Elsevier and American Chemical Society file second lawsuit against ResearchGate for copyright infringement - October 10, 2018
Elsevier and the American Chemical Society (ACS) have filed a second lawsuit against ResearchGate, alleging mass copyright infringement. Last year, the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers, a group representing more than 140 publishers, wrote to ResearchGate, a popular… Read More
Wiley to acquire Learning House from Weld North - October 10, 2018
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a global leader in research and education, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Learning House, an education services provider, from Weld North Holdings. Under the terms of the agreement, Learning House shareholders will receive $200 million in cash. The transaction… Read More
Oxford University Press and Society of Breast Imaging partner to publish Journal of Breast Imaging - October 10, 2018
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) and the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) have announced their partnership to publish Journal of Breast Imaging (JBI), the first peer-reviewed journal to focus solely on breast imaging. JBI is a peer-reviewed publication that aims to provide high quality,… Read More
Royal Society and Publons collaborate on strategic solutions for peer review - October 10, 2018
The Royal Society has announced that it will become Development Partners with Publons, a peer review platform, a Clarivate Analytics company. This partnership will allow both companies to fully collaborate on the Royal Society's strategic requirements in… Read More
LIUC – Università Cattaneo opts to move to Ex Libris Alma, Primo, and Leganto solutions - October 10, 2018
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that Italy's LIUC - Università Cattaneo will be moving to the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform, Primo® discovery and delivery solution, and Leganto™ course reading list solution. Because of the diversity of the technological solutions currently in… Read More
Dove Medical Press and The Charlesworth Group partner to integrate WeChat into its manuscript submission system - October 10, 2018
Dove Medical Press Ltd., a division of Taylor & Francis, has partnered with The Charlesworth Group to integrate its manuscript submission system into Charlesworth's WeChat Gateway platform. The use of WeChat within the scientific community in China continues to grow and has… Read More
