Cerner to acquire Siemens Health Services - August 8, 2014
Cerner Corporation and Siemens AG have signed a definitive agreement for Cerner to acquire the assets of Siemens' health information technology business unit, Siemens Health Services, for $1.3 billion in cash. By combining investments in R&D, knowledgeable resources, and complementary client bases,… Read More
EndNote collaborates with Science Hack Day to bring global event to Madagascar - August 7, 2014
Thomson Reuters EndNote, the leading software for researchers, librarians and students to manage bibliographies, citations and references, has announced a collaboration with Science Hack Day – a global grassroots movement aimed at empowering scientific innovation - to bring the event to Africa. The continent's first-ever Science… Read More
IMS Health introduces cloud-based life sciences solution to strengthen customer engagement, local sales productivity - August 7, 2014
Information and technology services company IMS Health has announced the immediate availability of Nexxus Mobile Sales—the first complete cloud-based sales performance solution for life sciences - in the US. Nexxus Mobile Sales helps companies implement national brand strategies at local levels by combining continuously updated industry… Read More
CrossRef and California Digital Library in deal to extend discoverability of scholarly publications - August 7, 2014
CrossRef and the California Digital Library (CDL) have signed an agreement that opens a route for library publishers to participate in the scholarly communications hub created by CrossRef. Through the agreement, publishers using CDL's EZID digital identifier service may now choose to… Read More
Six months post launch, 80 percent of UK library services sign up to Access to Research - August 7, 2014
Ten million academic articles, including content from IOP Publishing, are now included in the Access to Research initiative. Since launching earlier this year, the Access to Research initiative has grown quickly to include the majority of local authorities across England, Scotland and Wales. This means… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing performs well in Thomson Reuters’ Journal Citation Reports - August 7, 2014
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has announced that 56.4 percent of its indexed titles have increased in Impact Factor following the release of the 2013 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) by Thomson Reuters. Notable successes include Supply Chain Management, with a new Impact Factor of 2.916… Read More
