Societies
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Societies
1) Mirko, Zhao, and Tiago, thank you for taking the time to speak to Publishing News. We’d like to start by finding out about your current position and your lab. Mirko: Thanks to you. I think the following mix of European, Chinese and South American answers could turn out to be very interesting. I…
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David Nicholson
Vice President & Journals Publishing Director
Societies Research
In November 2011 the U.S. Government issued two Requests for Information (RFIs) relating to open access to peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles resulting from federally funded research. Wiley-Blackwell is responding to both RFIs and is strongly encouraging our society partners with significant membership in the US and/or federally funded articles to do the same. We have…
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Alice Meadows
Director of Society Relations
Societies
Following the Danish governments approval of the Council of the European Unions conclusions on scientific information in the digital age in 2007, a committee was appointed to produce a report entitled Recommendations for Implementation of Open Access in Denmark. The first version of this report was submitted to the Minister of Science in May 2010. It was highly…
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Jesper Konradsen
Senior Editor, Health Sciences
Societies
Chaucer 49; Dickens 20; JK Rowling 12* mean sentence lengths (MSL) in words. And it’s no coincidence that the more recent the author, the shorter the MSL. Admittedly, the works of JK Rowling are not strictly comparable with those of Chaucer and Dickens. Still, both Rowling and Dickens appeal(ed) to a broad public, and…
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Andrew Moore
Editor-in-Chief, Redaktion Bioessays
Societies Research
Wiley is pleased to announce the re-launch of To Our Authors in a newly designed, interactive PDF format. The newsletter covers company news of interest to the author community, relevant new products and services, and includes an extensive section featuring author and title honors and awards. Access the newsletter at Wiley Resources for Authors (http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-301837.html);…
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Christine Nelson-Rivers
Project Manager, Society Relations
Societies Research
Sense About Science is a charitable trust, based in the UK, which equips people to make sense of scientific and medical claims in public discussion. Since 2007, they have worked with scientists to produce Making Sense of Science for Celebrities an annual review of the odd science claims people in the public eye have…
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Christine Nelson-Rivers
Project Manager, Society Relations
Societies Research
Wiley-Blackwell has recently announced that it is participating in the pilot to launch the CrossMark service from CrossRef a multi-publisher initiative designed to provide a standard way for readers to identify and locate the publisher-maintained version of a piece of content. CrossMark is an optional service for CrossRef members, comprising: A logo that informs…
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Edward Wates
Vice President & Director, Global Journals Content Management
Societies Research
The Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID) continue to be developed by the ORCID organization. During 2011, it received grants and other funding of around $600k from the Mellon Foundation, the US National Science Foundation, VIVO, and 50 other sponsors, including Wiley. An additional $1.3m in start-up loans has also been pledged by 15 CrossRef…
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Craig Van Dyck
Vice President, Global Content Management
Societies
December 1 saw the launch of Wiley-Blackwells new website for societies. A mix of information about Wiley-Blackwell and society resources, societypublishing.wiley.com aims to be a one-stop-shop for busy association executives, journal editors, and others. It includes information about our services from basic publishing through to innovative new digital products as well as useful…
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Alice Meadows
Director of Society Relations