Press Releases

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

Springer and the Nano Research Society have announced a new partnership to publish Nanoscale Research Letters (NRL), one of the first nanotechnology journals from a major publisher to publish articles with open access.

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

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

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

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 scientific papers, free of charge.

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 feeds directly into RefWorks.

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

EBSCO Publishing has made available an enhanced search experience for DynaMed. The DynaMed resource is now said to be more efficient and easy-to-use.

Sage Publications has acquired two journals from Prime National Publishing Corporation: American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias.

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