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16 September 2014

Australian Research Council selects Elsevier's Scopus for ERA 2015 assessment STM publisher Elsevier recently announced that the Australian Research Council (ARC) has selected Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific literature, as the bibliometric provider for its 2015 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment. This is the third consecutive time Scopus has been chosen as the sole citation provider for ERA. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Thomson Reuters celebrates sesquicentennial anniversary of the Zoological Record The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the 150th anniversary of the Zoological Record, the oldest continuous bibliographic database in life sciences and the leading and most comprehensive source for biodiversity, systematics and zoological information. Housed within the Web of Science, the Zoological Record serves as the world's unofficial, but primary, animal-name repository covering the entire animal kingdom, including living and fossil species. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Royal Society of Chemistry names Jan Kuras as new Open Access Development Manager The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced the appointment of scientific information and publishing industry specialist Jan Kuras to lead and implement the organisation's open access strategy. Kuras joins RSC's publishing team as Open Access Development Manager and brings over 20 years' experience in scientific information and publishing to this new role, including in product development, strategy and business planning. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Nature Publishing Group partners with The Systems Biology Institute to launch OA journal npj Systems Biology and Applications Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group has announced a new partnership with The Systems Biology Institute, Tokyo, to launch npj Systems Biology and Applications, an online open access journal dedicated to publishing high quality research. The journal will begin accepting submissions in November 2014 and publish its first articles on nature.com in Q1 2015. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SAGE acquires Symposium Journals, strengthens education journal portfolio Academic publisher SAGE has announced the purchase of education journals publisher, Symposium Journals Limited. The sale was announced jointly by Roger Osborn-King of Symposium Journals and Ziyad Marar, SAGE's Global Publishing Director. The acquisition results in Symposium's entire journal portfolio of nine titles becoming a part of SAGE's journal program. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Publishers to celebrate Banned Books Week with events, resources and more for readers and others Member organisations of the Association of American Publishers are actively participating and engaging readers, educators and book lovers of all kinds in the 32nd annual Banned Books Week, September 21—27. AAP was a founding member of Banned Books Week and continues to collaborate with libraries, schools, teachers, bookstores, authors and others on this annual celebration of the freedom to read. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme OUP Southern Africa named Academic Publisher of the Year Academic publisher Oxford University Press Southern Africa (OUPSA) won the Sefika Academic Publisher of the Year award 2014 on August 26. It is the sixth time since 2006 that OUPSA has won the award, which recognizes outstanding achievements and contributions to the South African book industry. 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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