Informa to acquire Penton for $1.56 billion - September 15, 2016
MidOcean Partners ("MidOcean"), a middle market private equity firm, and Wasserstein & Co. ("Wasserstein"), an independent private equity and investment firm, have entered into a definitive agreement to sell Penton, an innovative professional information services company, to Informa plc ("Informa") for $1.56… Read More
Second annual Peer Review Week to focus on ‘Recognition for Review’ - September 15, 2016
To honour and celebrate peer review, a group of organisations is working collaboratively to plan a week of activities and events. The group has announced that the second annual Peer Review Week will run from September 19- 25, 2016. This year's theme is Recognition for Review, exploring all aspects… Read More
Second Academic Book Week scheduled for January 25, 2017 - September 15, 2016
Research Libraries UK will partner with the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, the Booksellers Association, the British Library, Midas PR, The Publishers Association and University College London for the second Academic Book Week. The event is a week-long celebration… Read More
Digital Science and University of the Arctic partner to provide new research insights for the Arctic region - September 15, 2016
Digital Science, a research-driven technology company serving scientific and research communities, and the University of the Arctic (UArctic) a co-operative network of more than 170 universities, colleges and research institutes concerned with higher education and research in and around the northern Arctic region, have entered into… Read More
Human Kinetics moves journals to Atypon’s Literatum - September 15, 2016
Atypon has announced that Human Kinetics' (HK) new journals website has launched on its online publishing platform, Literatum. HK's 29 journals will all benefit from a host of features previously unavailable to HK readers. The site's enhanced search function lets readers drill down into results… Read More
Elsevier launches QUOSA PV to help pharma companies improve literature monitoring for pharmacovigilance - September 15, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has updated its pharmacovigilance (PV) portfolio with the launch of QUOSA PV. This new version of Elsevier's QUOSA literature management solution is specifically designed for the monitoring and review of scientific literature for adverse drug events. QUOSA PV, developed by PV experts… Read More
