Press releases

The Royal Society has launched a trial of an open-access service for all of its seven journals. This will allow people to read new…

Springer and the Nano Research Society have announced a new partnership to publish Nanoscale Research Letters (NRL), one of the first nanotechnology journals from…

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses is being launched by Blackwell Publishing amid growing international concerns about the possibility of an influenza pandemic.

Oxford Journals has announced the launch of a new journal for the social neurosciences, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN).

John Wiley & Sons has launched IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the official journal of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan…

Springer has acquired Obesity Surgery, the official journal of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity, from FD-Communications.

Elsevier has launched a new online-only oncology review journal. Update on Cancer Therapeutics will be published quarterly and is intended for clinicians working in…

Springer has begun publishing Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing (MBEC), the official journal of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Thomson Scientific, ScholarOne and Blackwell Publishing have announced a collaboration to provide authors, editors and reviewers with tools to enhance the manuscript review process.

Atypon has upgraded its Atypon Link platform and enhanced the functionality to assist publishers to manage their subscriptions and user accounts.

RefWorks can now organise RSS feeds from multiple sources. This allows users to establish links to favourite RSS feeds and import data from those…

Emerald Group Publishing is launching a new web portal for engineers and is offering free access to the full content on the Emerald Engineering…