Knowledgespeak Newsletter

31 May 2013

China boosts top quality science publications by 35 percent in 2012 Authors based in China contributed 8.5 percent of all research papers published in Nature branded journals in 2012, up 35 percent on 2011 figures. This is according to the Nature Publishing Index 2012 (NPI) China, published as a supplement to Nature. Authors from institutions in China contributed 303 papers published in Nature branded journals in 2012, up from 7.0 percent (225) in 2011 and 5.3 percent (152) in 2010. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ASME presents seven awards at Offshore Technology Conference in Houston The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has presented seven awards recognizing technical achievement and distinguished service in the field of petroleum-related mechanical engineering. The Society also bestowed the 2013 Arthur Lubinski Award recognizing the best technical paper delivered during ASME-sponsored technical sessions at OTC. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme EBSCO and Infogroup in deal to provide business and consumer data from ReferenceUSA to libraries EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced a new agreement with Infogroup. The agreement allows EBSCO to resell ReferenceUSA, the leading provider of business and consumer research, to libraries. ReferenceUSA is a provider of business and consumer content, including real-time access to information on more than 24 million businesses, 235 million consumers, new U.S. businesses & new U.S. homeowners and Canadian businesses & residents. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme UpToDate global customer support team receives NorthFace ScoreBoard Award Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that UpToDate global customer support team has received the NorthFace ScoreBoard Award for excellence in 2012 from Omega Management Group Corp. It is the second consecutive year that the UpToDate customer support team has been recognised by Omega for exceeding customer expectations. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme IEEE Standards Association symposium on EDA interoperability launched Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced the launch of the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Symposium on Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Interoperability. The event is scheduled to take place October 24, 2013, in Silicon Valley. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Aries Systems and ProQuest partner to empower journal editors with reviewer discovery utility Online submission system provider Aries Systems Corporation has announced a partnership with ProQuest to empower journal editors with reviewer discovery utility. Submitted manuscripts can now be automatically matched with reviewers drawn from an external pool of more than 3.5 million curated scholar profiles. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme BioMed Central launches Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer Open access publisher BioMed Central and the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) have announced the launch of the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer (JITC). JITC is an open access, peer reviewed journal that encompasses all aspects of tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy, from basic research through to clinical applications. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Plymouth University in production with the next-generation Ex Libris Alma solution Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Plymouth University is in production with the next-generation Ex Libris Alma solution. Plymouth has replaced a number of existing systems with two solutions - Primo for the discovery of all library collections and Alma for resource management. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Ingram Content Group to launch new Publish On Demand platform Ingram Content Group Inc. has announced plans to launch its IngramSparkSM offering, a new Publish On DemandSM platform. The easy-to-use, online publishing tool provides independent publishers with simple, cost-effective access to Ingram's global distribution network for print titles and e-book content. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme 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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Knowledgespeak Newsletter

30 May 2013

Wolters Kluwer Health and Amirsys expand partnership to add two additional clinical anatomy and pathology image databases Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that it has expanded its partnership with Amirsys Inc. to offer two new clinical reference databases, the Amirsys Pathology Reference Center and the Amirsys Anatomy Reference Center, via the OvidSP medical research platform. The Amirsys Imaging Reference Center was released on OvidSP in March 2013. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Springer to publish two renowned mathematics journals from Vietnam STM publisher Springer has announced that it will publish two prestigious mathematics journals from Vietnam - Acta Mathematica Vietnamica and the Vietnam Journal of Mathematics. Both journals, established publications in their field, will be available electronically on SpringerLink and in print. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme RSC launches new journal - Environmental Science: Nano The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced the launch of a new journal - Environmental Science: Nano. The journal will serve as a dedicated home for researchers interested in the impact of nanomaterials on the environment, human health and sustainability. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme OSEO's new Restoration module to contain works by authors principally active between 1660 and 1700 Oxford Scholarly Editions Online (OSEO), a publishing initiative from Oxford University Press, has launched a Restoration module that will contain works by authors principally active between 1660 and 1700, and will add to OSEO's growing database of cutting edge scholarly editions. The Restoration module includes many of the period's seminal works. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Industry experts discuss how digital rights management and brand protection impacts standards industry at Techstreet's bi-annual forum Techstreet recently presented the bi-annual Standards Publishers Innovation Forum (SPIF). Leaders from the standards publishing industry gathered May 16th in Alexandria, VA for the spring forum, Protecting Your IP Assets: Detection, Prevention and Remediation for Standards Developing Organizations. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme OSA and Scholarly iQ issue COUNTER Release 4 compliant usage reports for OSA journals The Optical Society (OSA) and Scholarly iQ has announced that OSA's usage statistics for its portfolio of peer-reviewed journals have been upgraded and are now available using the new COUNTER Release 4 (R4) standards. These new standards, like the ones already in place, have been accepted by the scientific publishing industry worldwide and govern the recording and exchange of online usage data. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Journal of Intensive Care now accepting submissions Journal of Intensive Care, published by open access publisher BioMed Central, is now accepting submissions. The peer-reviewed online journal aims to publish articles contributing to the development of intensive care medical science, and to promote the exchange of ideas internationally in this and related fields. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme HighWire Press and GeoScienceWorld expands journals partnership HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University Libraries, and GeoScienceWorld (GSW) have announced a significant expansion of their journals partnership through a new integrated eBooks platform built on the HighWire Open Platform. The GSW eBooks Collections claims to be the first non-profit, multi-publisher eBooks platform devoted to the study of the earth sciences. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Harvard University appoints Peter Suber as director of the Office for Scholarly Communication The Harvard Library and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University have announced the appointment of SPARC senior researcher Peter Suber as director of the Office for Scholarly Communication (OSC). The OSC spearheads campus-wide initiatives to open, share, and preserve scholarship. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme 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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