Cambridge University Press launches new OA journal – Global Sustainability - April 19, 2016
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has announced a major new open-access journal, Global Sustainability, to publish significant research advances and policy-relevant reviews and commentaries addressing Earth-system resilience, sustainability and solutions in the context of rapid global change. Professor Johan Rockström has been named as Editor-in-Chief… Read More
FMC partners with Decision Support in Medicine to provide 1,000 condition-specific diagnosis and treatment texts to online users - April 19, 2016
Frontline Medical Communications (FMC), a leader in digital, print and live events, has formed a partnership with Decision Support in Medicine (DSM) to provide their extensive reach of online readers with clinical decision support information for use at the point of care. Decision Support in… Read More
Endocrine Society selects Sheridan - April 19, 2016
Sheridan, a provider of print, publishing services and technology solutions to publishers, associations, university presses, and cataloguers, has been selected to be the sole source copyediting and production partner for the Endocrine Society's (ES), industry leading publications for practitioners, international and national scientific researchers, government health… Read More
Follet acquires Baker & Taylor - April 19, 2016
Follett Corporation has acquired Baker & Taylor, LLC, a distributor of books, video and music products to public libraries and institutions, and a major wholesaler to retailers worldwide. With combined sales of $3.6 billion, the two businesses will offer librarians, patrons, educators… Read More
ProQuest’s Pivot automatic citation ingest from ORCID makes its funding recommendation engine more powerful - April 18, 2016
ProQuest is enabling automated updates from ORCID to scholar profiles in its popular Pivot® research solution. Now, citations added or updated in a scholar's ORCID profile will cascade near real time and seamlessly into their Pivot profile. Locating funding opportunities is an… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health acquires adaptive learning technology supporting PrepU quizzing tool - April 18, 2016
Wolters Kluwer Health has acquired the adaptive learning technology that powers the PrepU quizzing tool for nursing education. The technology acquisition will allow Wolters Kluwer Health Learning, Research & Practice to build on its existing PrepU solution and further innovate this pioneering technology for its nursing… Read More
