Elsevier publishes updated version of Petroleum Production Engineering, announces three new oil and gas industry titles for engineers and managers STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of an updated version of Petroleum Production Engineeringby Boyun Guo, Xinghui Liu and Xuehao Tan. The new edition addresses critical production challenges, such as flow assurance, horizontal and… Read More »
Artificial intelligence powers major content expansion of Nature Research solution, Nano Nano, a Nature Research solution, has just been given a boost by artificial intelligence (AI), increasing the information available to users by sourcing data from over 400,000 relevant research papers. Launched in June 2016, Nano offers highly-indexed and structured information on nanotechnology. The scale-up… Read More »
Springer Nature becomes largest publisher to open up all reference lists Springer Nature, a global research, educational and professional publisher, has become the largest academic publisher to open up reference lists to advance data discovery and reuse. Working closely with Crossref, Springer Nature will make the metadata for reference lists available across all academic books… Read More »
SAGE Publishing expands SAGE Video, adds new collections in Sociology and Criminology & Criminal Justice Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has expanded SAGE Video, its highly reviewed library of streaming videos across the social sciences, to include two new collections – Sociology and Criminology & Criminal Justice. Hosted on SAGE Knowledge platform and designed to enhance… Read More »
Elsevier publishes Practical Handbook to support Palliative Radiation Oncology STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of Handbook of Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology by Monica Krishnan, Margarita Racsa and Hsiang-Hsuan Michael Yu. A practical tool and rapid reference for radiation oncology practitioners in direct patient care, the book covers the most recent advances in… Read More »
Major educational content providers and distributors join forces to fight counterfeit textbooks Academic publishers Cengage, McGraw-Hill Education, and Pearson have joined forces with Ingram and Chegg, Inc. to have them adopt and implement a set of Anti-Counterfeit Best Practices designed to address the growing problem of counterfeit print textbooks. The Anti-Counterfeit Best Practices are intended… Read More »
Elsevier launches bi-monthly journal Case: Cardiovascular Imaging Case Reports STM publisher Elsevier and the American Society of Echocardiography, a professional, non-profit organisation of scientists and healthcare workers involved in cardiovascular ultrasound, have announced the launch of CASE: Cardiovascular Imaging Case Reports. CASE is an online, bi-monthly journal with the mission of publishing interesting and educational… Read More »
Elsevier updates infectious diseases reference, announces five additional immunology, virology and microbiology books STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of an updated edition of its valuable reference, Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases, edited by Michel Tibayrenc. This book is aimed at controlling and preventing neglected and emerging worldwide diseases that are a major… Read More »
Philip Earis named editor of new Cell Press Energy journal – Joule Philip Earis, a former editor at the Royal Society of Chemistry, has been named the inaugural editor of Joule, a new journal spanning energy research across scales and disciplines. Joule (@Joule_CP), launching fall 2017, will be the second physical sciences journal, after Chem,… Read More »
Five Elsevier titles honoured with Textbook Excellence awards STM publisher Elsevier has announced that five of its books will receive 2017 textbook awards in the College category from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA). Three titles will receive the Textbook Excellence Award, better known as a “Texty;” one title will receive the Most Promising… Read More »