WebMD acquires MGP, Ltd. - May 6, 2021
Health information services provider WebMD Health Corp., has acquired MGP, Ltd., an information provider that supports clinical best practice and the implementation of clinical practice guidelines. The acquisition combines the core competencies of MGP with that of Medscape, WebMD's flagship global brand for healthcare professionals. Medscape… Read More
McGraw Hill acquires Triad Interactive - May 6, 2021
Learning science company McGraw Hill has acquired Triad Interactive, Inc., the software developer of the widely-used SIMnet product for undergraduate computer and information technology courses. An easy-to-use online training and assessment solution for Microsoft Office, SIMnet provides students with simulated and in-the-application exercises using Microsoft Word,… Read More
Dove Medical Press appoints Dr. Edgar Alfonso Romero-Sandoval as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Pain Research - May 6, 2021
STM publisher Dove Medical Press, part of Taylor & Francis Group, has announced the appointment of Dr. Edgar Alfonso Romero-Sandoval , as the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Pain Research. Professor Romero-Sandoval is currently Associate Professor in Anesthesiology at Wake Forest University School… Read More
Wolters Kluwer’s Miranda Walker named president-elect of The Society for Scholarly Publishing Board of Directors - May 6, 2021
Wolters Kluwer, Health has announced that Miranda Walker, Associate Director, Medical Journals, for Health Learning, Research & Practice, has been named president-elect of The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) Board of Directors. As president-elect, Walker will work to fulfill the SSP’s mission of… Read More
Springer Nature offers a new book format with AI-based literature overviews - May 5, 2021
Springer Nature has deployed its AI expertise to create a new publication format that focuses on literature reviews. The move follows the publication of the publisher’s first machine-generated book in 2019. While the first book on lithium-ion batteries was entirely AI-based, this new format takes an… Read More
SAGE and Jisc boost transparency and impact of open research via the Jisc Publications Router - May 5, 2021
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing and Jisc have announced the inclusion of Hybrid Gold OA articles in the Jisc Publications Router project, vastly increasing the transparency and discoverability of the UK’s open research. The announcement follows the signing of a three-year ‘Read and Publish’… Read More
