Knowledgespeak Newsletter

25 April 2013

Nature measures to improve transparency in life sciences research publication NPG has introduced measures to improve the quality of reporting in Nature and Nature Research. Central to the initiative is a checklist that will prompt authors to disclose technical information in their submissions and encourage referees to consider aspects important for research reproducibility. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Reed Elsevier announces appointment of Senior Independent Director and Remuneration Committee Chairman Professional information solutions provider Reed Elsevier has announced changes to its Senior Independent Director and Remuneration Committee Chairman. Lisa Hook has been appointed Senior Independent Director with immediate effect. Dr. Wolfhart Hauser will be appointed Chairman of the Remuneration Committee following the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of Reed Elsevier PLC. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Taylor & Francis survey notes OA dichotomy among authors Taylor & Francis has released the fifth press release on the themes and findings of the Open Access Survey. According to it, authors agree that publication should not be limited by the ability to pay, but all research outputs should be free to read online. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ICD-10 mapping files from Medi-Span continue to aid customers meet HHS compliance requirements for diagnosis coding by deadline Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Medi-Span customers still have time to add previously released files to map Medi-Span proprietary vocabularies to ICD-10, helping to meet the Department of Human and Health Services (HHS) compliance requirements by the October 2014 deadline. Part of Wolters Kluwer Health, Medi-Span is a provider of drug information for thousands of healthcare professionals worldwide. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SAGE and the Association for Experiential Education announce publishing partnership Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it has been chosen by the Association for Experiential Education (AEE) to publish its journal, the Journal of Experiential Education, beginning April 2013. The journal publishes research on a diverse range of scientific and conceptual topics related to the study and practice of experiential education and its various subfields. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme New OA journal on therapeutic ultrasound launched Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced the launch of the Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound in partnership with the Focused Ultrasound Foundation and the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound. The journal is led by Editors-in-Chief Arik Hananel, Focused Ultrasound Foundation, USA and Robert Muratore, Quantum Now LLC, USA. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme iThenticate survey probes concerns of editors and editorial staff at scholarly publications iThenticate, a US-based provider of professional plagiarism detection and prevention technology, has conducted a survey probing the concerns of editors and editorial staff at scholarly publications. Findings indicate that ethics issues top the list of their most pressing challenges. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme eBooks on Demand network receives 2013 ALA Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Projects award The eBooks on Demand (EOD) project of the EOD Network is one of three projects selected to receive the 2013 American Library Association (ALA) Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Projects. The EOD Library Network was nominated for the ALA award by a network member, Alenka Kavčič-Čolić from the National and University Library in Slovenia. 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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