Kategorie: Publikationswesen

New Nature journals

– Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, published on behalf of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. – Immunology and Cell Biology has an illustrious tradition, over more than 80 years, of publishing high-quality research that spans the whole of…

British Dental Association / journal price increases

Wie Herr Kämper in liblicense berichtet, haben die – manchmal – unsäglich profitorientierten Tier-Modelle (FTE-based pricing) nun auch auf die British Dental Association übergegriffen. Nun ja, wer bei Nature Publishing Press herausgeben läßt, weiß warum … I would like to…

Ergebnis: Welche Pediatrics-Version lizenzieren Sie?

Die Abstimmung Welche Pediatrics-Version lizenzieren Sie? lief vom 24.7. bis 17.9.. Ungeachtet aller Entwicklungen, um medizinische Forschungsergebnisse zum Dienste der Menschheit frei verfügbar zu machen – wie z.B. Open Access, versuchen einige Verleger weiter ihre Schäfchen ins Trockene zu bringen.…

Springer-Informa merger?

The two powerful holding companies Cinven and Candover, which already own Springer, may buy Informa (Acta Oncologica, Acta Radiologica, International Journal of Radiation Biology, Leukemia and Lymphoma, Pediatric Hematology & Oncology usw) and create a Springer-Informa merger. In the News…

Analysis of data on scholarly journals publishing

This extensive report was done by the Research Information Network (RIN), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Research Councils UK (RCUK) […] to commission a thorough review of data relating to the operation and costs of scholarly journal…

Discussion about FTE-based pricing

Die heiß geliebten Tier-Modelle haben eine interessante Diskussion in liblicense entfacht. (mit einem Klick auf „Thread Next“ können Sie durch die Diskussion navigieren)

Springer acquires Humana Press

Die Fusionierungswelle ist noch lange nicht abgeebt… Based in Totowa, NJ, USA, Humana Press publishes the Methods in Molecular Biology series, the Cancer Drug Discovery and Development series, the Contemporary Cardiology series, the Neuromethods series, the Methods in Molecular Medicine…

More on the pricing crisis

Anthea Lipsett: Journals spending soars to £100m, squeezing book budgets. In: Times Higher Education Supplement, October 6, 2006 (accessible only to subscribers). [via OAN]

Strong Copyright + DRM + Weak Net Neutrality = Digital Dystopia?

Article by Charles w. Bailey, Jr. Abstract: Three critical issues – dramatic expansion of the scope, duration, and punitive nature of copyright laws; the ability of Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems to lock-down digital content in an unprecedented fashion; and…

Wiley’s Pharmacology and Toxicology Backfile Collection live

Wiley annonced that the Pharmacology and Toxicology Backfile Collection went live in September. The 13 journal collection spans 34,400 articles of historical papers and includes the seminal titles Archiv der Pharmazie and the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Help AMA to digitize back files!

The American Medical Association is preparing to digitize the back files of JAMA & Archives to make them available to the library community.

Saur: Klotz am deGruyter-Bein?

Immer mehr Forscher tauschen ihre Aufsätze im Internet aus. Bei de Gruyter hat man das spät erkannt, immerhin gibt jetzt es den „Pschyrembel“, ein Standardwerk der Medizin, und etliche Zeitschriften online. Aber was, wenn das Internet die papierenen Bibliografien und…

The Company of Biologists is adopting a tiered pricing system

Apple of the Months for the Company of Biologists! The Company is adopting a tiered pricing system for its journals, Development, Journal of Cell Science and The Journal of Experimental Biology from 2007 onwards. Description of the tiers and their…

charkinblog.macmillan.com

Der CEO von Macmillan (Teil von Holtzbrinck und Mutter von Nature Publishing Group), Richard Charkin beklagt die Copyright Erosion durch OA und zeigt sich in seinem eigenen Blog über Open Access schlecht unterrichtet.

The Trouble with Medical Journals

The Trouble with Medical Journals by Richard Smith (BMJ-Editor), Royal Society of Medicine, October 2006, is now on pre-order at Amazon. [Thanks OAN] Aus einem Review: Medical journals have become „creatures of the drug industry“ rife with fraudulent research and…