 The Frankfurt Book Fair and Publishing Perspectives to host The Markets: Global Publishing Summit |
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A new conference to kick off the Frankfurt Book Fair, to be held the day before the fair officially opens (14-18 October 2015), will set the theme for the world’s largest industry meeting: ‘The Markets – Global Publishing Summit’ is the name of the one-day event, developed by the team led by Holger Volland, VP Business Development of the Frankfurt Book Fair, in cooperation with the U.S. trade journal Publishing Perspectives. The programme focuses on seven international book markets, which will be introduced by industry experts and analysed from various points of view, with the aim of initiating deals on the spot as well as bringing to light potential areas for business. More Search for more news in this Category |
 Elsevier collaborates with ANPD and OSU CON to launch second national survey on evidence-based practice in nursing |
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STM publisher Elsevier will collaborate with the Association for Nursing Professional Development (ANPD) and the Ohio State University College of Nursing (OSU CON) to launch a second national survey on evidence-based practice in nursing. The survey will be announced at the opening of the ANPD Annual Convention, July 14-17, in Las Vegas. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Wikipedia healthcare editors gain access to DynaMed Plus’ evidence-based clinical content |
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Wikipedia is collaborating with EBSCO Health, the creators of DynaMed Plus, to help enhance healthcare entries on the popular Internet encyclopedia. Wikipedia healthcare editors will gain free access to the cross-platform, evidence-based clinical reference solution, DynaMed Plus. More Search for more news in this Category |
 British Library and Publishing Technology partner to make Document Supply Service content available via ingentaconnect |
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The British Library and Publishing Technology have announced a new partnership, which will make 5,400 new journal and book titles available via the ingentaconnect online platform. With over 25,000 registered institutions and millions of end users in more than 170 counties accessing scholarly titles via ingentaconnect.com, the agreement offers the British Library a new channel for connecting key international audiences with its Document Supply Service content. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Carnegie Mellon University Libraries and World Bank Group Publications join NFAIS |
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The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAISTM) has announced that Carnegie Mellon University Libraries and World Bank Group Publications have joined NFAIS as new members. NFAIS is a global, nonprofit membership organisation serving the information community. More Search for more news in this Category |
 IOP Publishing appoints Elwin Gardeur as Senior Regional Corporate Sales Manager |
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Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP) has announced the appointment of Elwin Gardeur as Senior Regional Corporate Sales Manager. Elwin will work with IOP corporate customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. More Search for more news in this Category |
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OASPA Board of Directors election results declared |
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This September four OASPA Board Members reach the end of their term of service and an election was held to determine who will fill the 4 available seats. OASPA Member organisations were invited to put a name forward to the OASPA Nominations Committee earlier in the year. The 4 candidates who received the highest number of votes in the election were Caroline Sutton, Catriona MacCallum, Rhodri Jackson and Xenia van Edig. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Registrations now open for 2016 LibQUAL+ survey |
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The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is inviting libraries to join the global assessment community of LibQUAL+ by registering for the 2016 LibQUAL+ survey. LibQUAL+ is a suite of services that libraries use to solicit, track, understand, and act upon users’ opinions of service quality. The program’s centerpiece is a rigorously tested web survey paired with training that helps libraries assess and improve library services, change organisational culture, and market the library. More Search for more news in this Category |
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| Knovel’s engineering content now discoverable via EBSCO Discovery Service |
| STM publisher Elsevier has announced that content from Knovel, an engineering decision-support solution, is discoverable through the EBSCO Discovery ServiceTM (EDS). The integration allows mutual customers to combine answers from high quality engineering references within a unified search platform, as well as directly access Knovel subscription content via the EDS platform. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
| SAGE reports strong growth in 2014 Citation Reports |
| Academic publisher SAGE has reported strong performance and continued growth across its journals portfolio in the Journal Citation Reports® (JCR) Thomson Reuters, 2015. With over 500 journals now ranked in the JCR, SAGE continues to experience consistent growth within the reports, achieving a 31 percent increase over the past five years. In this year’s reports, over 100 SAGE journals have received a top 10 category rank, with 23 journals receiving their first Impact Factor (IF). MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
| ORCID and CHORUS sign MoU to support researcher workflow |
| CHORUS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ORCID to support discoverability in scholarly communications. Close collaboration among organisations like CHORUS and ORCID, which provide services that support the flow of research communications, is vital to evolving its interoperable, scalable, and sustainable infrastructure to meet the changing needs of the scholarly community. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
| Journal of Medical Imaging, Neurophotonics now included in PubMed Central |
| Not for-profit publisher SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced that two more journals published by SPIE are now included in PubMed Central, a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature run by the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Library of Medicine. Launched in 2014, both journals are published in print and digitally in the SPIE Digital Library. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
| Digital Science ‘BrainScans’ show knowledge networks across UK research base |
| Digital Science, a global technology company serving the research community, has revealed a new picture of the knowledge connections that enable UK based research to have far-reaching impact. The Digital Research Report, called ‘The Diversity of UK Research and Knowledge’, reveals the way national strength is composed of an institutional mosaic of topical specialisations. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
| University System of Georgia to use Ex Libris cloud-based Alma and Primo solutions to facilitate collaboration |
| Ex Libris Group has announced that the University System of Georgia, with its 31 member institutions, has selected the cloud-based Ex Libris Alma library management service and Primo discovery and delivery solution to create a new shared library system. Alma and Primo will provide a closer integration of services for the member institutions, as well as enhance services for member institutions’ students, faculty, and staff to meet their needs in today’s changing environment. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
| Kudos shortlisted for ALPSP Award for Innovation in Publishing |
| Kudos, which helps researchers, publishers and institutions to manage and increase the reach and impact of publications, has been shortlisted for the 2015 ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing. The Awards are a prestigious annual event in which the leading developments in scholarly and professional publishing are recognised. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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AAAS acquires Peer Review Evaluation service to help promote transparency and public trust in science |
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), publisher of the Science family of journals, has announced the acquisition of ‘Peer Review Evaluation’ (PRE), a web-based service that promotes public trust in science by making the review of original research more transparent and verifiable. Offering benefits to readers, publishers, and authors, PRE can be customised to display details about how research articles have been assessed. More Search for more news in this Category |
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BioMed Central launches Archives of Physiotherapy journal in partnership with the Italian Society of Physiotherapy and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland |
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Open access publisher BioMed Central has launched Archives of Physiotherapy in partnership with the Italian Society of Physiotherapy and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland. Archives of Physiotherapy is one of the few open access journals specializing solely in the subject of physiotherapy. The article-processing charges (APCs) will be covered on behalf of authors by both organisations for the first four years of publication. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Wiley partners with the University of Delaware to support extension of graduate education to new student markets |
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Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced a new partnership with the University of Delaware that will support the extension of the University’s graduate education to new student markets. The partnership will help grow the current online Master of Education in Teacher Leadership program, and bring the current Master of Public Administration, Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Master of Science in Cybersecurity degrees fully online. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Hindawi concludes in-depth investigation into peer review fraud |
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As a result of an internal verification process, Hindawi’s staff has identified three Editors who appear to have subverted the peer review process by creating fraudulent reviewer accounts and using these accounts to submit favourable review reports. In total, Hindawi identified 32 articles that were recommended for publication on the basis of review reports from these fraudulent reviewer accounts. After consulting with COPE in order to determine the appropriate course of action for the 32 articles, Hindawi is now moving ahead with a re-review process, and will be working with COPE to ensure that any articles that need to be retracted are handled in accordance with COPE guidelines. More Search for more news in this Category |
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ARL promotes Gary Roebuck to Director of Administration and Operations |
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The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has promoted Gary Roebuck to director of administration and operations, effective July 1, 2015. Roebuck has been with ARL since 2007, most recently as director of information technology. In his new role, he will oversee the day-to-day operations of ARL and will manage IT, fiscal, and human resources. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Emerald and Kudos extend partnership after authors benefit from record pilot |
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Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has extended its partnership with Kudos – an online platform that helps increase the impact of published articles – to roll out the value-add service for Emerald authors. The move follows a successful trial period in 2014, the results of which were very encouraging with Emerald authors showing the highest level of activity across the Kudos trial, illustrating the interest of Emerald authors in broadening the reach and impact of their research. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Elsevier unveils seven new food science and safety books at Institute of Food Technologists’ IFT15 conference |
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STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of seven new food science books, including Food Safety: Emerging Issues, Technologies and Systems edited by Steven Ricke, Janet Donaldson and Carol Phillips. In this book, experts in the field discuss recent scientific innovations and complex challenges, to improve awareness, education and communication of food safety issues. More Search for more news in this Category |
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PeerJ becomes a signatory of the Transparency and Openness Promotion Committee Guidelines |
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Open access publisher PeerJ has expressed its commitment to the principles of transparency in scientific research by becoming a signatory of the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Committee Guidelines, a set of author guidelines that journals can adopt to enhance the transparency of the research they publish. Published on June 25th these guidelines represent a concrete and actionable strategy toward improving research and publishing practices. More Search for more news in this Category |
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HighWire Press’ newly launched visual analytics product, Impact Vizor, named finalist for the ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2015 |
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HighWire Press, Inc., a technology platform and strategic partner to influential scholarly publishers and societies, has announced that its newly launched visual analytics product, Impact Vizor, has been selected as a finalist for the ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2015. Impact Vizor was created to help editors and publishers make evidence-based publication decisions by giving them tools for evaluating current citation data. More Search for more news in this Category |
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The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges opts for Ex Libris Alma and Primo |
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Ex Libris Group, a global provider of SaaS solutions for libraries and higher education, has announced that the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) has selected the Ex Libris Alma® resource management solution, and the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution. Alma will replace a number of systems currently in use in each of their member libraries, including Innovative Millennium, SirsiDynix Symphony, Spydus, and Ex Libris Voyager®. More Search for more news in this Category |
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ACCUCOMS announces new agreements with Future Science Group, The World Bank and Institutional Investor Journals |
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ACCUCOMS, a provider of sales and marketing services for publishers, has announced several new agreements representing prestigious publishing clients and their online publications into a number of key territories. In line with its global expansion plans, ACCUCOMS has recently strengthened its team in Latin America with the appointment of a Sales Manager based in Brazil. More Search for more news in this Category |
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VitalSource expands accessibility support for digital educational content |
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VitalSource Technologies Inc., an Ingram Content Group Company and an educational technology company, is showcasing new accessibility features of its VitalSource Bookshelf platform at the National Federation of the Blind National Convention, July 5-10, in Orlando, FL. For more than a decade, VitalSource has provided accessible solutions to learners of all abilities, and was the first company to offer a reading system to support the emerging EDUPUB standard, which brings the benefits of accessible classroom materials into the integrated learning environment. More Search for more news in this Category |
Wiley Online Library adds CAPTCHA to prevent systematic article downloads
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Elsevier and US National Cancer Institute implement reciprocal linking between research articles and datasets
STM publisher Elsevier and the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) have implemented two-way linking between research articles on ScienceDirect and datasets stored in NCI’s cancer Nanotechnology Laboratory (caNanoLab) data portal. Reciprocal linking between data portals and scientific literature ensures that the core research output – research data – is easy to find and can be reused by other researchers who want to build upon previous work.
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Journals on mathematics education and industrial mathematics join SpringerOpen
SpringerOpen is now co-publishing two journals from the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences: Mathematics-in-Industry Case Studies and Fields Mathematics Education Journal. Both open access journals’ article-processing charges are covered by the Fields Institute, thereby removing all barriers to reading and publication.
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Singapore and Europe forge deeper ties in the life sciences
The Government of Singapore, the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and its intergovernmental funding body, the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC), have signed a Cooperation Agreement to strengthen scientific interaction and collaborative research between Singapore and Europe. This milestone agreement marks the first time a non-European nation has become an EMBC Associate Member State.
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The Charlesworth Group collaborates with Cabell’s Database in China
The Charlesworth Group has announced a new partnership with Cabell’s Database to support their outreach in China and assist their users with exclusive discounts on specialised Language Editing services. With a strong reputation, and over 15 years of expertise in the Chinese market, The Charlesworth Group is positioned to sell content effectively in the Chinese market through their China Expert Services.
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KSU to host conference on scientific publishing issues
King Saud University (KSU), which is leading the vanguard in promoting and supporting scientific research in the Kingdom, will host the Saudi international conference on scientific publishing for 2015 to discuss issues and challenges surrounding scientific publishing in the Arab world with specific focus on difficulties faced by Arab researchers to publish in globally recognised journals. The international conference will discuss issues and challenges surrounding scientific publishing in the Arab world with specific focus on indexing and ranking of journals as well as the difficulties faced by Arab researchers.
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ARL’s series of webcasts present findings from latest SPEC surveys
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a series of webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with the survey authors. A 45-minute webcast will follow the publication of each SPEC Kit in 2015.
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Oxford University Press and the European Society of Cardiology launch European Heart Journal – Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes |
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Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) have announced the launch of European Heart Journal – Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes (EHJQCCO), the first issue of which was published on July 2. EHJQCCO is the eleventh ESC journal, which focuses on the quality of care affecting cardiovascular outcomes at hospital, regional, national, and international level. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Cambridge University Press launches new Open Access subscription policy to prevent double-dipping |
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Academic publisher Cambridge University Press is launching a new policy to prevent charging both authors and subscribers for Open Access journal content (so-called double-dipping). The new policy discounts 2016 subscription prices for journals that have received Open Access (OA) Article Processing Charges (APCs) from authors in the last full journal volume (that is, in 2014). More Search for more news in this Category |
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Universities in the Netherlands may ask their researchers to resign from editorial positions with Elsevier journals in open access row |
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Universities in the Netherlands are reportedly preparing to ask their researchers to resign from editorial positions with Elsevier journals amid deadlock over a new subscription deal with the publisher. The universities’ previous big deal ran out at the end of last year, but the contract stipulated that it should roll over for one more year in the event of deadlock in order to allow time for further negotiation. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Dove Medical Press and The Charlesworth Group partner to expand publishing services in China |
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Open access publisher Dove Medical Press and The Charlesworth Group have announced the collaborative launch of a Chinese-language website to better serve Dove’s authors and users in China. The website is now live at www.dovepress.com.cn and integrates with Dove Medical Press’ existing website. More Search for more news in this Category |
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High ranking OA publications in OpenAIRE, Russia tops the list |
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The scientific open access library CyberLeninka recently provided OpenAIRE with their data to about half a million articles stored in its database. According to updated data storage, Russia entered the top five European countries by the number of articles published in open access. OpenAIRE indexed a total of 514,571 items available at that time in the library CyberLeninka. More Search for more news in this Category |
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HighWire Press appoints Wendy Newsham as Director of Business Development, North America |
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HighWire Press, Inc., technology platform and strategic partner to influential scholarly publishers and societies, recently announced the appointment of Wendy Newsham as Director of Business Development, North America. Wendy joins the team eager to drive new business through strategic marketing and business development channels. More Search for more news in this Category |
 CERN organises Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI9) for the ninth time |
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For the ninth time CERN organised the Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI9) held in Geneva, from June 17-19. With more than 200 participants from around the world (mostly from Europe and North America), OAI9 had a very rich, diverse and interesting programme, starting with a look into the future in the opening keynote from Michael Nielsen ‘Beyond Open Access’. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Pearson and Wide Range, Inc announce publishing partnership |
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Learning company Pearson has announced a publishing partnership with Wide Range, Inc. Effective immediately, Pearson will take over all responsibilities for the publication of all Wide Range assessments, including the Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT4); the Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning, Second Edition (WRAMLTM2); the Wide Range Intelligence Test (WRIT); and the Wide Range Assessment of Visual Motor Abilities (WRAVMA). More Search for more news in this Category |
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| Wiley and the British Society for Nanomedicine launch new OA publication, the Journal of Interdisciplinary Nanomedicine |
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Publisher John Wiley and Sons, Inc., and the British Society for Nanomedicine have announced the launch of a new open access publication, the Journal of Interdisciplinary Nanomedicine. The Journal of Interdisciplinary Nanomedicine (JOIN) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that aims to provide truly interdisciplinary nanomedicine research. JOIN will contain evidence-based outputs with high-level contributions from at least two sciences and embraces submissions from all relevant fields. More Search for more news in this Category |
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New Adis platform, AdisInsight, provides window into current evidence on research into new drug treatments |
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Adis, a global provider of drug information, has taken a major step forward in its quest to make expertly written drug information more accessible, with the launch of a new platform AdisInsight. The platform presents a unique, joined-up view of current evidence on drug treatments being developed worldwide – how well they work, how safe they are, who is working on them, and how soon they will be available – in a single database. More Search for more news in this Category |
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SAGE partners with SingHealth to publish SingHealth’s flagship journal, Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare |
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Academic publisher SAGE and SingHealth have announced a new partnership to publish SingHealth’s flagship journal, Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, effective September 2015. The journal will remain owned by SingHealth but will be published by SAGE. Published quarterly as an open access (OA) journal, the journal is free for authors to publish in and papers will be published with a CC-BY-NC license. More Search for more news in this Category |
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BioMed Central journals see growth in impact factor |
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A total of 175 journals in BioMed Central’s publishing portfolio now have impact factors in the recently published Journal Citation Report 2015, of which 104 journals rank in the top half of their categories. Nine journals received their first impact factor. Biology of Sex Differences gained an impact factor of 4.84, placing it in the top quartile of both of its categories of Endocrinology & Metabolism and Genetics & Heredity. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Overleaf and Bookmetrix announced as finalists in the ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2015 |
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Overleaf and Bookmetrix, the joint project between Altmetric and Springer, have both been announced as finalists in the ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2015. The finalists will be given the opportunity to showcase their products in a rapid fire session at the ALPSP Conference on September 9. The winners will then be announced at the Conference Awards Dinner on Thursday 10 September. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Brazil’s Hospital Metropolitano Sul Dom Helder Câmara opts for UpToDate Anywhere clinical decision support |
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Wolters Kluwer has announced that the Hospital Metropolitano Sul Dom Helder Câmara (HDH) in Brazil is launching UpToDate® Anywhere mobile clinical decision support on the occasion of the hospital’s fifth anniversary. UpToDate will be used to improve the quality of care provided by HDH, and will also support the professional development of future clinicians as part of the hospital’s medical residency, nursing and physical therapy programs. More Search for more news in this Category |
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SHERPA/FACT found to be over 95 percent accurate when checking publisher policies against funder mandates for open access |
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SHERPA/FACT, the funders and author’s compliance tool, has been found to be more than 95 percent accurate when checking publisher policies against funder mandates for open access – significantly higher than even experienced repository managers. A study by the SHERPA/FACT advisory group compared the information provided by SHERPA/FACT with a control made up of members of UKCoRR (United Kingdom Council of Research Repositories), who manually checked the policies. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Emerald Group Publishing and Portico extend relationship to preserve e-books |
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Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing is extending its relationship with Portico to preserve its e-books in the Portico archive. With this move, Emerald seeks to ensure that their e-book content will be secure and available into the future. Emerald has been preserving its e-journals with Portico since 2009. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Springer acquires three OA journals from the Max Planck Society |
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STM publisher Springer has acquired the three pioneering ‘living’ open access journals: Living Reviews in Relativity (impact factor 19.25), Living Reviews in Solar Physics (impact factor 17.64) and the recently launched journal Living Reviews in Computational Astrophysics from the Max Planck Society. Furthermore, Springer has acquired the domain names livingreviews.org and livingreviews.eu, all registered Living Reviews trademarks, as well as the journals’ wordmarks and logos. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Elsevier announces Clinical Solutions leadership webinar series |
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Top clinical thought leaders from STM publisher Elsevier will discuss hot topics in the healthcare industry in a leadership-oriented series of free webinars starting this week. Elsevier Clinical Solutions’ ClinicalKey is presenting these webinars with Health IT Outcomes. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Three NPG titles dominate multidisciplinary science category of the Thomson Reuters 2014 Journal Citation Report for second consecutive year |
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Building on its established leadership in multidisciplinary publishing, Nature Publishing Group’s (NPG) open access and interdisciplinary journal publishing programs are flourishing. For the second year running, three NPG titles dominate the multidisciplinary science category of the Thomson Reuters 2014 Journal Citation Report, with Nature, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports ranking first, third and fifth respectively. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Taylor & Francis Group acquires Maney Publishing |
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Academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group has acquired Maney Publishing. Maney’s high-quality portfolio consists of scholarly journals in Materials Science and Engineering, the Humanities and Social Sciences, and Health Sciences. Maney’s book series will also be joining Taylor & Francis Group. Taylor & Francis Group is now working to ensure a smooth transition for Maney’s books and journals, and will keep all partners and customers fully briefed as plans develop. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Zynx Health and McKesson partner to optimise order set deployment |
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Evidence- and experience-based clinical improvement solutions provider Zynx Health has announced the release of an exclusive integration between ZynxOrder® and Paragon® Hospital Information System release 13 from McKesson that makes order set management easy through automated content synchronization. This intuitive solution eliminates common integration challenges including time-consuming file-based uploads. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Wolters Kluwer e-book outlines how hospitals can turn data into effective infection prevention programs |
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Information and point of care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer has announced the release of an e-book that outlines how electronic surveillance systems enable hospitals to leverage their patient data to quickly identify emerging infections and high-risk patients. Particularly timely in light of increased Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) requirements around healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), Turning Data into Action for Automated Proactive HAI Surveillance also documents the cost savings and care improvements realised by hospitals that implement automated surveillance systems. More Search for more news in this Category |
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ProQuest announces beta launch of new ebook platform – ProQuest Ebook Central |
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ProQuest has announced the launch of the beta program for its eagerly anticipated new ebook platform – ProQuest Ebook CentralTM. The new ebook platform integrates key elements from both ebrary and EBL – Ebook Library, along with all-new functionality, eliminating the complexities surrounding ebooks and delivering a superior experience for end-users and librarians. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Thieme named official publisher of World Society of Child Science’s pediatric journals |
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Thieme Stuttgart has announced that it is now the official publisher of seven quarterly subscription pediatric journals from the World Society of Child Science. The journals cover a range of areas that are essential reading for the pediatric professional. More Search for more news in this Category |
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IPR License appoints Antonella Pearce as BDM |
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IPR License, the global rights and licensing trading platform, has appointed Antonella Pearce from the Publishers Licensing Society (PLS) to take on the role of Business Development Manager. Antonella joins IPR from PLS where she worked as Publishers Relations Manager and was the key contact for publishers in relation to mandates, new licensing and rights management services. More Search for more news in this Category |
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| New Chemical Resistance Database available via Knovel |
| STM publisher Elsevier has introduced its Chemical Resistance Database: Plastics and Elastomers. Available via Knovel, the database is the industry’s largest compilation of normalized data detailing the degradation of plastics and elastomers exposed to a variety of environments and elements. Characterizing the effect of thousands of reagents, the environment and other exposure media, the new database enables organisations to make well-informed decisions quickly-selecting the best plastics and elastomers for a wide range of new product and process design and manufacturing settings across specialty chemical, engineering, design and construction and other industries. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
| Kkottongnae University in Korea implements EBSCO Discovery Service |
| EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that Kkottongnae University in Korea has chosen EBSCO Discovery ServiceTM (EDS) to help integrate resources in the library and simplify the research process for students. Kkottongnae University’s mission is to be a new model for social welfare education and it was important for the university to find a discovery solution that would support its mission and help the students specific research needs. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
| Digital Science appoints Daniel Hook as new Managing Director |
| Global technology company Digital Science has announced the appointment of Daniel Hook, currently Director of Research Metrics at Digital Science, as its new Managing Director. Hook assumes this role from Timo Hannay, who has served as MD since the company’s inception in 2009. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
| BMJ set to publish new international orthopaedic sports medicine journal |
| Global healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has added The Journal of ISAKOS: Joint Disorders & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (JISAKOS) to its extensive portfolio of specialty journals. The new title, slated for launch in spring 2016, will serve as an official journal of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS). MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
| JHUP awarded grant to develop ‘MUSE Open’ |
| Johns Hopkins University Press has been awarded a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the development of MUSE Open, a distribution channel for open access monographs through Project MUSE, a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community. MUSE Open will leverage a powerful and trusted distribution channel for long-form humanities scholarship in an enriched digital format. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
| Library Journal and Gale name Ferguson Municipal Public Library 2015 Library of the Year |
| Ferguson Municipal Public Library of Ferguson has been named the 2015 Library of the Year by Library Journal magazine and Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. The small suburban library rose above the chaos and stepped up to provide sanctuary and resources for all in a community in crisis, and remained steadfast to that call over months of duress. The 2015 Library of the Year Award will be presented along with prize money at a reception at the American Library Association Annual Conference on June 28, 2015. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
