Knowledgespeak Newsletter

16 August 2012

ACS Publications and CAS jointly launch Reference QuickView American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications and Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the information divisions of the ACS, has jointly announced the introduction of Reference QuickView. Reference QuickView is a new feature powered by CAS' SciFinder that enables readers of web content to view directly the text of abstracts linked to bibliographic citations within an ACS Publications journal article or book chapter. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Elsevier acquires Atira, deepens SciVal's ability to help academic institutions manage and improve research outcomes STM publisher Elsevier has announced the acquisition of Atira, a provider of software and tools that help academic institutions and researchers manage and improve their research outcomes. Atira complements Elsevier's SciVal by expanding the scope of data to report on research activities across an academic institution, and by broadening the range of tools and dashboards to analyse those data. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme OCLC publishes bibliographic linked data for most widely held works in WorldCat OCLC, a US-based non-profit, membership, computer library service and research organisation, has published bibliographic linked data for the most widely held works in WorldCat. This downloadable file - representing nearly 1.2 million resources - contains about 80 million linked data 'triples,' the term for the most granular relationship possible between discrete pieces of information. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme IEEE approves dozens of standards and standards-development activities Professional association IEEE has announced dozens of new, revised and reaffirmed standards and standards-development projects. Among the new standards that have been published is IEEE 2200 – Standard Protocol for Stream Management in Media Client Devices. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme GenoSpace and Thomson Reuters partnership to deliver solution for analysing and interpreting human genomic variations The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced that GenoSpace has joined its Life Sciences Partner Ecosystem. The companies will work together to develop an integrated product offering for the analysis and interpretation of human genomic variation. Through the Thomson Reuters Life Sciences Partner Ecosystem, the GenoSpace platform will provide access to an unprecedented amount of curated, medically relevant data. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme UBM Medica US's Physicians Practice recognised for editorial excellence UBM Medica US, part of UBM Connect, has announced that Physicians Practice has been recognised for its editorial excellence by the ASBPE Awards ("Azbee") with a gold, silver, and honorable mention in their 2012 editorial awards. The ASBPE Awards of Excellence programme is one of the most competitive for business-to-business, trade, association, and professional publications. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme HighWire appoints Hugh Blackbourn to lead customer support team in the UK HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University Libraries, has announced the appointment of Hugh Blackbourn as Senior Publication Manager, leading HighWire's customer support team based in the UK. Hugh is an experienced publisher, having spent nearly 4 years as Head of Publishing for the Wellcome Trust, where he was responsible for all web and print publications profiling the Trust's activities. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme CLOCKSS Archive announces participation of five new publishers in its digital preservation archive The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of five new publishers in its digital preservation archive. The publishers are: Duke University Press, NZCER Press, New Prairie Press, Mathematical Sciences Publishers and Copernicus Publications. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Emerald Group Publishing announces increased impact factors Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has highest ever number of appearances in the 2011 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Thomson Reuters, with 53 titles and 84 rankings. Eight new titles received their first impact factor, which amounts to a 17.7 percent increase in ranked titles. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme

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