journals.
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Springer to relaunch book series Topics in Current Chemistry as online journal
STM publisher Springer is relaunching the book series Topics in Current Chemistry (TCC) as an online journal. The individual contributions will appear in six electronic issues per year with the first articles to be published in the fall of 2015. Topics in Current Chemistry is well known for presenting high-quality reviews of the present position and future trends in modern chemical research.
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Elsevier and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada announce publishing agreement
STM publisher Elsevier has been selected by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) to publish its journal, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (JOGC), as of January 2016. The journal is the official peer-reviewed publication of the SOGC.
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SAGE partners with The Katie Piper Foundation to launch Scars, Burns & Healing journal
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a new partnership with The Katie Piper Foundation to launch the unique journal Scars, Burns & Healing. The journal brings together the specialist focus of scar and burns research with the breadth of the science and medicine related to wound healing, and will be accepting its first submissions from summer 2015.
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ProQuest scholarly content now discoverable in Google Scholar
ProQuest has announced that the full text of its scholarly content – including journals and working papers – is now indexed in Google Scholar, enabling Google Scholar users to seamlessly discover and access their library’s ProQuest collections. Efficiency and productivity for both ProQuest and Google Scholar users is improved, while libraries benefit from increased usage for their subscribed collections.
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EBSCO Health introduces Nursing Reference Center Plus app
Nurses will now be able to access evidence-based nursing content from EBSCO Health through the Nursing Reference CenterTM Plus app. The app is designed to allow nurses to find the information they need quickly and easily, anytime and anywhere. With the app, nurses can easily get answers to clinical questions and find documents that help strengthen their nursing skills on their iPhones, iPads and Android devices.
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Nearly 4,000 physicians at the Sírio-Libanês Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, use UpToDate to stay current with the best clinical practices, onsite and remotely
Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, announced that at the Sírio-Libanês Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, nearly 4,000 physicians stay current with the best clinical practices, onsite and remotely, by using UpToDate®, the mobile-enabled clinical decision support resource used by over 1 million clinicians worldwide. Clinicians at Sírio-Libanês Hospital view a monthly average of more than 2,500 UpToDate topics, particularly in the areas of oncology, cardiology and neurology.
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Duke University Press partners with ReadCube to enhance discoverability of its content
Publisher Duke University Press and publishing technology company ReadCube have announced their partnership bringing the Press’s journal content to the ReadCube platform. Through ReadCube’s Discover service, over 24,000 articles in the humanities and social sciences will be fully enhanced and discoverable across ReadCube’s web, desktop, and mobile reading portals; search engines; and personalized recommendation feeds.
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Elsevier unveils Mosby’s Orientation to Home Health Care
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the availability of Mosby’s Orientation to Home Health Care, a comprehensive online, continuing education course that helps home healthcare organisations prepare nurses and therapists to provide care to patients in their homes. Mosby’s Orientation to Home Health Care includes practical, evidence-based content for the rapidly expanding home health care specialty.
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Wolters Kluwer appoints Dr. Denise Basow as President & CEO of Clinical Effectiveness and David Del Toro as President & CEO of Clinical Software Solutions
Wolters Kluwer has announced the appointment of Dr. Denise Basow as President & CEO of its Clinical Effectiveness Business Unit and David Del Toro as President & CEO of its Clinical Software Solutions Business Unit, effective August 1, 2015. Formed from the Clinical Solutions unit, part of the Health Division, the two new business units were created to drive Wolters Kluwer’s key growth initiatives within the healthcare market and to support tighter integration among its industry leading suite of point of care solutions.
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Zynx Health enhances ZynxCarebook mobile care coordination solution with new evidence-based transitions of care content
Evidence- and experience-based clinical improvement solutions provider Zynx Health has enhanced its ZynxCarebook mobile care coordination solution with new evidence-based transitions of care content. Developed specifically by Zynx Health, this content provides the most relevant care guidance to further improve care team coordination and the patient’s healthcare experience in moving to new care settings.
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Data Conversion Laboratory and SAE International team up to convert massive library of engineering documents to XML format
Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL), a pioneer in electronic document conversion since 1981, teamed up with SAE International to convert a massive library of engineering documents to XML format. The project’s long-term goal is to convert approximately 10,000 standards documents covering a range of industries.
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Figshare announces next generation platform customised for academic institutions
Figshare, an online digital repository for academic researchers, has launched the next generation of its research data management platform, Figshare for Institutions, developed to address the specific needs of academic institutions to store research data securely. The pioneering platform has piloted at institutions in the UK, Australasia, and mainland Europe, and supports their needs for better storage, preservation, accessibility and publication of the outputs produced by their researchers.
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Bookbuilders of Boston now accepting entries for second annual NEPCo Awards
Bookbuilders of Boston is accepting entries for the second annual New England Publishing Collaboration (NEPCo) Awards event, which honours excellence in publishing collaboration. NEPCo showcases results achieved by two or more organisations working as partners for mutual benefit in the industry.
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CAS announces 2015 SciFinder Future Leaders in Chemistry and First-Ever Alumni Program
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world’s authority for chemical information, has announced the 2015 SciFinder Future Leaders in Chemistry. Twenty Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers will have an exclusive opportunity to share their insights on the information and workflow needs of scientists around the world, and to help develop innovative strategies to ensure these needs are met in the future.
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Outsell report reveals the impact of research funders
Outsell, Inc., a research and advisory firm focused on media, information, and technology, has announced the publication of a new report ‘The Impact of Research Funders on Scholarly Communication.’ The report examines the role funders play in the research workflow, addressing issues facing researchers, funders, and publishers coming to terms with the evolving landscape of scholarly communication and the increasingly prominent role funders play.
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Elsevier announces four new cell biology books including new edition of the Encyclopedia of Cell Biology
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the forthcoming publication of the comprehensive new edition of the Encyclopedia of Cell Biology, which will be available in September 2015 and provides a broad overview for the biological and medical sciences. Elsevier also announced the publication of three additional cell biology books.
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Actionable mobile health applications to redefine healthcare delivery in India, notes Wolters Kluwer Health at the first HIMSS summit held in India
Wolters Kluwer Health, a global provider of information, business intelligence, and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, participated in ‘The Digital India Healthcare Summit-2015,’ the first HIMSS summit held in India. During the summit, company executives spoke about the rising use of Actionable Mobile Health Applications in India where mobile phone ownership exceeds 278 million, a critical mass that signifies an immense opportunity for the healthcare community to leverage mobile tools to provide quality care.
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IBM acquires medical image company Merge Healthcare Inc.
American multinational technology and consulting corporation IBM Corp. has agreed to purchase medical image company Merge Healthcare Inc. for the price of $1 billion and combine it with the company’s newly established health analytics division that is powered by its Watson supercomputer. The technology company said that it plans to acquire images and data collected from Merge Healthcare’s own medical imaging management system and combine them with IBM Watson’s cloud-based health care computing program.
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BMJ set to publish Journal of Investigative Medicine from January 2016
Global healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has announced that it will publish the Journal of Investigative Medicine (JIM), which is owned by the American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR). The first issue of the title under the new partnership is scheduled for January 2016, which will mark the start of JIM’s 64th volume.
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Frankfurt Book Fair to host The Markets: Global Publishing Summit 2015
Seven relevant book and media markets are the focus of The Markets – Global Publishing Summit, the new event to kick off the Frankfurt Book Fair (October 14-18, 2015). During this one-day event, to be held on the day before the fair officially opens, industry experts from the respective regions will provide exclusive insight into their markets and valuable first-hand knowledge.
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Elsevier and the American Society for Pain Management Nursing announce collaboration for developing eLearning Product
STM publisher Elsevier and the American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN), an organisation dedicated to the advancement and promotion of optimal nursing care for people affected by pain, have announced a collaboration to develop a pain management lesson. The online lesson will be part of a new eLearning product that focuses on helping nursing professional development specialists successfully transition new nurses to the acute-care, medical-surgical setting.
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SAGE to begin publishing Dose-Response
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it has begun publishing Dose-Response, the official journal of the International Dose-Response Society (ID-RS). The quarterly journal publishes research that measures the ecological, psychological and biological responses to substances in various quantities.
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Overleaf and SPIE partner to simplify publishing submission process
Overleaf, an academic authorship tool that allows seamless collaboration and effortless manuscript submission, has announced a new publishing partnership with SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. Its authors will now have access to the Overleaf collaborative writing and publishing platform – customized for SPIE journal and proceedings submissions.
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BMJ and NHS Scotland partner to provide BMJ Best Practice to NHS staff
Medical knowledge provider BMJ has announced a partnership with NHS Scotland to provide BMJ Best Practice to NHS staff across the country. This announcement follows a similar partnership with Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board where BMJ Best Practice is available to 10,000 healthcare professionals to support patient care across north Wales.
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NISO launches new project to develop XML standard for producing standards documents
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) voting members have approved a new project to standardize the ISO Standard Tag Set (ISOSTS) in line with JATS for application by standards development organisations (SDOs) and use in the standards ecosystem. In the process of formalising ISO STS-a variant of JATS-as an ANSI/NISO standard, this new NISO initiative, NISO STS, will support input from many organisations that have begun to use it in their own publication production processes.
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Elsevier launches new article metrics module in abstract and citation database Scopus
STM publisher Elsevier has launched a new Scopus module that will provide metrics for articles indexed in Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. The Article Metrics Module enhances the value of Scopus for researchers by enabling them to make quick decisions around articles based on a summary of authoritative research metrics.
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SAGE launches OA journal Translational Research in Oral Oncology
Academic publisher SAGE has today announced the launch of a new open access (OA) journal –Translational Research in Oral Oncology. This international, peer reviewed publication will provide a forum for the dissemination of high- quality oncology research concerning neoplasms in the head and neck.
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The Ecological Society of America and Wiley announce publishing partnership
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc. has been selected by the Ecological Society of America (ESA) as its publishing partner for its distinguished portfolio of scholarly journals in ecology. With over 10,000 members globally, the ESA is one of the largest and most highly regarded professional organisations for researchers and scientists working across the ecological sciences.
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Nature Publishing Group and Zapnito partner to build expert communities
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and Zapnito have announced a collaborative partnership to build online expert communities for global research. NPG will use Zapnito’s platform and expertise to create communities for journals, training, events and conferences. Founded in early 2013, Zapnito enables organisations to create focussed knowledge communities.
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CABI offers eTextbooks to academic institutions and university libraries via eBook Collections platform
Global academic publisher CABI is offering eTextbooks to academic institutions and university libraries via eBook Collections, the ProQuest platform that CABI uses to give customers access to eBooks. eBooks will be available in both HTML and PDF, meaning users can access eTextbooks at any time online with the ability to electronically annotate pages and print when needed.
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American Chemical Society national meeting features variety of presidential events
American Chemical Society (ACS) President Dr. Diane Grob Schmidt will sponsor several events related to the theme of the ACS 250th National Meeting & Exposition, ‘Innovation from Discovery to Application.’ The meeting runs from August 16-20 in Boston. The presidential events will be held at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center and area hotels.
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HathiTrust Digital Library announces 2015 Board of Governors election
HathiTrust Digital Library has announced its 2015 Board of Governors election cycle. Beginning August 3, the Nominating Committee will receive nominees for an election to be held in the fall. Nominations are due no later than August 24. These will be the first Board elections held since the original at-large members were elected to staggered terms in 2012.
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Dr. Daniele Piomelli appointed Editor-in-Chief of Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers has announced that Dr. Daniele Piomelli has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. Dr. Piomelli serves as Louise Turner Arnold Chair in Neurosciences and Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Pharmacology, and Biological Chemistry at University of California, Irvine. He is also founding director of the unit of drug discovery and development (D3) at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa, Italy.
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SPARC applauds Senate Committee action on public access legislation
The Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) has passed S. 779, the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act, unanimously by voice vote and moved it to the full Senate for consideration. This marks the first time the Senate has acted on a government-wide policy ensuring public access to the results of publicly funded research, and is an important step towards codifying the progress made by the 2013 White House OSTP Directive.
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Springer and Tsinghua University Press present the second Nano Research Award
Paul Alivisatos, Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California (UC) Berkeley’s Samsung Distinguished Professor of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, has received the second Tsinghua University Press – Springer Nano Research Award. The Tsinghua University Press – Springer Nano Research Award, established by Nano Research along with Tsinghua University and Springer in 2013, is awarded for outstanding contributions to nano research by an individual scientist.
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Pensoft journals, MycoKeys and Nature Conservation, indexed by Scopus
Academic publishing company Pensoft has announced that two of its open access journals – MycoKeys and Nature Conservation – are now accepted for indexing by one of the largest abstract and citation databases of peer-reviewed literature Scopus. By joining the vast Scopus family of reputed peer-reviewed literature, the journals are set to be honoured with additional credibility on the academic stage.
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HealthStream unveils Compensation Planner app for healthcare organisations
Healthcare solutions provider HealthStream has announced the launch of the HealthStream Compensation PlannerTM, a full-featured, SaaS-based application for compensation management in healthcare organisations. With the Compensation Planner’s flexible and easy-to-customise design, healthcare organisations can automate time-consuming workflows, eliminate spreadsheets, make the best possible recommendations for salary increases and incentive awards, and simplify budget definition and approval processes-all through an application with the highest levels of accuracy and security.
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Sixth edition of The EMBO Meeting scheduled for September 5-8, 2015
The sixth edition of The EMBO Meeting will be held in Birmingham in the United Kingdom from September 5-8, 2015. The EMBO Meeting brings together an outstanding lineup of speakers in one of the largest annual events for the life science community in Europe. It is the perfect opportunity to hear about the latest science from researchers in different scientific disciplines and from speakers from many countries around the world.
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Wiley joins list of document suppliers for FIZ AutoDoc´s pay-per-view option
Wiley, the international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, has announced that it will be available as a new document supplier for FIZ AutoDoc’s pay-per-view option. Thus, articles from nearly 1,600 Wiley journals, hosted on Wiley Online Library, can now be ordered and downloaded immediately via FIZ AutoDoc.
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American College of Cardiology set to launch new OA journal – JACC Basic Translational Research
The American College of Cardiology has announced the December 2015 launch of a new journal JACC: Basic Translational Research. Dr. Douglas L. Mann has been named Editor-in-Chief of the new journal, which will be published monthly as an open access journal. The American College of Cardiology is a 49,000-member medical society that is the professional home for the entire cardiovascular care team.
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Informa PLC appoints two Non-Executive Directors
International publishing, events and business intelligence Group Informa has announced the appointment of two independent Non-Executive Directors, adding further valuable knowledge and expertise to the Board, including extensive experience of operating in North American markets. The appointments take effect from September 1, 2015.
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Ukrainian authors and writers criticise new state open access initiative
Ukrainian writers and authors are reportedly on the verge of massive protests, due to a recent initiative of the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) to conduct digitalisation and online publishing of all of the books and documents stored in the national archives and libraries. It is planned that the new state initiative may be approved in the form of amendments to the existing law, which is known as ‘On Copyright and Related Rights’.
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Deep Web Technologies announces major upgrade to next-generation search technology, Explorit Everywhere!
Federated search solutions provider Deep Web Technologies (DWT) has announced a major upgrade to Explorit Everywhere! next-generation search technology. Explorit Everywhere! searches internal, subscription and public Deep Web sources simultaneously for relevant results, helping organisations improve their research efficiency and ultimately driving down research costs.
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Australian National University chosen as new host of the World Wide Web Consortium Australia Office
The Australian National University (ANU) is set to play a significant role in guiding the future of the Web after being chosen as the new host of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Australia Office. The W3C is an international consortium of over 400 member organisations that work together to develop Web standards and guidelines to ensure the long-term growth of the Web.
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Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to bring FASTR Act up for mark-up on July 29
After a month of intense conversations and negotiations, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) will bring the ‘Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act’ up for mark-up on July 29, 2015. The language that will be considered is an amended version of FASTR, officially known as the ‘Johnson-Carper Substitute Amendment.’
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Elsevier and ADSA announce winners of the fifth annual Journal of Dairy Science Most-Cited Awards
STM publisher Elsevier and the American Dairy Science Association have announced the winners of the fifth annual Journal of Dairy Science® (JDS) Most-Cited Awards. Papers published in JDS throughout 2012 were eligible and citations from date of publication until April 15, 2015 were taken into consideration. Awards are conferred in each of the four sections comprising the journal’s content: Dairy Foods; Physiology and Management; Nutrition, Feeding and Calves; and Genetics and Breeding.
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BMJ partners with European Society for Medical Oncology to publish new OA oncology journal
Global healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has announced a partnership with the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), with the aim of publishing a new open access cancer journal – ESMO Open – from next year. The journal represents a first in this field for BMJ, which now has a stable of more than 50 peer reviewed specialist and open access journals in addition to its flagship title The BMJ.
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Figshare and DuraSpace webinar to discuss possibilities for integration between Figshare for Institutions and DuraCloud
London-based data repository organisation Figshare and DuraSpace will host a webinar to discuss the possibilities for integration between Figshare for Institutions and DuraCloud. The webinar, scheduled for August 20, from 7pm – 8pm BST, will cover the integration and show how the collaboration combines the end-user experience of Figshare with the powerful storage, management, and preservation functionalities of DuraCloud.
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Future Medicinal Chemistry shines the spotlight on schistosomiasis
In a special free issue of Future Medicinal Chemistry, leading experts explore current and potential new treatment options for the deadly neglected tropical disease schistosomiasis. The journal is published by Future Science Group. In this issue, experts discuss drug discovery and development advances towards addressing schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, a disease caused by parasitic worms.
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