NISO launches new project to develop XML standard for producing standards documents - August 7, 2015
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) voting members have approved a new project to standardize the ISO Standard Tag Set (ISOSTS) in line with JATS (ANSI/NISO Z39.96-2012 JATS: Journal Article Tag Suite) for application by standards development organisations (SDOs) and use in the standards ecosystem. In… Read More
New findings forecast global pharma sales to reach $1.3 trillion by 2018 - August 6, 2015
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the release of the 2015 CMR Pharmaceutical R&D Factbook, the biopharmaceutical industry's leading resource of global R&D trends. Despite concerns around declines in R&D, the analysis identifies a surge in global sales with 2014's $1… Read More
Kuansan Wang, Director of the Internet Service Research Centre at Microsoft Research, to give keynote at ALPSP Conference - August 5, 2015
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has announced that Kuansan Wang, Director of the Internet Service Research Centre at Microsoft Research, is now confirmed as a keynote speaker at next month's ALPSP Conference. Kuansan will consider how we are on a journey,… Read More
New STN breaks ground with Markush structure search and enhanced content for Intellectual Property exploration and research - August 4, 2015
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) and FIZ Karlsruhe have revealed the latest innovations for Intellectual Property (IP) professionals. New STN, a web-based search solution, offers access to essential, curated content in an intuitive interface designed for professional IP searching. Highlights of this most… Read More
COAR launches draft ‘Resource Type’ vocabulary for open access repositories - August 4, 2015
Open access repositories are evolving in terms of the roles they play and the attributes they aim to express in their records. Users want to know about additional metadata elements used for describing repository items, such as open access status, research funder, institutional affiliation, and so on. Given the truly… Read More
Annual Outsell STM Market Size and Share Report indicates strong industry performance - August 3, 2015
Research and advisory firm Outsell, Inc. has announced publication of its annual Scientific, Technical & Medical Information: 2015 Marsket Size, Share, Forecast, and Trend Report. Growing at a rate of 3.6% over 2013, the $33.7 billion STM market comprises an impressive 4.4% of the total information… Read More
