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8 March 2016

Shortlist for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2016 announced The shortlist for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2016 has been announced, with China leading the shortlists with five nominations and the USA and Australia not far behind with four each. The awards, which are held in partnership with the UK Publishers Association (PA), celebrate success in 14 categories, representing the best publishing ambassadors, cutting edge publishing, and ground breaking initiatives in the industry. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SAGE Publishing partners with the Society for Medical Decision Making to launch OA journal MDM Policy & Practice Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced that it has expanded its partnership with the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) with the launch of the open access publication, MDM Policy & Practice (MDM P&P). The sister journal of the SMDM's Medical Decision Making, MDM P&P addresses issues that affect medical decision-making from the clinical to policy levels. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Altmetric launches annual research grant to advance understanding of alternative research metrics Altmetric LLP has launched an annual research grant of up to £1,500 ($2100 USD) to fund research that facilitates the development and understanding of alternative research metrics (altmetrics) as part of the wider scholarly agenda. Complementary to traditional indicators of influence like citations, altmetrics capture the online mentions and shares of research at the article or output level to help better reflect the online reach and dissemination of scholarship. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Rockefeller University Press Journals adopt Sheridan's XML-based article workflow, ArticleExpressTM The Rockefeller University Press (RUP) has adopted Sheridan's revolutionary XML- based article workflow, Article ExpressTM, for The Journal of Cell Biology, The Journal of Experimental Medicine, and The Journal of General Physiology. ArticleExpress is Sheridan's new patent-pending workflow for STM publishers that replaces the traditional PDF-based article proof with a fully editable, browser-based, HTML proofing environment. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme BMJ Best Practice now with CME/CPD tracking tool Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has announced that its online decision support tool BMJ Best Practice now features a continuing medical education (CME/CPD) tracking, reporting and accreditation tool. This means that health professionals can earn CME credits while they use BMJ Best Practice as part of their working day. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Portico announces preservation deals with Maxwell Scientific Publication Corp., IJPHY and the ASCE Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that Maxwell Scientific Publication Corp. (MSP) will preserve e-journals with Portico, ensuring that they will be secure and available into the future. In a related announcement, the company announced preservation deals with the International Journal of Physiotherapy (IJPHY) and the American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE). More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Patrick J. Flynn named Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Biometrics Compendium Patrick J. Flynn, the Duda Family Professor of Engineering, professor of computer science and engineering, and concurrent professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been named editor-in-chief for the IEEE Biometrics Compendium, the first virtual journal published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Biometrics Council. Established in 2010 and published quarterly, the journal highlights specific areas of interest in biometrics while also providing commentary from experts in the field. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme American Psychological Association launches new journal – Stigma and Health The American Psychological Association has announced that it has begun publishing a new journal, Stigma and Health. To be published on a quarterly basis, the journal will serve as a venue for articles examining research representing stigma in its various guises (e.g., public stigma, self-stigma, label avoidance and structural stigma) as it impacts people living with mental and physical illness. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Brought to you by Scope e-Knowledge Center, a world-leading provider of abstraction, indexing, entity extraction and knowledge organisation models (Taxonomies, Thesauri and Ontologies).   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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