Brill completes acquisition of Ferdinand Schöningh / Wilhelm Fink; appoints Jörg Persch as Managing Director - December 21, 2016
International scholarly publisher Brill has completed the acquisition of Ferdinand Schöningh and Wilhelm Fink, including the imprint Konstanz University Press. The Germany based publishing houses have an annual turnover of more than € 3 million. The acquisition is accretive and will strengthen Brill's program in… Read More
Nature Research and the Scripps Translational Science Institute partner to launch new OA journal – npj Digital Medicine - December 20, 2016
Nature Research has announced a partnership with the Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) to launch a new international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal, npj Digital Medicine. The new journal will publish high-quality original papers and review articles to guide innovation in, and the transformation of, health and healthcare… Read More
BMJ partners with Guangdong Family Doctor Association to support primary healthcare in China - December 19, 2016
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has partnered with Guangdong Family Doctor Association to make their fully translated Chinese edition of BMJ Best Practice available to over two million primary healthcare professionals across China. Last week, the UK's Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, attended the signing ceremony at… Read More
CDL announces new consortial contract for systemwide access to Taylor & Francis journals - December 19, 2016
The California Digital Library has finalized an agreement on a new consortial contract for systemwide access to Taylor & Francis journals effective with the 2016 calendar year. The new agreement, negotiated and implemented early in 2016 but only recently finalized, is a successor to a previous… Read More
Figshare partners with Springer Nature to enhance research data discoverability - December 16, 2016
Figshare, an online digital repository for academic research, has announced a new partnership with Springer Nature to support BioMed Central and SpringerOpen authors who wish to openly share their supplementary data. Figshare is now hosting additional files from more than 300… Read More
American Society of Clinical Oncology appoints Dr. Gilberto de Lima Lopes as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Global Oncology - December 16, 2016
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has announced the appointment of Dr. Gilberto de Lima Lopes Jr. as Editor-in-Chief of the Society's Journal of Global Oncology (JGO) in early 2017. Dr. Lopes will direct the editorial scope of JGO, an online-only, open-access journal addressing the… Read More
