Knowledgespeak Newsletter

25 June 2013

Elsevier and National Association of Postgraduate Centers of Economics in Brazil, announce publishing agreement STM publisher Elsevier has announced a publishing agreement with the National Association of Postgraduate Centers of Economics (ANPEC) in Brazil. Under the deal, Elsevier will publish EconomiA, ANPEC's official academy journal, starting September 2013. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme FIZ Karlsruhe develops new zbMATH web interface Scientific information services provider FIZ Karlsruhe - Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure has developed the new zbMATH web interface providing an intuitive, easy-to-use information service with enlarged functionality that meets the requirements of users in the mathematical community. zbMATH claims to be the world's largest information system for mathematics. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Cell Press journals show significant increases in multiple citation-based measures of impact Science published in Cell Press journals continues to deliver high impact across the research community as reflected in the measures of citation recently released in the 2012 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Thomson Reuters. Looking across impact factor (IF) and immediacy index as measures of a journal's short-term value as well as 5-year IF and cited half- life as indications of a journal's robustness and longevity, Cell Press journals made significant increases in multiple citation-based measures of impact. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme University of Nebraska-Lincoln selects Ex Libris' Rosetta to manage and preserve digital collections Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) has adopted the Rosetta digital preservation solution. The university will implement Rosetta across the entire campus to preserve the school's renowned digital humanities collections, campus websites, research data, and other digital assets. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Impact Factor success for open access publisher BioMed Central Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced that its flagship journal Genome Biology passed a major milestone this week, increasing its Impact Factor to double figures in the Thomson Reuters 2012 Journal Citation Report (JCR). The new Impact Factor of 10.288 confirms its position as the top-ranked journal in BioMed Central's portfolio. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme More than one million articles accessed by individuals participating in JSTOR's Register & Read programme JSTOR, the not-for-profit digital library of thousands of academic journals and other content, has announced that more than one million articles have now been accessed by individuals participating in its free programme, Register & Read. Register & Read participants can read up to three items from the archive every two weeks. Many have read only one work, though about 50,000 users each month return to read more. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Blackboard launches xpLor, a shared content repository that supports multiple LMS platforms Enterprise technology and innovative solutions provider Blackboard Inc. has announced the release of xpLor, a content platform that gives educators unprecedented ability to create, discover and share rich course materials across systems and institutions. xpLor claims to be the industry's first cloud-based learning object repository that supports multiple learning management systems (LMS). More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme UBM Tech appoints Scott Mozarsky as President, Media and Partner Solutions Business information provider UBM Tech has announced that Scott Mozarsky will join the global media business as President, Media and Partner Solutions, effective July 1, 2013. He will be based in UBM Tech's New York office. 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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