Informa to acquire Penton for $1.56 billion - September 15, 2016
MidOcean Partners ("MidOcean"), a middle market private equity firm, and Wasserstein & Co. ("Wasserstein"), an independent private equity and investment firm, have entered into a definitive agreement to sell Penton, an innovative professional information services company, to Informa plc ("Informa") for $1.56… Read More
Elsevier launches QUOSA PV to help pharma companies improve literature monitoring for pharmacovigilance - September 15, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has updated its pharmacovigilance (PV) portfolio with the launch of QUOSA PV. This new version of Elsevier's QUOSA literature management solution is specifically designed for the monitoring and review of scientific literature for adverse drug events. QUOSA PV, developed by PV experts… Read More
Springer to publish the Journal of Business Cycle Research - September 15, 2016
Springer, part of Springer Nature, a global research, educational and professional publisher, has announced that it is the new publisher of the Journal of Business Cycle Research, successor to the OECD Journal: Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis, which the Centre for International Research on… Read More
Elsevier wins Illustrated Book Award and six first prizes at 2016 BMA Medical Book Awards - September 14, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that 32 of its professional and scholarly products were honored at the British Medical Association's annual BMA Medical Book Awards ceremony at BMA House in London on September 7, 2016. The BMA Illustrated Book Award went to Atlas of the… Read More
Brill adds Journal of African Archaeology to its growing portfolio in African Studies - September 14, 2016
International scholarly publisher Brill has announced the addition of the Journal of African Archaeology to its growing portfolio in African Studies. Founded by Africa Magna Publishers (Frankfurt/Main, Germany) in 2003, the international peer-reviewed periodical provides scholars with a new pan-African forum for discussing relevant topics… Read More
SLACK selects Editorial Manager to manage submission and peer review for journal portfolio - September 14, 2016
SLACK Incorporated, an independent STM publisher of peer-reviewed health care journals, has announced its selection of Editorial Manager to power the submission and peer-review workflows for its journal portfolio. The journals will transition from a legacy system beginning in September 2016. The SLACK portfolio of… Read More
