ProQuest unveils first regionalized version of Academic Complete ProQuest ebooks company ebrary has created a brand new version of Academic CompleteTM subscription collection designed specifically for UK and Irish students, faculty and researchers with over 4,000 unique, region specific titles. Recognising the importance of providing key content to this region, this new edition of Academic… Read More »
Applications of Zero-Suppressed Decision Diagrams Tsutomu Sasao, Meiji University Jon T. Butler, Naval Postgraduate School Synthesis Lectures on Digital Circuits and Systems Background Subtraction: Theory and Practice Ahmed Elgammal, Rutgers University Synthesis Lectures on Computer Vision Instant Recovery with Write-Ahead Logging: Page Repair, System Restart, and Media Restore Goetz Graefe, HP Labs Wey Guy Caetano… Read More »
Nature Publishing Group and the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy announce new OA journal, Molecular Therapy – Oncolytics Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) have announced a new online open access journal, Molecular Therapy – Oncolytics. The journal will focus on the development… Read More »
COPE issues statement on inappropriate manipulation of peer review processes The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) has become aware of systematic, inappropriate attempts to manipulate the peer review processes of several journals across different publishers. These manipulations appear to have been orchestrated by a number of third party agencies offering services to authors. COPE has… Read More »
UK government publishes long awaited science and innovation strategy, leaves many questions unanswered The UK government has published its long awaited science and innovation strategy, but many of the questions asked by the science community will not be answered until the next spending review. The strategy re-iterated capital spending plans set out in the autumn… Read More »
Nature Index indicates China’s leading cities for high quality research and status of research collaboration The diversity of Chinese institutions and their growing contribution to global scientific developments and collaborations with other countries have been highlighted in the Nature Index China 2014, published as a supplement in Nature. By 2013 weighted fractional count (WFC), China… Read More »
Elsevier publishes four new books on Nuclear Engineering STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of four new nuclear engineering books of particular interest to safety managers, designers, engineers, operators and regulators of nuclear power plants. Among these new books is The 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident: How and Why It Happened, written by… Read More »
Thomson Reuters’ 2014 State of Innovation India report identifies Hi-Tech Engineering and Pharma companies as front runners of innovation in India The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of its 2014 State of Innovation India report. This is the second consecutive year of the study, which is conducted by… Read More »
Publishing For Digital Minds pursues global audience with multilingual social media backchannel The London Book Fair, in association with The Publishers Association, has announced plans to put international social media at the heart of the next edition of Publishing for Digital Minds. It will recruit a team of social media experts to live-tweet and blog… Read More »
Thomson Reuters and University of Melbourne collaborate to advance biomedical research The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters and the University of Melbourne have announced an initiative to increase the impact of the institution’s research in the life sciences with the implementation of Cortellis Competitive Intelligence, the life sciences industry’s premier source of… Read More »