Category: Publishers
SPRING into Wiley Online Library
To help students and researchers familiarise themselves with the features of Wiley Online Library, the publisher is running an online quiz.
The quiz is open to all in the Asia-Pacific region, with the following prizes:
PRIZES
1st Prize - iPad mini (5 to be won)
2nd Prize - iPod Nano (5)
3rd Prize - iPod Shuffle (10)
Consolation Prize - Wireless Mouse (10)
There are eight questions, which will take no more than 20 minutes to complete. Entries with all quiz questions answered correctly will enter the lucky draw. The contest runs until May 26.
For more information and to take the quiz, click here.
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Thomson Reuters to Expand Book Citation Index
In a recent announcement from Thomson Reuters the Book Citation Index is expanding, with a new partnerships arrangements with top publishers such as Elsevier, Johns Hopkins University Press and the University of Chicago Press. These publishers, among others, will greatly enhance available content in the Index by adding 10,000 books in 2013, increasing the total to nearly 50,000 books from a variety of commercial, non-profit and university presses worldwide (Thomson Reuters, Jan 2013).
For further information go to Thomson Reuter Book Citation Index.
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The Latest News in Open Access
In July the RSC Publishing launched Gold for Gold, enabling RSC Gold subscribers in the UK to publish RSC papers free-of-charge via Gold Open Access (OA). RSC have extended this initiative to the rest of the world stating that, from now on, all RSC Gold subscribing institutions will be rewarded with voucher codes to publish OA articles at no cost.
To find out exactly how the process will work, take a look at RSC FAQs.
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Will Open-Access Publishing be Less Expensive than Subscription Publishing?
Richard Poynder deliberates the latest report on open-access Reed Elsiveir: Transition to Open Access - Are the cost Savings Sufficient to Protect Margins? Published by investment analyst Claudio Aspei, it examines the cost savings in an open access model with the Reed Elsivier publishers finance team. The report estimates that a full transition to open access could lead to a saving of 10-12% of the cost base of a subscription publisher.
Although it important to note that Claudion Aspesi states
"While this data lessens the estimated potential impact of a transition to OA on the profitability of Reed Elsevier, the message does not change much. Even taking into account a 12% cost reduction, the impact of an OA transition on the profitability of the journal business of Elsevier would be significant."
For further information go to Richards thought provoking discussion on the report.
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