Overleaf announces new partnership with The Royal Society - July 7, 2016
Overleaf has announced a new partnership with The Royal Society. Through this partnership, authors submitting to Proceedings of the Royal Society A will have access to the award-winning Overleaf collaborative cloud-based writing and reviewing tool with 1-click submission into the Proceedings A… Read More
Support for Altmetric badges now built into faculty profile pages powered by Profiles RNS - July 7, 2016
Altmetric has announced that support for Altmetric badges is now built into faculty profile pages powered by Profiles Research Networking Software (Profiles RNS). First to embed the badges in their faculty pages is the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Altmetric badges provide an at-a-glance summary… Read More
OCLC acquires Italian library services distributor IFNET - July 7, 2016
A non-profit global library cooperative OCLC has announced the acquisition of IFNET through its subsidiary OCLC EMEA B.V. IFNET is the distributor of library automation software and services in Italy. IFNET, formerly IF, was founded in Italy in 1985 by a group of librarians with… Read More
HighWire Press appoints John Corkery and Andy Gardner as Senior Sales Directors - July 7, 2016
HighWire Press, Inc., the technology platform and strategic partner to influential scholarly publishers and societies, has announced the appointment of John Corkery and Andy Gardner in the roles of Senior Sales Directors for North America reporting in to Wendy Newsham, VP North American Sales. For… Read More
Elsevier’s latest PracticeUpdate Center of Excellence focuses on metastatic breast cancer - July 6, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has launched its newest PracticeUpdate Center of Excellence (COE) focused on metastatic breast cancer. The COE, an important new benefit for PracticeUpdate members, brings together medical experts in oncology to discuss and provide relevant treatment advice and disease information on metastatic breast… Read More
Oxford University Press announces continued growth in the latest Impact Factor results - July 6, 2016
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced continued growth in the 2016 release of the Journal Citation Reports (source: 2015 Web of Science Data). Driven by its mission to support excellence in research and education, OUP now has 233 titles receiving an Impact Factor, with… Read More