Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 24, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (Disrupting the Faculty: The Changing Face of the College Textbook Business); Casey Bergman (Social media is shaping dialogue between scientists and journals); Heather Morrison (Outsell Open Access Report: missing the main point or are governments really committed to… Read More
Global Nature Publishing Index 2012 supplement released, United States continues to dominate world science - June 21, 2013
The United States remains the superpower of science, dominating a ranking of the world's top 200 institutions in 2012, published in the first Nature Publishing Index (NPI) Global supplement. The UK, Germany and Japan make up a solid top four countries in terms of high quality… Read More
Springer unveils French and Italian language-specific eBook collections - June 21, 2013
STM publisher Springer has announced that it is now offering two more language-specific eBook collections, in French and Italian. The French collection comprises about 330 titles, and the Italian collection offers over 400 titles, both ranging from 2005 through 2013. These collections aim to address… Read More
IOP Publishing journals show Impact Factor growth for ninth consecutive year - June 21, 2013
IOP Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Physics, has announced that the 2012 Impact Factors, published by Thomson Reuters, show growth for many of its journals for the ninth consecutive year. This year, 33 of the titles published by IOP have seen… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education to acquire ALEKS Corporation - June 21, 2013
Digital learning company McGraw-Hill Education, US, has signed an agreement to acquire ALEKS Corporation, the privately held developer of the ALEKS adaptive learning technology for the K-12 and higher education markets. The move strengthens McGraw-Hill Education's position as the leader in delivering personalised learning experiences through… Read More
Polyclinic Surgery Center selects ProVation Medical software for documentation and coding - June 21, 2013
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that Polyclinic Surgery Center has selected its ProVation Medical software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding. ProVation Medical provides procedure documentation and clinical decision support solutions for hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers. ProVation MD and ProVation… Read More
