Thomson Reuters’ 2015 Academic Reputation Survey identifies significant trends impacting the academic reputation of the world’s leading universities The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of its 2015 Academic Reputation Survey and new report, ‘Exploring Scholarly Trends and Shifts Impacting the Academic Reputation of the World’s Leading Universities.’ This… Read More »
New journal Spinal Cord Series and Cases joins NPG’s academic, society and partner journals programme Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCOS) have announced a new quarterly, online-only journal, Spinal Cord Series and Cases. As an official journal of the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCOS), Spinal Cord Series and… Read More »
International repository networks meet to strengthen their aim to develop a global, open access knowledge commons For a second year in a row, major open access repository networks met to develop closer ties and further align their expanding repository networks. The meeting, organised by the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), was held on April… Read More »
Elsevier launches OA journal bridging nutrition and food science – NFS Journal STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of NFS Journal, a new open access journal. The journal is published by Elsevier in cooperation with the Society of Nutrition and Food Science (SNFS), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to bringing together nutrition and food scientists… Read More »
Springer Science+Business Media and majority of Macmillan Science and Education combined to form new company, Springer Nature Key competition authorities including the European Union and the US Department of Justice have cleared the merger of Springer Science+Business Media and the majority of Macmillan Science and Education. The new company will be called Springer Nature. More… Read More »
Elsevier launches Knovel Quick Search for AutoCAD STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of Knovel Quick Search for AutoCAD. Available to customers at no cost, the feature rich, easy-to-use search plugin connects Knovel’s essential insights with one of the most widely used CAD software programs in engineering markets. This integration significantly improves the users’… Read More »
Elsevier’s Free MOOC to help med students prepare for the United States Medical Licensing Examination STM publisher Elsevier has launched a free MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) designed to help medical students prepare for the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1, the first and most daunting of the three exams medical students must… Read More »
USTR’s 2015 Special 301 Report highlights key IP issues, misses out on importance of copyright concerns in Canada The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has applauded the release of the US Trade Representative (USTR) 2015 Special 301 Report, identifying many key copyright concerns and market-access barriers in U.S. trading partners. However, AAP is disappointed that… Read More »
Elsevier launches new journal, Journal of Commodity Markets STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new journal, Journal of Commodity Markets. The journal aims to publish high-quality research in all areas of economics and finance related to commodity markets. M. Prokopczuk from Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany; B. Simkins from Oklahoma State University,… Read More »
Max Planck Digital Library study calculates redeployment of funds in Open Access The Max Planck Digital Library has put forward a study on the transformation of the subscription-driven system for scientific publications to an Open Access model. For the first time, quantitative parameters are presented showing that the liberation of scholarly literature is possible at… Read More »