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Issue 2011/13 (March 25 – March 31, 2011)
STM NEW TOPICS
SCIENTIFIC DATA MANAGEMENT, INDEXING & ARCHIVING (1)
ALLIANCES, PARTNERSHIPS & CONSOLIDATIONS (8)
NEW RELEASE – JOURNALS / PRODUCTS / SERVICES (9)
RESULTS / FINDINGS FROM RESEARCH REPORTS (5)
PUBLIC ACCESS (4)
EVENTS AND CONFERENCES (3)
NEW APPOINTMENTS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (2)
CITATION STATISTICS / ANALYSES / ENHANCEMENTS (2)
COPYRIGHTS / DATA INTEGRITY / ETHICAL ISSUES (1)
SEARCH TECHNOLOGIES (3)
COLLABORATIVE CONTENT / WEB 2.0 / SOCIAL NETWORKING (1)
LIBRARY - MANAGEMENT / DIGITIZATION / AUTOMATION (1)
MULTI-CHANNEL PUBLISHING / INNOVATIVE E-PUBLISHING SERVICES / NEW CONTENT FORMATS (1)
SUPPORT TOOLS / SOFTWARE / SOLUTIONS (4)
REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS (1)
LICENSING, PRICING AND CONTRACTS (1)
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NEWS IN DETAIL
SCIENTIFIC DATA MANAGEMENT, INDEXING & ARCHIVING
Future Medicine journal accepted for coverage by Chemical Abstracts
Future Medicine Ltd., part of Future Science Group, has announced that its new journal Diabetes
Management, launched in January 2011, has been selected for coverage by Chemical Abstracts.
Chemical Abstracts, a division of the American Chemical Society, is an authoritative and
comprehensive source for chemical information.
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ALLIANCES, PARTNERSHIPS & CONSOLIDATIONS
Targeted Media, Inc. names Informa Healthcare as content partner for 'The Educated Patient'
series
Informa Healthcare Communications has announced that it has been selected by Targeted Media,
Inc., a Time Inc. company, as content partner for 'The Educated Patient' series. Informa Healthcare
Communications is a division of global publisher Informa Healthcare.
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Thomson Reuters partners with Blue Sky Broadcast to offer complete conference solution
Thomson Reuters has announced a partnership with Blue Sky Broadcast to provide a complete, endto-end solution for organisations seeking to schedule and broadcast their meetings and conferences.
The partnership will enable scholarly societies and associations to review and select the best
meeting content using Thomson Reuters ScholarOne Abstracts.
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EBSCO and Dowden partner to integrate consumer health information and website development
services
EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has announced a new partnership with Dowden Custom Media (Dowden).
The partnership brings the expertise in website development and integration of Dowden's in-house
Web development team, eCrossings Media, together with evidence-based consumer health
information from EBSCO's Health Library.
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Elsevier, Cleveland Clinic partner to provide relevant physician content via First Consult
STM publisher Elsevier has announced a strategic relationship between First Consult and Cleveland
Clinic to provide physician-author support of content for First Consult. First Consult is an evidencebased resource integrated into the clinical workflow to deliver trusted medical information at the
point-of-care.
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TechTarget to acquire Computer Weekly from Reed Business Information
Technology media company TechTarget, Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire the websites,
product offerings, and events associated with Computer Weekly and its sister channel-targeted
brand MicroScope from Reed Business Information Ltd. The transaction is expected to close by the
end of April.
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Publishers Communication Group to represent Independent Scholarly Publishers Group in
Europe
The Independent Scholarly Publishers Group (ISPG) has announced that Publishers Communication
Group (PCG) will be representing its content in Europe. The ISPG is a coalition of seventeen
independent publishers of 40 journals and related academic content.
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Springer and Brazilian Physical Society announce publishing partnership
STM publisher Springer has announced a publishing partnership with the Brazilian Physical Society
(SBF). Under the deal, Springer will publish the society's official publication, the Brazilian Journal
of Physics, beginning in 2011.
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EMpact Sales to provide sales representation service for Informa Healthcare
EMpact Sales (EMpact), the publisher representation group of EBSCO Information Services, has
announced an agreement with publisher Informa Healthcare. Under the deal, EMpact will provide
sales representation for the latter's electronic and print products in various regions.
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NEW RELEASE – JOURNALS / PRODUCTS / SERVICES
Touch Group PLC unveils new clinical portal touchophthalmology.com
Touch Group PLC has announced the launch of a new clinical portal touchophthalmology.com. The
new portal will serve as an authoritative open access resource for Ophthalmologists and hospital
administrators to stay abreast of the latest advances and opinion in clinical practice.
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InTech launches new OA journal - Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
Open access (OA) publisher InTech has announced the launch of its new OA journal - Nanomaterials
and Nanotechnology. Operating under a 'free for all' model, the journal seeks to bring important
advantages to authors and readers.
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Mary Ann Liebert set to launch OA journal on shingles and PHN
Medical publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. has announced the launch of a bimonthly open access peerreviewed journal, Shingles and PHN. Scheduled for launch in fall 2011, the journal will provide a
much-needed authoritative source and central forum on research and clinical applications.
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Inaugural issue of Nature Climate Change goes live
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group has announced the publication of the first issue of
Nature Climate Change at www.nature.com/natureclimatechange. The new journal strives to
synthesise interdisciplinary research, and research articles in the first issue range from atmospheric
science to psychology.
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SAGE launches new journal - Dialogues in Human Geography
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of a new journal - Dialogues in Human
Geography. The primary aim of the journal is to stimulate open and critical debate on the
philosophical, methodological and pedagogic foundations of geographic thought and praxis.
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Credo Reference launches new online community - Libraries Thriving
Online reference service Credo Reference has announced the launch of a new online community,
Libraries Thriving. Libraries Thriving facilitates collaboration on the innovative use of e-resources
and is free to all members of the educational community - librarians, educators, researchers,
publishers and library vendors.
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CCC launches 'Get It Now' service for academic institutions
Non-profit copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) has announced
the launch of 'Get It Now.' The service supplements CCC's Annual Copyright License for Academic
Institutions.
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Inderscience announces inaugural issues of four new titles
STM and business publisher Inderscience recently published the first issues of four new titles. The
new journals are: International Journal of Aviation Management, International Journal of
Mechatronics and Automation, International Journal of Space-Based and Situated Computing and
International Journal of Transitions and Innovation Systems.
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Emerald launches the Journal of Social Marketing
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing has announced that the
first issue of its newly launched publication, Journal of Social Marketing. The publisher will be
offering free online access to the content from April 1, 2011 for two months.
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RESULTS / FINDINGS FROM RESEARCH REPORTS
Annual Reviews new white paper explores how researchers are coping with information
overload
Nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews has released a new white paper that explores how today's
researchers are coping with information overload. The paper shares the results of research
conducted by Annual Reviews, along with expert opinion from leading scientists.
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China set to surpass the US as biggest publisher of scientific papers
The Royal Society, the UK's national academy of science, has released a new report titled
'Knowledge, Networks and Nations: Global scientific collaboration in the 21st century.' The report
analysed a wide variety of data, including trends in the number of scientific publications produced
by all countries.
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Just a fraction of Twitter users attract significant attention, says Yahoo study
Yahoo! Research has released a study on Twitter usage across the world. According to the study,
'Who Says What to Whom on Twitter', about 20,000 Twitter users (0.05 percent of the total user
base) steal almost half of the spotlight.
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RSC welcomes report on a low carbon nuclear future
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has welcomed the publication of the Smith School of
Enterprise and the Environment report 'A low carbon nuclear future: Economic assessment of
nuclear materials and spent nuclear fuel management in the UK'. The RSC is the UK Professional
Body for chemical scientists and an international Learned Society for the chemical sciences.
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Free access does not ensure more citations, says FASEB Journal report
A paper in the FASEB Journal shows that free access to scientific journal articles leads to increases
in downloads, but not increased citations. The study, by Philip M. Davis from Cornell University, is
expected to help scientists make decisions about where they publish their work.
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PUBLIC ACCESS
Elsevier provides free access to online clinical reference tools for Japan earthquake relief
efforts
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that the company is providing free access to its primary
online clinical reference tools - MD Consult and First Consult - to all IPs originating from Japan. Free
access will be available through April, 2011.
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The Helmholtz Association and New Journal of Physics announce funding agreement
The Helmholtz Association and the New Journal of Physics (NJP) have signed a funding agreement to
cover article publication charges for all authors affiliated to any of the Helmholtz Research Centres
who publish with NJP. The initial term of the agreement will extend until the end of 2011.
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WK Health offers free access to medical resources for disaster relief efforts in Japan
LWW and Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, are providing free online access to emergency,
disaster, trauma and radiation contamination resources to Japanese hospitals and healthcare
institutions affected by the recent disasters. The online access is provided via the Wolters Kluwer
Health Emergency Resources Portal.
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PLoS Medicine articles examine issues in taking OA to developing world
PLoS Medicine published two articles discussing the issues to be resolved to ensure that open access
provides for global information needs. The articles say it is essential that standards for the
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assessment of journal quality and relevance in new OA journals don't ignore development needs.
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EVENTS AND CONFERENCES
NFAIS members invited to free webinar on Google Books Settlement ruling
Chris Kenneally of the Copyright Clearance Center has extended a free registration to all NFAIS
members to join him and copyright expert Lois Wasoff for a webinar on the recent Google Books
Settlement Agreement ruling. The webinar is scheduled for March 30, 2011 at 12:00 pm EST.
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Berlin 9 Open Access Conference to be held in Washington, DC
The ninth installment in the Berlin Open Access Conference Series will take place at the Howard
Hughes Medical Institute on November 9 and 10, 2011. The conference will focus on the role that
open online access can play in accelerating the conduct and communication of scholarship.
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CAS to demonstrate SciFinder Mobile and SciPlanner at ACS Spring National Meeting
Chemical Abstracts Service will provide previews of two enhancements to its SciFinder research
platform - SciFinder Mobile and SciPlanner - at the 241st ACS National Meeting and Exposition.
SciFinder Mobile is scheduled for launch on April 4, 2011, while SciPlanner will be introduced in
SciFinder on April 18, 2011.
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NEW APPOINTMENTS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES
Dr. Willem J. Kop named new Editor-in-Chief of Psychosomatic Medicine, Journal of
Biobehavioral Medicine
The Council of the American Psychosomatic Society (APS) has announced the appointment of Dr.
Willem Kop as Editor-in-Chief of Psychosomatic Medicine, Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine, the
official journal of the American Psychosomatic Society. The journal is published by Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins.
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UC Press appoints two new members to its Board of Directors
The University of California Press (UC Press) has announced the appointment of two new members
to its Board of Directors. Publishing veterans Michael Morgan and Stephen Rhind-Tutt will support
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the Press in its mission to push the boundaries of traditional publishing through digital products and
initiatives.
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CITATION STATISTICS / ANALYSES / ENHANCEMENTS
2010 rankings of Asia-Pacific research institutions as per Nature Publishing Index released
Nature has published a supplement on the 2010 rankings of research institutions in the Asia-Pacific
based on the Nature Publishing Index, a measure of the output of articles in Nature journals.
Simultaneously, a global version of the index as a beta website was also released.
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Asia Pacific dominates chemistry research output, says Thomson Reuters analysis
Information services provider Thomson Reuters has released an analysis, according to which the Asia
Pacific region has become the dominant producer of research papers in chemistry. The region
contributed about 43 percent of research papers published in the internationally influential journals
indexed by Thomson Reuters.
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COPYRIGHTS / DATA INTEGRITY / ETHICAL ISSUES
Microsoft files European antitrust complaint against Google
Microsoft has reportedly filed a formal complaint against Google with the European antitrust
regulators, claiming that Google engages in a 'pattern of actions' that impede competition unfairly.
It is reportedly for the first time that Microsoft has filed a complaint with regulators over
competition issues.
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SEARCH TECHNOLOGIES
Yahoo unveils advanced feature in search engine for quicker results
Yahoo has launched Yahoo Search Direct, a new feature that gives users answers to their questions
without having to click on the search results. The product is similar to Google Instant, which
automatically shows search results as people type their queries.
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Accessible Archives content now available via WorldCat Local and TouchPoint services
Accessible Archives, Inc., an electronic publisher of primary source full-text historical databases,
has signed an agreement with OCLC Online Computer Library Center. Under the deal, Accessible
Archives' content will be now be available through the WorldCat Local and TouchPoint services.
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Serials Solutions and HathiTrust collaborate to increase discoverability of libraries' print
collections
Serials Solutions and HathiTrust have announced an agreement to enable full-text search of the
entire HathiTrust collection of digitised scholarly books from the Summon web-scale discovery
service. This collaboration makes the full text of much of the library's physical collection as easily
searchable as its electronic content.
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COLLABORATIVE CONTENT / WEB 2.0 / SOCIAL NETWORKING
SPARC launches new e-forum for subject repository development
SPARC will host a new discussion forum dedicated to the unique needs of the subject-based digital
repository community. As repositories continue to grow as an engine for driving Open Access
worldwide, new challenges and opportunities emerge and the demand for more focused
conversations grows.
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LIBRARY - MANAGEMENT / DIGITIZATION / AUTOMATION
ebrary and YBP Library Services launch integrated Demand Driven Acquisition model
E-books and research technology provider ebrary and long-time partner YBP Library Services have
announced the launch of an integrated Demand Driven Acquisition model that may be used in
conjunction with Short Term Loans. The new programme enables libraries to cost-effectively and
efficiently provide patrons with access to vast amounts of information.
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MULTI-CHANNEL PUBLISHING / INNOVATIVE E-PUBLISHING SERVICES / NEW CONTENT FORMATS
ACS Mobile app now available on Android tablets and smartphones
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the expansion of its mobile application, ACS
Mobile, to tablet and smartphone devices with Google's Android OS. ACS Mobile allows scientists to
keep current with a live, multi-journal stream of new peer-reviewed research content published
across the Society's portfolio of 39 scholarly research journals.
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SUPPORT TOOLS / SOFTWARE / SOLUTIONS
Google defers open access to Honeycomb mobile OS for tablet PCs
Google is reportedly delaying widespread access to the new version of its Android software,
Honeycomb. It is delaying the release of its tablet operating system until it works on smartphones
too. No timeline was mentioned for when Honeycomb would be available as open source software.
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Ozarks Medical Center to implement ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision
Support
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Ozarks Medical Center has selected ProVation Order Sets,
powered by UpToDate Decision Support, as the hospital's electronic order set solution. ProVation
Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, provides flexible integration into clinical
processes to streamline the delivery of standardised care for improved patient safety, outcomes,
clinician performance and regulatory compliance.
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Thomson Reuters and Iatric Systems partner to integrate Micromedex CareNotes into Iatric
Systems Patient Discharge Module
Thomson Reuters and Iatric Systems, Inc have collaborated to offer content from the Micromedex
CareNotes System integrated into the Iatric Systems Patient Discharge Module. Iatric Systems
customers can now access CareNotes content within the Patient Discharge Module.
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JISC executive secretary calls for more investment in cloud computing
JISC executive secretary Dr Malcolm Read has called for more investment in cloud computing in
front of an international audience recently. He was addressing policy makers, funders, vendors and
researchers at a workshop in Belgium run by e-Infranet, which develops policies to promote ICT
infrastructures.
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REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS
Eminem's legal victory may set course for sharing of digital revenues with artists
The US Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal on a lower court's decision that digital music
should be treated as a licence. Though the artist at the centre of the suit is Eminem, other artists
may benefit from the case, it is expected.
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LICENSING, PRICING AND CONTRACTS
Thomson Reuters announces web-based extension of RED BOOK offering
Information services provider Thomson Reuters has announced the availability of RED BOOK Online,
a web-based extension of its current RED BOOK offering. Updated daily, RED BOOK Online provides
transparent and consistent drug pricing and descriptive product information.
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