Scientists in Germany, Peru and Taiwan set to lose access to Elsevier journals - December 27, 2016
Thousands of scientists in Germany, Peru and Taiwan are set to lose online access to journals from the Dutch publisher Elsevier. Contract negotiations in both Germany and Taiwan broke down in December, while Peru's government has cut off funding for a licence. Universities regularly complain… Read More
DirectCourse collaborates with the Association of People Supporting Employment First to provide curricula for new and experienced employment professionals - December 22, 2016
DirectCourse, a collaboration between Elsevier and the University of Minnesota's Research and Training Center on Community Living, is working with the Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE) to offer the DirectCourse College of Employment Services (CES) curricula to APSE members. CES helps launch new… Read More
Thieme to acquire Schattauer - December 21, 2016
International medical and science publisher Thieme will acquire Stuttgart-based publishing house Schattauer Verlag, effective on January 1, 2017. Schattauer's owner and CEO Dieter Bergemann will retire from the business at age 79. Established in 1949 by Friedrich Karl Schattauer as an academic publisher for medicine and… 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
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
Elsevier announces reseller agreement with Healthcare Software Solutions - December 15, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has entered into an exclusive reseller agreement with Healthcare Software Solutions (HSS), the largest radiology information system (RIS) vendor in the UK, to sell Elsevier's STATdx solution, an online imaging diagnostic decision support tool, into its customer/prospect base which includes NHS Trust's Radiology… Read More
