Springer retracts 64 articles from 10 Springer subscription journals STM publisher Springer has confirmed that 64 articles are being retracted from 10 Springer subscription journals, after editorial checks spotted fake email addresses, and subsequent internal investigations uncovered fabricated peer review reports. After a thorough investigation it was discovered that the peer review process on these… Read More »
Frankfurt Book Fair appoints Amy Webster as new Associate Partner Rights and Licences The Frankfurt Book Fair has announced the appointment of Amy Webster as the new Associate Partner Rights and Licences. Amy joins from the Edinburgh TV Festival, where she was Head of New Business. She was previously at the London Book Fair, where… Read More »
Registration for ChemSearch Challenge Opens at American Chemical Society meeting 2015 STM publisher Elsevier has announced that registration is now open for participation in the Reaxys ChemSearch Challenge, a series of online quizzes that measure how quickly chemists can find the information they need to correctly answer research questions. Chemists can use their preferred chemistry… Read More »
Outsell, Inc. publishes new CEO Topics Report: Evaluating Automated Content Tools Outsell, Inc., the research and advisory firm focused on media, information, and technology, has announced the publication of a new CEO Topics Report: Evaluating Automated Content Tools. The report shows how such technologies have made rapid advances and are now extending beyond content businesses… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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,… Read More »