Wolters Kluwer to publish new OA journal – Progress in Preventive Medicine - September 16, 2016
Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has been chosen by The European Society of Preventive Medicine and its partner organisations to publish a new open access journal, Progress in Preventive Medicine. Dr. Ross Arena and Dr.… Read More
Over one million scholarly blog posts now part of the PlumX Suite mentions - September 16, 2016
A new partnership between Plum Analytics, an EBSCO company, and ACI Information Group will give PlumX Suite users access to metrics collected from the world's only scholarly blog service. Scholarly blogs are increasingly part of the public discourse… Read More
New forum for responsible research metrics launched - September 16, 2016
A group of research funders, sector bodies and infrastructure experts are working together in partnership to promote the responsible use of research metrics. The 2015 independent report The Metric Tide highlighted growing pressure on higher education institutions, researchers, funders and policymakers to use metrics in managing and assessing research.… Read More
ALPSP to celebrate tenth anniversary of the annual conference in 2017 at the Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin in The Netherlands - September 15, 2016
The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) will host the tenth anniversary of the annual conference at the Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin in Noordwijk, near Amsterdam in The Netherlands. The three day event will take place from September 13-15, 2017. The ALPSP Conference… Read More
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
