Knowledgespeak Newsletter

26 November 2012

Elsevier launches new OA journal - Leukemia Research Reports STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new open access, online journal - Leukemia Research Reports. The journal will deliver timely information online to all healthcare professionals involved in basic and/or applied clinical research in leukemias, lymphomas, multiple myeloma and other hematologic malignancies. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Four organisations recognised as India's most innovative, named recipients of Thomson Reuters India Innovation Awards 2012 Thomson Reuters has announced that four organisations have been recognised as India's most innovative and named as the recipients of the Thomson Reuters India Innovation Awards 2012. First established in 2007, the Awards recognise the most innovative academic institutions and commercial enterprises headquartered in India for their spirit of innovation in Research & Development (R&D). More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SAGE acquires Royal Society of Medicine's journal programme Academic publisher SAGE has announced a landmark agreement with the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) to acquire its journal programme. With immediate effect, 28 titles formerly published by the Royal Society of Medicine Press will be published by SAGE. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme BioMed Central journals accepting manuscripts peer reviewed by Peerage of Science BioMed Central journals BMC Biology, BMC Ecology, BMC Evolutionary Biology and Frontiers in Zoology are now welcoming manuscripts reviewed through the community peer-review initiative Peerage of Science. By decoupling from journals the process of finding reviews, the founders hope to create a more efficient experience for researchers. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme COAR and euroCRIS announce strategic partnership The World Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and euroCRIS recently announced a strategic partnership. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed at the euroCRIS members meeting in Madrid/Spain on November 6, 2012. The partnership will be based on the mutual understanding of the importance of Open Access to research results and the need for appropriate mechanisms for ensuring this. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme New Emerald publication explores impact of social media on information behaviour Emerald has published Social Information Research as Volume 5 of the Library & Information Science series. The book explores how social networks, social interaction on the web, and social media have impacted the way we use information, and the consequences of this on our information behaviour. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Latest edition of Blogspeak now online The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (New Media and New Markets - Making Sense of the Possibilities in Publishing); Jørgen Carling (Use your author's rights to make articles freely available); Dr. Douglas Fields (50 Shades of Grey in Scientific Publication: How Digital Publishing Is Harming Science); Wanda Wyporska (The secret academic: clinging on to my intellectual identity); and Stevan Harnad (Economic Evidence against Finch Hypothesis on Gold & Green OA Priorities). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here. You are receiving this email newsletter as part of your Knowledgespeak membership. You can unsubscribe instantly from any of our email newsletters by clicking here.

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