UBM acquires RISI via $14.3 million cash deal - July 7, 2009
Niche information services provider United Business Media Ltd., UK, has announced that it has acquired the remaining 48 percent of the holding company of RISI, Inc. from its joint venture partner Pegasus Partners II, LP for a total cash consideration of $14.3… Read More
Inderscience Publishers announce four new titles - July 7, 2009
STM and business publisher Inderscience, Switzerland, recently published the first issues of four new titles. The journals are: European Journal of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management; International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics; International Journal of Granular Computing, Rough Sets and Intelligent Systems and International Journal of… Read More
Corrigendum - July 7, 2009
This is with reference to the news alert titled "Biomedical journals available via OvidSP included in SLA's top 100 journals" covered in the News Section of Knowledgespeak (dated July 2, 2009). Readers may please note that the news article has been revised on company request. The revised version of the… Read More
Research4Life launches website - July 7, 2009
Research4Life has announced the launch of www.research4life.org.. The website will act as the public face of the Research4Life partnership for journalists, partners and institutions considering joining one of the programmes. It will include news about the programmes, information on the partners and participating institutions, testimonials and… Read More
338 Wiley-Blackwell journals in top 10 rankings by Impact Factor - July 7, 2009
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that 338 of its journals are ranked in the top 10 of their subject categories in the Thomson Reuters 2008 Journal Citation Reports (JCR). Impact factors… Read More
CSIRO sells Funnelback search engine to content management company Squiz - July 7, 2009
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has announced the sale of its Funnelback search engine technology company to content management company Squiz. Funnelback was developed by CSIRO and the Australian National University, originally under the name of P@noptic. Funnelback's flagship product, Funnelback Enterprise, is… Read More
