Corporate interest is a problem for research into open-access publishing, says NPG/ Palgrave Macmillan survey Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and its sister company, Palgrave Macmillan, recently conducted a survey, which notes that the open-access movement, which aims to provide researchers and the public with free access to academic work, has been growing. But… Read More »
Freedom of Information requests reveal payments to main journal publishers by universities have soared The amount paid by UK universities to subscribe to journals from some large publishers has risen by almost 50 per cent since 2010, new data suggest. The finding is based on freelance requests under the Freedom of Information Act to more… Read More »
University of Kentucky’s UK HealthCare selects Elsevier’s InOrder for its order sets solution STM publisher Elsevier has announced that University of Kentucky’s UK HealthCare (UKHC), a health system with more than 80 specialised clinics throughout the state, has selected Elsevier’s InOrder for its order sets solution. The cloud-based InOrder enables clinicians, physicians and informaticists to… Read More »
New PCG study shows 23 percent of libraries cover APCs for author submissions to OA journals Marketing and sales consulting firm Publishers Communication Group (PCG), a division of Publishing Technology, has released the results of a new survey, according to which, academic libraries are getting more involved in the cataloguing and funding of Gold Open… Read More »
Free global access to Ebola resources from Oxford University Press extended and updated Academic publisher Oxford University Press has announced that it is extending and updating global free access to Ebola resources through the end of 2015 as the crisis has deepened. Following the World Health Organization’s declaration of an international public health emergency in… Read More »
Industry Veteran Punit Dhandhania joins Scope e-Knowledge Center as Strategic Advisor Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced the appointment of Punit Dhandhania as strategic advisor. Punit Dhandhania is a business leader with over 25 years of experience working for global publishers. Pioneering the… Read More »
New reference series from Elsevier provides latest knowledge on highly prevalent medical conditions STM publisher Elsevier has announced the availability of Clinics Collections, the first of a new series of multidisciplinary, general medical reference digests targeted to a wide variety of healthcare practitioners and professionals. Clinics Collections integrates updated content from Clinics Review Articles to… Read More »
Elsevier launches first virtualized medical institution on PracticeUpdate STM publisher Elsevier recently announced the launch of the first virtual Center of Excellence focused on a single disease, renal cell carcinoma. The knowledge-sharing site for physicians was created by PracticeUpdate, Elsevier’s physician portal, in partnership with The West Cancer Center at the University of Tennessee. More… Read More »
NPG and Palgrave Macmillan make data from Author Insights survey publicly available as part of Open Access Week Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and Palgrave Macmillan are making data from their Author Insights survey publicly available for the first time as part of Open Access Week. NPG and Palgrave Macmillan are making this anonymised… Read More »
International Open Access Week shines spotlight on increasing the impact of scientific research Hundreds of events will take place across the globe to highlight the power that Open Access has to increase the impact of scientific and scholarly research during the seventh annual Open Access Week taking place from October 20-26, 2014. This year’s theme… Read More »