Elsevier launches Physician Assistant Clinics STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of Physician Assistant Clinics, offering in-depth clinical review articles written by physician assistants (PAs) for PAs. Physician Assistant Clinics is the newest addition to the Elsevier Clinics Review Articles family. It continues the tradition of providing insights from today’s most preeminent clinical thought… Read More »
Springer expands business administration journal portfolio to include Schmalenbachs Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung and the Schmalenbach Business Review As of January 1, 2016, Springer is expanding its business administration journal portfolio to include two renowned research journals – Schmalenbachs Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung and its international counterpart, the Schmalenbach Business Review. Both journals are published… Read More »
Three new titles join Nature family of journals Three new titles – Nature Energy, Nature Microbiology and Nature Reviews Materials – have joined the Nature family of journals. Like all Nature-branded journals, these titles are staffed by an in-house team of professional editors and are characterized by a fair and rigorous peer-review process, high standards… Read More »
Publishers require authors to use an ORCID identifier during the publication process A group of seven publishers have announced, during 2016, they will begin requiring authors to use an ORCID identifier (iD) during the publication process. The American Geophysical Union (AGU), eLife, EMBO, Hindawi, the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the Public… Read More »
Springer Nature hits milestone of 200,000 ORCID identifiers Springer Nature, a global research, educational and professional publisher, has reached an important new milestone, with over 200,000 ORCID identifiers in use for journal articles as of January 1, 2016. This follows November’s announcement that Springer Nature will be the first publisher to enable all Springer and… Read More »
Elsevier announces expansion of Knovel Interactive Equations More than 1,100 definitive equations across eight subject areas are now available through Knovel’s powerful search engine and featuring interactivity unique to the Knovel platform. Knovel’s fully integrated Math Solver enables engineers and scientists to access Knovel’s interactive equations or build their own. Students, professors, as well as… Read More »
Dr. Ralph Paroli of the National Research Council of Canada begins term as 2016 ASTM International Board Chairman Dr. Ralph M. Paroli, of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in Ottawa, Ontario, has started his term as 2016 chairman of the ASTM International board of directors. ASTM’s board is made up of 25 leaders… Read More »
F1000Research to be preserved with Portico Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that F1000Research will be preserved through Portico’s E-Journal Preservation Service, ensuring that its content will be secure and available into the future. F1000Research is an Open Science publishing platform for life scientists, offering immediate publication of posters, slides and articles without editorial bias.… Read More »
American Journal of Nursing announces 2015 Book of the Year Awards The American Journal of Nursing (AJN) has recognised the best nursing and healthcare publications of 2015 with an announcement of its annual Book of the Year Awards. Winners in 20 categories appear in the journal’s January issue. AJN, ‘the leading voice of nursing since… Read More »
Researchers from universities across Israel to benefit from CAS solutions Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, and MALMAD consortium – Israeli Center for Digital Information Services have announced a five-year agreement to provide SciFinder® with PatentPakTM access to all universities in Israel. PatentPak, a robust new workflow solution from CAS,… Read More »