Thomson Reuters releases finding of 2016 State of Innovation Report: Disruptive, Game-Changing Innovation study - May 12, 2016
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has released the finding of the 2016 State of Innovation Report: Disruptive, Game-Changing Innovation study. According to the study, the pace of innovation among global corporations, universities, government agencies and research institutions has reached record levels. Now… Read More
New digital content authoring platform from VitalSource simplifies digital publishing - May 11, 2016
VitalSource, part of Ingram Content Group, is simplifying digital publishing for educators, academic publishers and corporate training professionals with the introduction of VitalSource Content Studio (VCS). The digital content authoring platform is designed to enhance the learning experience and improve outcomes with original, customisable content that… Read More
Altmetric joins the Annotating All Knowledge Coalition - May 10, 2016
Altmetrics data provider Altmetric has joined the Annotating All Knowledge Coalition, an initiative spearheaded by Hypothes.is and comprising many innovators in the field of scholarly communication, including PLOS, CrossRef, and the HathiTrust. The purpose of the Coalition is to create an open, interoperable annotation layer over… Read More
SSP and STM collaborate to promote the value of mentorship in scholarly communications for early-career professionals - May 10, 2016
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) and the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) are collaborating to develop a panel discussion to be presented at the SSP 38th Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC, on June 1. Members of the… Read More
DOAJ to remove about 3300 journals - May 10, 2016
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) will remove approximately 3300 journals for failure to submit a valid reapplication before the communicated deadline. The deadline was extended twice to allow more time for reapplications. This batch removal is another step in DOAJ’s two year long project… Read More
Elsevier provides new ACA-FUL drug pricing benchmark data on same day government made it available - May 10, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that its Gold Standard Drug Database (GSDD) has incorporated the pricing data for the federal government’s new drug pricing benchmark, Affordable Care Act Federal Upper Limit (ACA-FUL), on the same day the government made it available, enabling Elsevier GSDD customers to… Read More
