China’s high quality research output grew 37 percent from 2012 to 2014, reveals new analysis of Nature Index data - December 17, 2015
China's high quality research output grew 37% from 2012 to 2014, according to new analysis of Nature Index data. The United States saw a 4% drop over this period in the same Nature Index metric (weighted fractional count; WFC). The Nature Index 2015 China supplement,… Read More
ProQuest introduces Summon-SIPX Reading List Module to make education better and more affordable - December 17, 2015
ProQuest has introduced the Summon-SIPX Reading List Module in a move to make education better and more affordable. This new, innovative and cost-saving system integrates the Summon® discovery service and SIPX® course materials solution to encourage use of library holdings to help students and schools save… Read More
Medicat selects Wolters Kluwer clinical content and terminology management solutions to enhance functionality in its Patient Health Management offering - December 17, 2015
The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced that Medicat has chosen its suite of clinical content and terminology management solutions to enhance functionality in its Patient Health Management offering. Specifically, the… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing and ISTEX sign French national license agreement - December 17, 2015
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has signed a major agreement with the French national licensing programme, ISTEX, to make key academic resources available to the French research community. The agreement will include digitised articles from 316 journals - 142 of which are ranked in Thomson… Read More
NLM Value Set Authority Center launches the VSAC Collaboration Tool - December 17, 2015
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) has launched VSAC Collaboration – a tool to support communication, knowledge management and document management by value set authors and stewards. VSAC Collaboration provides a central site where value set authors can post value… Read More
ProQuest completes acquisition of Ex Libris - December 16, 2015
ProQuest, an information solutions provider central to global research, has completed its acquisition of Ex Libris Group, a global provider of cloud‑based solutions for higher education. The businesses' complementary assets are being integrated, enabling existing services to be enhanced and sparking the… Read More
