World’s first collaborative data centre for education and research gains momentum - August 21, 2015
In the 12 months since the first shared data centre for research and education was launched by Infinity SDC and Jisc, many of the country's top universities, colleges and research institutions have joined to improve efficiency, decrease costs and advance collaboration on world-leading research. A… Read More
Springer retracts 64 articles from 10 Springer subscription journals - August 20, 2015
STM publisher Springer has confirmed that 64 articles are being retracted from 10 Springer subscription journals, after editorial checks spotted fake email addresses, and subsequent internal investigations uncovered fabricated peer review reports. After a thorough investigation it was discovered that the peer review process on these… Read More
Elsevier launches OA journal – Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online - August 20, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of open access journal Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online. Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online is an online-only journal focusing on interdisciplinary discussion and debate of the rapidly expanding field of reproductive biomedicine, particularly all of its many societal… Read More
CCC’s new RightFind XML for Mining solution to include majority of STM journal content from Springer Nature - August 20, 2015
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organisation, has announced that Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is participating in its RightFind™ XML for Mining solution. The agreement with NPG follows announcements earlier this year that Springer Science+Business Media… Read More
The MIT Press becomes 60th publisher to partner with ReadCube - August 20, 2015
The MIT Press, a world-leading university press, and ReadCube, the Boston-based publishing technology company, have announced a partnership that will bring MIT Press's collection to the ReadCube platform. Through the ReadCube Discover service, over 29,000 articles from 30 scholarly journals across… Read More
American College of Cardiology and Apollo Hospitals announce partnership to expand medical education offerings in India - August 20, 2015
The American College of Cardiology is collaborating with Apollo Hospitals in India to provide the College's guideline-driven educational content to physicians participating in Apollo's Medvarsity e-learning program, India's first medical e-learning venture. Medvarsity participants will have access to the ACC's valvular heart disease education module,… Read More
