Wiley acquires Bio-Rad’s Informatics Spectroscopy Software and Spectral Databases - April 3, 2020
John Wiley and Sons Inc., a global leader in research and education, has announced the acquisition of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.’s Informatics products including the company’s spectroscopy software and spectral databases. The acquisition adds expertise, content, and powerful software to Wiley’s Science Solutions segment. Terms of the… Read More
Digital Science and Beijing-based Zhipu.AI partner to conduct data challenges and to build a COVID-19 information portal - April 3, 2020
Digital Science, a technology company serving emergent needs across the research sector, has announced a partnership with Beijing-based technology company Zhipu.AI to conduct data challenges and collaborate in building a COVID-19 information portal. Zhipu.AI, a spin-out from Tsinghua University, aims to… Read More
Frontiers in Pediatrics becomes official partner for the European Academy of Pediatrics - April 2, 2020
Frontiers in Pediatrics has become the official partner of the European Academy of Pediatrics (EAP). The partnership reinforces the two organisations’ mutual desire to promote research in pediatrics and to facilitate its free and unrestricted dissemination to the widest possible audience, including researchers, academics, clinicians and… Read More
De Gruyter and EDP Sciences announce distribution partnership - April 2, 2020
Academic publisher De Gruyter will host and distribute over 500 front list and backlist EDP eBook titles on degruyter.com, and will take on the global distribution of EDP Sciences print books outside of China. EDP Sciences specialises… Read More
HighWire and the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging announce extended agreement with HighWire - April 1, 2020
Scholarly publishing technology provider HighWire has announced that long-term client Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has extended its agreement with HighWire until 2027. The move includes an upgrade of its current journal hosting; renewal of HighWire Submissions; and the addition of data-driven insight… Read More
The Company of Biologists selects Silverchair to host leading Biology publications - April 1, 2020
Silverchair and The Company of Biologists have announced a new partnership to host the leading, peer-reviewed journals published by The Company of Biologists, improving user experience and maximizing the discoverability of their content for the biological community. The Silverchair Platform will host… Read More
IOP Publishing and Publons partner to introduce Article badges - March 30, 2020
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has announced a partnership with Publons to introduce Article Badges to show when an article includes open peer review reports. The badges allow readers to see a summary of the article’s peer review history, including the number of revisions, editor decision letters and… Read More
ARL, CNI and EDUCAUSE release reports on Research Library Engagement with emerging technologies in research and learning - March 27, 2020
In August 2019 the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), and EDUCAUSE announced a joint initiative to advance research libraries’ impact in a world shaped by emerging technologies. If there was ever a time to broadly share what is known in… Read More
American Chemical Society and MIT sign innovative North American open access agreement - March 26, 2020
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Libraries have announced a new and innovative agreement, which will advance key elements of open access. Through this agreement, all ACS journal articles with MIT-affiliated… Read More
Kortext and Jisc partner with textbook publishers to launch free student e-textbook programme to give university students and staff access to learning resources - March 23, 2020
With the unprecedented impact on higher education (HE) from the coronavirus outbreak, Kortext, the UK’s digital textbook platform, in conjunction with Jisc, is launching a nationwide programme to ensure all 2.4 million university students and 217,000 academic staff have access to their key learning resources during… Read More
