Brill’s International Review of Pragmatics now included in SCOPUS - June 18, 2014
International scholarly publisher Brill has announced that its International Review of Pragmatics is now included in SCOPUS. With this addition, over 60% of Brill's journals have now been selected for coverage in SCOPUS. SCOPUS is the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature… Read More
Wiley acquires SimBioSys - June 13, 2014
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has acquired SimBioSys Inc., a provider of scientific software tools that facilitate the drug discovery process. Terms were not disclosed. SimBioSys is a pioneer in the field of computer-aided retrosynthetic analysis where it supports chemists in the challenges of… Read More
Brill completes acquisition of Editions Rodopi - June 13, 2014
Scholarly publisher Koninklijke Brill N.V. has closed the acquisition of all shares of Editions Rodopi B.V., Amsterdam. The acquisition includes highly esteemed book series and journals in history, philosophy, theology, social sciences, linguistics, literature, and cultural studies. In total, the publishing list comprises 3,000 book titles,… Read More
SAGE set to publish Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics - June 12, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE will begin publishing the Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics (JERHRE), beginning July 2014. JERHRE claims to be the only journal in the field of human research ethics dedicated exclusively to publishing empirical research. With a focus on a wide variety… Read More
Taylor & Francis Group LLC acquires Landes Bioscience - June 10, 2014
Publisher Taylor & Francis Group has acquired Austin TX-based publisher Landes Bioscience Inc (LBI). LBI's list of 50 journal titles covers a range of topics, including genetics, cell biology, molecular biology and biomedicine. The Landes Bioscience publishing program covers a range of specialist titles, many… Read More
Reed Business Information acquires agricultural software and workflow solutions business, Farmade - June 9, 2014
Reed Business Information (RBI), a division of Reed Elsevier, recently announced that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of agricultural software and workflow solutions business Farmade. Farmade will join RBI's agricultural information, software and marketing solutions business, Farmers Weekly Group. Farmade provides widely… Read More
