Emerald Group Publishing appoints Caitlin Cornish as Head of Books Publishing - April 22, 2016
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has announced that Caitlin Cornish, former Publishing Director for Palgrave Macmillan, has joined Emerald as Head of Books Publishing. This significant strategic appointment of an industry big-hitter forms part of Emerald’s investment in a major new programme of academic and… Read More
Kudos appoints Jason De Boer as Publisher Sales Manager - April 22, 2016
Kudos, a service for maximizing the reach and impact of research publications, has announced the appointment of Jason De Boer in the role of Publisher Sales Manager. Jason brings a range of valuable experience from past roles with publishers including McGraw Hill, Harcourt Academic and, most… Read More
Nature Index 2016: US is the largest contributor to high-quality scientific research papers, followed by China and Germany - April 21, 2016
The US is the world’s largest contributor to high-quality scientific research papers, followed by China and Germany, according to the Nature Index 2016 Tables. Of the top ten countries in the Nature Index, only China has shown double digit compound annual growth between 2012 and 2015… Read More
SAGE Publishing acquires Women’s Health journal from Future Medicine - April 21, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced the acquisition of the journal Women's Health from Future Medicine, an imprint of Future Science Group. SAGE will begin publishing the journal from its July issue. Women's Health focuses on the most important advances and highlights their relevance in… Read More
BMJ and RCNi form B2B sales partnership for RCNi Learning – a new nursing e-learning platform - April 21, 2016
Global healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has announced that it is now the exclusive sales channel for institutional customers outside the UK wanting access to RCNi Learning – a brand new e-learning platform from RCNi for nurses and nursing students. RCNi is part of the Royal… Read More
Springer Nature and The Hormel Institute launch new OA journal – npj Precision Oncology - April 20, 2016
Global publisher Springer Nature has announced that it will publish npj Precision Oncology, a new open access, international, peer-reviewed journal, in partnership with The Hormel Institute University of Minnesota in Austin, Minnesota, United States. Dr. Zigang Dong, Executive Director of the Hormel Institute and leader of… Read More