NPG in the news
Publishing should help research - Research Information
June/July 2008 issue
"Last October Steven Inchcoombe became managing director of Nature Publishing Group (NPG). We asked him his views on STM publishing."
American College of Gastroenterology and NPG publishing partnership - UKSG Serials eNews
13 May 2008
"From January 2009, NPG will publish the American Journal of Gastroenterology, the official publication of the ACG."
Nature.com wins Best Science Website of 2008 - Research Information
12 May 2008
"Nature Publishing Group's (NPG) website www.nature.com is recognised as the Best Science Website of 2008 in the annual Webby awards."
Scientists Get a 2nd Life – Science News
9 May 2008
"[Second Life] provides a rare opportunity for scientists to interact with the public, and vice versa, says Joanna Scott, who oversees the Nature Publishing Group's three islands: Second Nature, Second Nature 2 and Second Nature 3."
Webby Awards announced – Boing Boing
7 May 2008
"The winners of the 12th Annual Webby Awards have been announced. A bunch of BB faves were honored including National Geographic Magazine Online, PostSecret, I Can Has Cheezburger?, TED.com, Nature.com, and the amazing Skull-A-Day."
UK sites scoop 'web Oscars' – The Guardian
6 May 2008
"The Financial Times website won best business marketplace blog for Alphaville, while the BBC World Service was awarded best radio site, and nature.com took best science site."
UK sites scoop 'web Oscars' – The Guardian
6 May 2008
"The Financial Times website won best business marketplace blog for Alphaville, while the BBC World Service was awarded best radio site, and nature.com took best science site."
Nature grants free access for biomedical journals – SciDevNet
29 April 2008
"Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and INASP (International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications) have teamed up to make NPG's collection of biomedical journals available to more than 20 partner countries."
Nature announces publishing initiatives in Asia-Pacific region – UK-SG Serials E-News
24 April 2008
"Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has announced five new co-publishing agreements for 2009 in Japan and China and the launch of the NPG Asia Materials website with the Tokyo Institute of Technology."
Developing nations get free journal access from Nature – Information World Review
23 April 2008
"Nature Publishing Group is to provide free access to more than 65 of its journals to developing world countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America."
Science 2.0 — Is Open Access Science the Future? – Scientific American
April 2008
"Meanwhile Hannay has been taking the Nature group into the Web 2.0 world aggressively. "Our real mission isn't to publish journals but to facilitate scientific communication," he says."
Connotea - Journal of the Medical Library Association
April 2008
"Overall, Connotea is a very easy, time-saving way for scientists, researchers, and medical librarians to keep track of and discover the literature they need."
E-journal review: SciBX - Information World Review
9 April 2008
"Each week you end up with only the most essential scientific findings, distilled from a weekly review by the SciBX editorial team of 400 papers in 37 high-impact journals."
Read it, like it, list it, share it – Times Higher Education
06 March 2008
The most popular of the academic social bookmarking websites are CiteULike and its main rival Connotea ( www.connotea.org), run by the Nature Publishing Group.
Nature injects Sermo buttons - Information World Review
04 February 2008
"Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is to allow online readers of its articles the opportunity to discuss them on Sermo, the US site for doctors."
Nature launches India portal – Deccan Herald, India
02 February 2008
"Nature India claims to be the first website dedicated to covering the best research from India in a wide range of science disciplines."
Sermo Forges Agreement with Nature Publishing Group – Xconomy.com
15 January 2008
"[The] announcement of another significant partnership—one that will give Sermo's now nearly 50,000 members access to the offerings of Nature Publishing Group (NPG), and vice versa"
DFG funds German licence for Nature archive - Research Information
14 January 2008
"All universities and publicly funded research institutions in Germany now have access to the complete Nature archive from 1869-2007 following a national licence agreement."
Nature journal digitises archive – news.bbc.co.uk
11 January 2008
"The entire archives of the prestigious science journal Nature, stretching back to the first issue on 4 November 1869, have been made available online."
Second Life Climate Change conference - BBC World Service Digital Planet
18 December 2007
Listen to Timo Hannay, NPG's talk about NPG's Second Nature, an archipelago of islands in Second Life on the BBC World Service's Digital Planet podcast
NPG/BioCentury Deal Leverages Expert Analysis Into Adjacent Market – Outsell Insights
13 December 2007
"Given the partners' complementary strengths, strong brands and track records of innovation, the alliance bodes well for the venture's success."
Open access for Nature genome papers – The Scientist
07 December 2007
"Nature Publishing Group has adopted a new formal policy that will allow researchers to freely access, distribute, and reuse all papers which provide organisms' genomic sequences."
Virtual world to host parallel climate – The Age, Australia
05 December 2007
Two climate change conferences are taking place this week: the United Nations forum in Bali, Indonesia and a second meeting gathering animated creatures on an island in cyberspace.
Climate Change in a Virtual World - Chronicle of Higher Education
04 December 2007
Climate change conferences on islands are in vogue this week. Not only is the U.N. hosting one in on the real island of Bali, but a scientific journal is sponsoring one on its virtual archipelago in a computer-generated world.
Steven Inchcoombe Appointed Managing Director of Nature Publishing Group – Managing Information
23 October 2007
"Newly appointed Macmillan CEO Annette Thomas has announced that Steven Inchcoombe, currently Macmillan's International Director, will become Managing Director of Nature Publishing Group (NPG) with immediate effect."
Annette Thomas made CEO of Macmillan - The Independent (Books)
12 October 2007
"The job has gone to Annette Thomas, who has been with the Macmillan Group for 14 years and MD of the expanding Nature Publishing Group since 2000…The promotion makes her a powerful figure in the industry, though it's unlikely that she will play to the gallery. With her academic credentials (first degree from Harvard, a PhD in cell biology from Yale), she doesn't need to. Also, her African American background should help encourage a greater range of talent into the UK business. Hers is an enlightened and exciting appointment."
Thomas: Pan Mac safe at Macmillan – The Bookseller
11 October 2007
"Thomas was previously m.d. of Nature Publishing Group—one of Macmillan's most successful divisions.... The group is already using the "robust" digital business models at Nature Publishing Group to inform the digital strategy at Pan Mac..."
Nature takes over Palgrave Macmillan licence sales – Information World Review
1 October 2007
"With Nature selling Palgrave Macmillan content organisations can now expect their packages to be based on users, not on the number of sites; full access to current content and some archives; and desktop access to unlimited concurrent users."
Into Facebook and Old Friends – Washington Post
30 September 2007
"Nature Publishing Group, a publisher of scientific journals, for example, has developed a technology that will help scientists sync up through a Web application much like Facebook…the point of the service, called Nature Network, is to let scientists share knowledge to improve the quality of their work.
Nature Network could see scientists exchanging ideas, posting data ... and even finding love online- The Guardian
3 July 2007
""Shall we have a meet-up in Halifax? Discuss blogging, science etc?" types Jason.
"I'd like to find an easy method to study the interaction of a known peptide with other unknown peptides," taps Carol.
Welcome to Facebook for professors, postdocs and PhDers in the sciences - otherwise known as Nature Network." The Guardian chats to Matt Brown, London editor of this growing social network.
NPG'S Director of Web Publishing answers some probing questions from a no-nonsense science librarian - Confessions of a Science Librarian
3 July 2007
Q. Some of Nature's recent journal publishing decisions have been quite controversial among librarians. Nature Physics is a good example. Do we really need another Physics journal?
Q. What do you think the future of print journal publishing is in 5 years? 10 years?
Q. Who do you think your biggest competitor is? Open Access journals, other society or commercial publishers or even just the notion that everything is available for free on the web?
Find out how Timo Hannay replied to these questions and others »
Scintilla- the Latest Launch from the Natureplex- Outsell EPS Insights
20 June 2007
"Nature Publishing Group has now launched so many innovative Web 2.0-style initiatives that the development floor of its London offices is being referred to as "the Natureplex." Scintilla, a new information filtering and personalisation aggregator, is the latest service to launch, and indicates not only Nature's understanding of the ways in which scientists work, but also how the range of services might start to come together."
Nature Precedings- Back to the Source- Outsell EPS Insights
18 June 2007
"Nature Publishing Group is launching Nature Precedings, a new free online service which will enable researchers to share, discuss and cite their early findings prior to publication"
Award and award nominations for Nature's journalists
13 June 2007
David Cyranoski, Nature's Asia-Pacific correspondent, has won the 2007 Michel E DeBakey journalism award from the Washington-based Foundation for Biomedical Research, for his article 'Primates in the frame'. This was part of last year's special issue on debates about animal research within the biology community.
Nature journals published majority share of "hottest" research in 2006- ScienceWatch
24 May 2007
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) was the leading publisher in ScienceWatch’s “Hottest Research of 2005-06” report, released last month. Ten of the forty "hottest" papers listed were published in NPG journals; seven in Nature, two in Nature Immunology and one in Nature Genetics.
An Interview with Timo Hannay of Nature Publishing Group - Der Spiegel
18 May 2007
"Nature, the world's best-known scientific publication, is now being transformed into a multimedia platform that includes blogs, podcasts and even a Second Life presence." Der Spiegel talks to NPG's Director of Web Publishing, Timo Hannay, about Nature Publishing Group; past, present and future.
NPG Managing Director wins prize for women in publishing
11 May 2007
Congratulations to Annette Thomas, who won the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize for women in publishing in the UK. The prize commemorates the life and career of Kim Scott Walwyn, a Publishing Director at Oxford University Press until her career was cut short in her early forties by illness. The judges look for the qualities that marked Kim's own career and the careers of those she encouraged - intellectual rigour, excellence and the ability to form and lead creative and innovative publishing teams. The award honors Dr. Thomas's career, which includes 14 years at Nature Publishing Group.
"An Interview With Howard Ratner of Nature Publishing Group" — ScribeMedia
28 March 2007
"Hal Espo, President of Contextual Connections, LLC, sits down with Howard Ratner, EVP/CTO of Nature Publishing Group, to talk about the ever evolving publishing landscape and NPG’s new media efforts.
They cover a broad range of topics, including Digital Object Identifiers and how Nature Publishing Group is leading the way in providing scientists with Connotea, NPG’s social bookmarking experiment.
As the conversation continues, Ratner talks about content labels, the Open Text Mining Interface, scientists’ blogs as the new letters, and what happens when a publisher both listens to and encourages its audience.
For anyone who wants to understand how one of the most venerable science magazines is adapting to the new challenges and opportunities of the Internet, this is the conversation to hear."
"Nature Networks: Local-But Global" — EPS Insights
26 February 2007
"The global site has the real potential — in time it may become a worldwide resource for the informal sharing of data between scientists. This would be of huge benefit to Nature, which would gain a better understanding of its customers' interests...Scientists may gain just as much respect in being an active member of Nature Network. And this perception will accelerate if Nature begins to provide innovative self-publishing tools which give scientists a place to engage with each other — and each other's data."
"Nature Publishing Group Tackles Open Access" — Wired News
7 February 2007
An interview with NPG's David Hoole, head of brand marketing and content licensing, regarding our position on open access.
Nature journalist wins writing award
31 December 2006
Congratulations to Jim Giles, who won the Syngenta Association of British Science Writers Award for the best feature on science subject in a specialist periodical for "The dustiest place on Earth" Nature 434, 816 (2005).
Winner of the SLA Europe Dissertation Prize
30 November 2006
NPG is very proud of Tanya O'Rourke, Project Manager, who recently won the SLA Europe Dissertation Prize for her dissertation exploring the effect of voluntary turnover on an organization's intellectual capital base and strategies to minimize the consequential impact on the effective achievement of strategic objectives. For more information and an interview with Ms. O'Rourke, please see the 2006 Issue 3 of SLA Europe News below.
Nature's avian flu mashup wins publishing award
4 October 2006
In October 2006 Nature's avian flu mashup won the Association of Online Publishers (AOP) Use of a New Digital Platform Award 2006. The award was thus described:
"Nature.com has adapted Google Earth technology to produce an invaluble information resource with detailed findings about the spread of the avian flu virus. The project has been an online publishing success for Nature.com, a scientific breakthrough for animal and human healthcare experts, and as critical hit among blogers, programmers, podcasters and other watchers of new and innovative publishing platforms."
"An interview with Mr. Peter Ashman, Publisher, Nature Clinical Practice" — Knowledgespeak
17 August 2006
Peter Ashman discusses the development of the Nature Clinical Practice series.
"Pointing your peers in the right direction" — Information World Review
20 December 2005
"Connotea is a "social bookmarking" trailblazer that enables scientists to quickly and easily share and tag the online resources they find valuable in their work. IWR pays a visit to the community, and finds that everyone's research ideas can help everyone else."
Winner of International Information Industry Award
30 November 2005
Congratulations to Ben Lund for winning the Annalie Vickers and Jeremy Lakin young achiever award at the International Information Industry Awards.
news@nature.com wins Online News Association Award
30 October 2005
The Online News Association Award for Specialty Journalism, small sites has been awarded to news@nature.com.
Connotea wins award for publishing innovation
19 September 2005
Connotea, a free online reference management service for scientists, developed by Nature Publishing Group, has won the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) Award for Publishing Innovation. This international award is presented annually to products that display 'a significantly innovative approach to any aspect of publication', as judged by a panel of independent experts. The award coincides with the release of the full version of Connotea.
Nature journalist wins writing award
13 September 2005
Congratulations to Declan Butler, who won the Acoustical Society of America's 2004 Science Writing Award in Acoustics for Journalists for his article "Sound and Vision" Nature 427, 480 (2004).
Nature Methods wins circulation award
27 June 2005
Nature Methods has won the 2005 Circulation Management Awards Best B-to-B Launch Publication (Gold).
Naturejobs wins prestigious EPpy award
10 June 2005
Naturejobs has been awarded a prestigious EPpy for the category of 'Best Internet Classified Service' from Editor & Publisher Magazine and Mediaweek. The awards honor the best internet sites associated with the media, and represent a stellar triumph for Naturejobs, which beat a strong field.
Naturejobs wins award for outstanding achievement in internet advertising
1 March 2005
Naturejobs has won the 2005 Internet Advertising Competition Award for Best Employment Online ad for Naturejobs Jobmatch Banners.
"Hottest Journals of the Millennium (so far)" — ScienceWatch
1 January 2005
Nature appears as one of the top two journals in every category, with NPG journals placing highly throughout.
"The Role of RSS in Science Publishing" — D-Lib Magazine
1 January 2005
Congratulations to Tony Hammond, Timo Hannay and Ben Lund on the publication of their paper on the potential of RSS in science publishing.
NPG journalist wins online journalism award
12 November 2004
Congratulations to Mark Peplow, news@nature.com, who has won the PTC New Online Journalist of the Year Award.
Nature journalist wins environmental media prize
25 October 2004
Congratulations to Duncan Graham-Rowe, who won the European regional prize of the 2004 Reuters-IUCN Environmental Media Awards with the article "Breaking up is hard to do" Nature 429, 800 (2004) on the issue of the dismantling of single-hulled ships, and asking the question of whether breaking them up will cause environmental havoc too
Nature's signaling gateway wins ALPSP award for publishing innovation
18 September 2003
"The winner was unanimously agreed. The AfCS-Nature Signaling Gateway is truly innovative. It harnesses cleverly the skills of a commercial publisher (Nature) expert in writing, commissioning, peer reviewing and publishing high-quality content, and the scientific expertise of a group of researchers (a consortium of US cell biology labs)."