Wolters Kluwer Health and BMJ expand partnership, BMJ Clinical Evidence now available on Ovid - May 3, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has expanded its partnership with BMJ to be the exclusive aggregated information provider of the BMJ Clinical Evidence resource on its OvidSP platform. Ovid will offer BMJ Clinical Evidence to medical and academic institutions globally to support clinicians, researchers,… Read More
SAGE launches fully-digital statistics textbook, IntroStats Online - May 3, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of IntroStats Online, a new interactive introductory-level statistics textbook written by Greg Francis of Purdue University. This online textbook is designed to fully immerse students as they study statistical concepts. It features text, over 2,000 practice questions, interactive… Read More
PLOS appoints Elizabeth Marincola as new CEO - May 3, 2013
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Marincola as CEO, effective August 12, 2013. For the past 8 years Marincola served as President and CEO of Society for Science & the Public (SSP), an organisation dedicated to advancing public understanding… Read More
Digital sales accounted for 12 percent of UK publishers’ total revenues in 2012 - May 3, 2013
The Publishers Association (PA) has released the PA Statistics Yearbook according to which, digital sales accounted for 12 percent of UK publishers' total revenues of £3.3 billion in 2012. Publishers' total sales revenues - physical and digital - rose 4 percent. Total digital sales rose 66… Read More
UBM Medica US and Ultrasound-Images announce marketing and distribution deal - May 3, 2013
Ultrasound-Images.com has announced a marketing and distribution partnership with UBM Medica US. Ultrasound-Images.com offers an extensive, free online gallery of high-resolution, ultrasound, colour Doppler, and 3-D images shared by medical professionals. UBM Medica US claims to be one of the largest… Read More
De Gruyter acquires German publisher Ontos - May 3, 2013
Academic publisher De Gruyter, Germany, has announced the acquisition of German publisher Ontos, effective May 1. Under the terms of the agreement, Dr. Rafael Hüntelmann, who founded Ontos in 2003, will continue to manage the publishing house's portfolio. All eBooks previously available at Ontos' website… Read More
