De Gruyter acquires academic publishers Oldenbourg and Akademie - February 27, 2013
Academic publisher De Gruyter, Germany, has announced the acquisition of two academic publishers with a long and rich tradition - Akademie Verlag, based in Berlin, and Oldenburg Wissenschaftsverlag, based in Munich. Both companies were acquired retroactively as of January 1, 2013 from Franz Cornelsen Bildungsgruppe, which… Read More
EBSCO Publishing releases CINAHL Complete - February 27, 2013
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that CINAHL, a research tool for nursing and allied health literature, will now provide even more content with the introduction of CINAHL Complete. The database will offer 71 percent more full-text journals… Read More
WK Health expands Medi-Span to include Patient Safety Programs File - February 27, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that its Medi-Span solution has been expanded to include a new Patient Safety Programs File. The application enables health IT systems to rapidly identify drugs containing specific characteristics that require surveillance based on federal regulations.… Read More
RSC to host UK’s chemical database service and develop chemistry data repository - February 27, 2013
The UK's Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has won the tender from EPSRC to operate the UK National Chemical Database Service from 2013 to 2017. The service, providing access to selected data sources to UK academic researchers, was launched on January 2, 2013 with an initial… Read More
Brazilian Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases moves to BioMed Central - February 27, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases (JVATiTD) has moved to BioMed Central's open access publishing platform. The journal is the official academic journal of The Center for the Study of Venoms and Venomous… Read More
BioMed Central expands BMC-series portfolio, launches BMC Psychology - February 27, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of BMC Psychology, the latest addition to the BMC-series portfolio. This marks a significant milestone for the BMC-series family of open access journals, as it is the first new journal since 2008 and will lead the… Read More
