Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - January 19, 2015
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: David Crotty (Compliance: The Coming Storm); Ben McCluskey (Impact doesn’t have to be a dirty word – staying positive about the promotion of scientific excellence); Phil Davis (Social Media And Its Impact on Medical Research); and Steven T. Corneliussen (Should… Read More
Holtzbrinck Publishing Group and BC Partners in deal to merge majority of Macmillan Science and Education with Springer Science+Business Media - January 16, 2015
Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (Holtzbrinck) and BC Partners (BCP) have reached an agreement to merge Springer Science+Business Media (owned by funds advised by BCP) in its entirety with the majority of Holtzbrinck-owned Macmillan Science and Education (MSE), namely Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan and the global businesses… Read More
Elsevier acquires media monitoring company Newsflo - January 16, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the acquisition of Newsflo, a London-based company that helps researchers and academic institutions to measure the wider impact of their work by tracking and analysing media coverage of their publications and findings. Currently Newsflo tracks over 55,000 English-speaking global media… Read More
Editage becomes first adopter of Aries’ manuscript ingest functionality for Editorial Manager - January 16, 2015
Aries Systems, a provider of workflow solutions to STMS publishers, societies, and researchers, announced at their Eleventh Annual European Editorial Manager User Group Meeting in London, England, that Editage, the flagship manuscript editing brand of Cactus Communications, is the first adopter of its new 'ingest service'… Read More
CCC announces findings from open access roundtable discussion with UK institutions and publishers - January 16, 2015
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organisation, recently brought together institutions from the UK and publishers from both the US and UK for an Open Access roundtable discussion to explore the implications of managing Open Access fees on a large scale.… Read More
SAGE launches OA journal Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine - January 16, 2015
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of a new peer-reviewed, 'gold' open access journal, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine (GGM). An interdisciplinary journal sponsored by the Southern Gerontology Society (SGS), GGM will publish original research, review articles, and will serve as an interactive forum for the… Read More
