Karger Publishers and Derma.one GmbH sign joint venture to develop dermatology app - May 8, 2019
Medical and scientific publishing company Karger Publishers and Derma.one GmbH have recently signed a joint venture contract. The purpose of the cooperation is the long-term, global commercialisation and further development of the ‘dermakonsil’ app. Karger will contribute its competences in content management and publishing while… Read More
Open Access: it is about more than just journal articles - April 26, 2019
For Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities respectively over 40% and over 60% of output consists of not being regular journal articles. Solely looking at journal articles ignores a significant share of their contribution to research and society. This is an important finding of a research into publication cultures commissioned… Read More
Publishers welcome 2019 USTR Special 301 Report addressing continuing copyright protection and enforcement concerns - April 26, 2019
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has welcomed the release of the 2019 Special 301 Report by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). The Special 301 Report continues to be a critical tool for policymakers to identify and highlight barriers that impede the ability… Read More
HighWire’s Rejected Article Tracker granted US patent - April 25, 2019
Scholarly publishing technology provider, HighWire, has been issued a patent for the algorithm and design which underlies the HighWire Vizor Rejected Article Tracker. Granted on April 9, 2019 by the United States Patent Office, the algorithm was developed by John Sack as lead inventor, working… Read More
ARL white paper on Wikidata brings to light use of open knowledge in scholarly communication, special collections - April 19, 2019
In a new Association of Research Libraries (ARL) white paper, a task force of expert Wikidata users recommend a variety of ways for librarians to use the open knowledge base in advancing global discovery of their collections, faculty, and institutions. Librarians are using Wikidata’s structured… Read More
Ramsay Générale de Santé deploys Elsevier’s clinical knowledge solution, ClinicalKey - April 17, 2019
Elsevier, the global information analytics business specializing in science and health, has announced that Ramsay Générale de Santé, a leader in its sector, is the first private hospital in France to deploy ClinicalKey, a clinical knowledge solution from Elsevier. With its intelligent search engine and rich… Read More
