John Wiley & Sons and the University of Michigan launch new open access journal – Learning Health Systems - December 17, 2015
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the launch of Learning Health Systems (LHS), a new open access journal published in collaboration with the University of Michigan. Learning Health Systems will publish high-quality, peer-reviewed research. The journal represents a new cross-disciplinary science that promotes… Read More
China’s high quality research output grew 37 percent from 2012 to 2014, reveals new analysis of Nature Index data - December 17, 2015
China's high quality research output grew 37% from 2012 to 2014, according to new analysis of Nature Index data. The United States saw a 4% drop over this period in the same Nature Index metric (weighted fractional count; WFC). The Nature Index 2015 China supplement,… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing and ISTEX sign French national license agreement - December 17, 2015
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has signed a major agreement with the French national licensing programme, ISTEX, to make key academic resources available to the French research community. The agreement will include digitised articles from 316 journals - 142 of which are ranked in Thomson… Read More
SAGE and Expert System release SAGE Recommends, allows semantic exploration of scholarly content across diverse formats and disciplines - December 16, 2015
Academic publisher SAGE and Expert System have announced the release of SAGE Recommends, a new discovery capability within the SAGE Knowledge platform that provides users with links to related SAGE content to support academic research. Powered by Luxid® software, the feature uses… Read More
Karger Publishers selects Imperva Incapsula to defend against DDoS attacks - December 16, 2015
Cyber security solutions provider Imperva, Inc. has announced that Karger Publishers, a global medical and scientific publishing company, has selected Imperva Incapsula. The company will use the Incapsula service to ensure that its website, containing approximately 100 new scientific journals per year and a vast e-book… Read More
Harvard Health Publications collaborates with Quizzify to create interactive quizzes that support health literacy in the workplace - December 16, 2015
Harvard Health Publications (HHP), the consumer publishing division of Harvard Medical School, will collaborate with Quizzify, a New York-based start-up that provides employers with educational health information for their employees. HHP will review Quizzify's content for medical appropriateness as well as advise Quizzify on developments in… Read More
