Licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, has announced an agreement with the Chinese Medical Association (CMA), the largest medical journal publisher in China.
The CMA joins Science Press, the Journal of Chinese Integrated Medicine, Beijing Forestry University and Baishibeng Publishing Group as Chinese publishers using CCC’s core services, the Annual Copyright License and Pay-Per-Use Services, for the licensing of their content. Among CMA’s 126 titles are the Chinese Medical Journal and the National Medical Journal of China.
CMA and other participating rights holders also have access to RightsCentral, a secure online reporting and communications hub that helps manage rights, update pricing, respond to permission requests and track content usage.
CMA is a non-profit registered academic and commonweal corporate body voluntarily formed by Chinese medical science and technology professionals. Established in 1915, it now has a membership of about 500,000, publishes 126 medical journals, and has 84 specialty societies under its umbrella, covering all medical fields.
