AAP welcomes USTR 2014 Special 301 Report - May 2, 2014
The Association of American Publishers, the largest trade association representing the US book and journal publishing industry, has welcomed the release of the US Trade Representative (USTR) 2014 Special 301 Report and the countries listed. AAP expresses concern, however, that the harm stemming from Canada's undefined… Read More
Evidence Based Preclinical Medicine launches as part of Wiley Open Access publishing program - May 2, 2014
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the launch of Evidence Based Preclinical Medicine (EBPM) as part of the Wiley Open Access publishing program. EBPM is the first journal dedicated to publishing systematic review protocols and systematic reviews which summarise data from animal studies on… Read More
ProQuest acquires Pi2 Solutions - May 2, 2014
ProQuest has acquired UK-based Pi2 Solutions, an industry leader in product literature databases, workflow tools and related outsourcing services for global pharmaceutical companies. The company plans to align Pi2 with its ProQuest Dialog corporate information service to create an integrated solution for pharmacovigilance and expand ProQuest's… Read More
Jisc in deal with scientific journal publishers to provide free trial access to medical and scientific journals - May 2, 2014
Jisc has announced an agreement with scientific journal publishers. A year-long pilot will allow staff working across the NHS in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland free trial access to some of the most respected medical and scientific journals so they can read for themselves the… Read More
World Health Organization joins Europe PubMed Central - May 2, 2014
The World Health Organization (WHO) will become a member of the open access repository Europe PubMed Central (Europe PMC), joining 25 other life sciences and biomedical research funders. The announcement is in preparation for the launch of the WHO open access policy… Read More
Gale’s new InterLink technology enables users to make real-world discoveries - May 2, 2014
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has announced the launch of InterLink, a new technology that connects current articles from newspapers, magazines and journals with contextual reference content found within e-books on Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL), Gale's e-book platform. InterLink document-level hyperlinking is available free… Read More
