SAGE Research Methods moves to new platform for enhanced user experience
SAGE Publishing today announces the launch of a new platform for the SAGE Research Methods suite of products. The design of the new site was developed alongside student, academic and librarian user communities to improve discovery and user experiences and to allow users to get to the content they need quicker. Now live, the platform features both text and video content, improved discovery and internal search functionality, and a responsive design to optimize use across devices.
SAGE Research Methods is a comprehensive methods library with more than 1,000 books, reference works, and journal articles; 570 case studies of res...
Source: News from STM - July 28, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Digital Featured Source Type: news
Rapid growth in high-quality research outputs shows China is consolidating position as scientific powerhouse
The Nature Index 2016 Rising Stars supplement identifies the countries and institutions showing the most significant growth in high-quality research publications, using the power of the Nature Index, which tracks the research of more than 8,000 global institutions. These are the players to watch.
It shows that Chinese institutions are leading the world in rapidly increasing high-quality research outputs. 40 of the top 100 most improved institutions across the globe are from this scientific powerhouse, with 24 of those showing growth above 50% since 2012. The United States – which remains the largest contributor to high-q...
Source: News from STM - July 27, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Featured World Source Type: news
Simon Ross joins Manchester University Press as CEO
Manchester University Press is delighted to announce that after an international search and appointment process Simon Ross, formerly Cambridge University Press’s deputy managing director for academic publishing, has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Manchester University Press (MUP).
The Chair of Manchester University Press Board, Professor Alistair Ulph, said: “I am delighted that Simon Ross has been appointed to succeed Frances Pinter as CEO of Manchester University Press. He is an outstanding appointment, who brings a clear vision for how he wishes to grow and diversify the range of outputs MUP wi...
Source: News from STM - July 27, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: European Featured Source Type: news
Ingram Introduces Ingram Academic Services
Ingram Content Group through Ingram Publisher Services announces the launch of Ingram Academic Services, a service customized for university presses and academic publishers. The first joint initiative following Ingram’s acquisition of Perseus’ distribution businesses, Ingram Academic Services offers distinguished resources, tools and services to help university presses and academic publishers fulfill their missions.
“Ingram Academic Services is one of the first ways we’ve quickly combined the strengths of both Ingram and Perseus’ distribution businesses to create greater value for our clients,...
Source: News from STM - July 27, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Featured World Source Type: news
Wiley announces launch of Wiley Spectra Lab, giving researchers access to largest collection of reference spectra in the world
Wiley today announced the launch ofWileySpectra Lab, a new and flexible expert spectral data system that uses empirical data and advanced software to help chemists, toxicologists, and life scientists confidently identify chemical substances.Wiley Spectra Labprovides access to these data in a convenient, secure cloud environment.
Powered by KnowItAll® by Bio-Rad, the online, subscription-based spectral library provides researchers with access to over 2.2 million reference spectra – the largest collection in the world, to enable them to reliably identify unknowns and confirm known compounds.
Wiley Spectra Labfeatures ...
Source: News from STM - July 26, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Featured World Source Type: news
CRC Press Unveils Enhanced Web Version of the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
CRC Press is pleased to announce the unveiling of its enhanced web version of the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics which has been serving the scientific community for over 15 years.
Ideal for researchers in both academic and corporate settings, this online product has several interactive tools and features and is designed to help users access trusted chemical and physical data in a seamless manner. Users can customize data to meet their unique needs, use free applet to draw a desired structure and much more.
New Features and Tables
Create individual workspaces allowing users to save searches and customize the chemic...
Source: News from STM - July 25, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Digital Featured Source Type: news
CABI launches open access book programme
CABI, has launched Open Books. This new programme supports authors and collaborating organisations wishing to publish open access books across a wide range of subject areas within applied life sciences and sustainable tourism.
As an international not-for-profit organisation, CABI aims to improve people’s lives worldwide by providing information and applying scientific expertise to solve problems in agriculture and the environment. The organisation believes that a crucial way to solve problems in these fields is by creating, managing, curating and disseminating information. With experience in scientific research, publishi...
Source: News from STM - July 22, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Featured Open Access Source Type: news
Ixxus Launches the Ixxus Publishing Platform, an End-to-End Content & Publishing Solution
Content and publishing expert Ixxus has today announced the launch of the Ixxus Publishing Platform (IPP), an end-to-end publishing solution designed to streamline, support and enable the editorial process from conception to publication.
The Ixxus Publishing Platform has been designed to meet common publishing challenges. The company, known for its innovative approach to content management and consultancy, has previously created custom solutions for publishing giants such as Pearson, Wiley and Cengage.
By combining enterprise content management with specialist publishing tools, digital asset management, business process ma...
Source: News from STM - July 21, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Digital Featured Source Type: news
Atypon Makes Significant Enhancements to Its Online Publishing Platform
In the most recent of its three regularly scheduled yearly releases, Atypon has added significant enhancements to Literatum, the most widely used and fully featured online publishing platform for the professional and scholarly publishing industry.
Atypon’s new universal content type technology, known as Digital Objects, assigns a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) to any type of content or media, including blogs, news articles, videos, images, and interactive visualizations. Each Digital Object can then be tagged, indexed, packaged, targeted, promoted, bundled, and sold as easily as traditional content types like journal a...
Source: News from STM - July 21, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Digital Featured Source Type: news
PeerJ launches a free ‘jobs board’ for academic positions
PeerJ (an open access publisher of scholarly journals in biology, medicine, health and computer sciences) today launched a free-to-use “Jobs Board” (available at https://peerj.com/jobs/).
The service is currently available for academic, government, and industry positions in the fields of biology, life sciences, medicine, and computer science. The PeerJ website receives hundreds of thousands of visitors each month from readers seeking high quality scientific content, and so this is a powerful way for scientific employers to reach potential candidates.
Jason Hoyt, PeerJ Co-Founder and CEO said: “In light of the increas...
Source: News from STM - July 20, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Featured Open Access Source Type: news
Strategic appointments in Semantico Sales team
Semantico have announced new hires in their sales team to further progress their commitment to strategic customer relationship development.
New Sales Director Jon White brings to Semantico a wealth of experience in the digital content sector. His previous roles include middle and senior management positions at Penguin, Macmillan and Publishing Technology Plc. More recently, he ran his own consulting business, where he led business and sales growth for a number of successful EdTech start-ups.
Also joining the sales team as a Senior Account Manager is Ruth Wells. With previous roles at HighWire and Ingenta, as well as a numb...
Source: News from STM - July 20, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Digital Featured Source Type: news
Wolters Kluwer Health to Participate in Copyright Clearance Center ’s Text Mining Solution
The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced its participation in Copyright Clearance Center’s RightFind™ XML for Mining service that will make it euasier for biomedical researchers to conduct compliant text and data mining across the full text of its professional healthcare journals.
“We’re pleased to participate in this service so that our customers and their researchers can conduct the critical deep data mining for drug discovery and medical research,” said Andrew Richardson, Vice President, Business Devel...
Source: News from STM - July 20, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Digital Featured Source Type: news
Wolters Kluwer Health to Participate in Copyright Clearance Center’s Text Mining Solution
The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced its participation in Copyright Clearance Center’s RightFind™ XML for Mining service that will make it euasier for biomedical researchers to conduct compliant text and data mining across the full text of its professional healthcare journals.
“We’re pleased to participate in this service so that our customers and their researchers can conduct the critical deep data mining for drug discovery and medical research,” said Andrew Richardson, Vice President, Business Devel...
Source: News from STM - July 20, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Digital Featured Source Type: news
Wiley and ILAE partner on a new open access journal for epilepsy research
This article intends to update the community on the work being done by the Task Force on the Classification of the Epilepsies and to solicit comments and criticism from readers.
Following this, the journal will cover: clinical, basic and translational research; clinical trials including pilot trials that may provide new insights or directions; well performed clinical trials that are negative or fail to confirm previous studies; original imaging and pathology research; innovative epidemiology studies; societal and public health impact studies; and clinical implications of basic science in epilepsy.
The journal joins ILAE’...
Source: News from STM - July 19, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Editorial Featured Source Type: news
UKSG announces appointment of Sarah Bull as new Executive Director of UKSG
UKSG, the key professional interest group for the scholarly communications community, has announced the appointment of Sarah Bull as the new Executive Director of UKSG.
UKSG announced the creation of this senior position earlier this year, with the aim of strengthening its team of employees, further supporting volunteers, extending partnerships, and leading operational activities into the next stage of the organisation’s evolution.
Sarah has been involved with UKSG for a number of years as a volunteer, most notably having co-chaired the KBART committee from 2009 to 2013. Her professional background spans both serials and...
Source: News from STM - July 12, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: European Featured Source Type: news
