Hardin Scholarly Communication News - 10/24/05
A Newsletter for the Health Sciences Campus at the University of Iowa
October 24, 2005
Issue 7.05
Hardin Scholarly Communication News brings together a variety of topics that affect the current system of scholarly communication, with emphasis on new developments, open access and alternative publishing models in the health sciences. This newsletter aims to reflect the interests of its readers so please forward comments, suggestions and entries to include to karen-fischer@uiowa.edu. Subscribers will also receive our newsletter News@Hardin.
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Table of Contents:
Open Access Journal Publishing: the Views of Some of the World’s Senior Authors
2005 Pricing Trends for STM Journanls
OA Publisher to Start Clinical-Trials Journal That Welcomes Negative Results
NIEHS May Privatize its OA Journal
The Lancet Urges Reed Elsevier to Divest Role in Arms Show
UK’s Wellcome Trust Mandates Open Access
The Debut of PLoS Pathogens
University of Pennsylvania Cuts 2,255 Subscriptions
The Problems with Impact Factors
PLoS Editorial: Measures of Impact
More on ACM vs. PubChem
Possible Springer IPO
Is the FBI Spying on the American Library Association?
New and Forthcoming Journals at BioMed Central
Usage Statistics as an Economic Factor in Scholarly Communications
Patriot Act Verdict is Appealed
