South Korean universities reach agreement with Elsevier for access to ScienceDirect - January 17, 2018
A consortium of hundreds of South Korean universities has reportedly reached a new deal with scientific publisher Elsevier for access to ScienceDirect, a database containing content from 3500 academic journals and thousands of electronic books. The agreement includes price hikes between 3.5%… Read More
Bladder Cancer named official journal of the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network - January 17, 2018
STM publisher IOS Press and the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN), have announced that the journal Bladder Cancer will now become the official journal of BCAN. As the result of this new partnership, Bladder Cancer and BCAN will combine resources to support a readily accessible… Read More
Elsevier and University of Oxford announce 5-year collaboration to support early career researchers in the field of mathematics and data science - January 16, 2018
Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, and the University of Oxford, a world-leading centre of learning, teaching and research and the oldest university in the English-speaking world, have announced their five-year collaboration to develop exceptional research talent in the field of mathematics… Read More
Wiley Digital Archives partners with Royal College of Physicians to provide access to 500 years of medical history - January 12, 2018
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc. has announced that the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is the latest Wiley Digital Archives partner. The relationship with RCP is the first venture between Wiley and this society which is the oldest medical college in England. The digital resource… Read More
Universities in Germany win temporary access to Elsevier journals after refusing to pay fees - January 5, 2018
Dutch publishing giant Elsevier has reportedly granted uninterrupted access to its paywalled journals for researchers at around 200 German universities and research institutes that had refused to renew their individual subscriptions at the end of 2017. The institutions had formed a… Read More
Syed Hasan to step down as President Global Sales of Springer Nature - December 22, 2017
Syed Hasan, President Global Sales, will be leaving Springer Nature at the end of January 2018 to take advantage of a sabbatical period and subsequently pursue new challenges outside of Springer Nature. Syed has held senior management sales roles within Springer since 1998. He was… Read More
