CompuMark and WebTMS announce strategic partnership - May 7, 2019
CompuMark, a Clarivate Analytics company and a global leader in trademark research and protection, and WebTMS Limited, a leading provider of trademark management systems, have announced a strategic partnership. Through this alliance, users of WebTMS flagship product will gain access to CompuMark’s 186 trademark databases, covering… Read More
Wiley in deal to acquire assets of Knewton - May 6, 2019
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a global leader in research and education, has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of Knewton, a provider of affordable courseware and adaptive learning technology, for an undisclosed amount. The transaction is expected to close on or around May 31,… Read More
Digital Science and Hindawi partner to enhance publishing experience for authors and editors - May 6, 2019
Digital Science and Hindawi Limited have announced an agreement that will provide Dimensions Analytics and API to Hindawi staff members. Dimensions enables publishers to delve into a breadth of data and metrics to perform invaluable analyses and translate them into actionable business… Read More
Mercer University selects Ex Libris Alma library services platform and the Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution - May 3, 2019
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that Mercer University has selected the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform and the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution. Alma and Primo will replace the Innovative Sierra library system and EBSCO Discovery Service™. One of America’s oldest… Read More
American Association for Physician Leadership announces acquisition of Greenbranch Publishing - May 3, 2019
The American Association for Physician Leadership® (AAPL), an organisation for lifelong professional growth and support of physicians in health care leadership and management, has announced the acquisition of Greenbranch Publishing. Among the Greenbranch assets that AAPL will acquire as part of the acquisition include the publisher’s… Read More
PLS to facilitate free electronic access to publications for REF 2021 - May 2, 2019
PLS is working in partnership with the UK’s four higher education funding bodies and publishers in order to facilitate secure electronic access to journal articles and other research outputs for the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021. The agreement will reduce the burden for researchers submitting outputs for assessment and… Read More
Cengage and McGraw-Hill enter definitive agreement to combine all-stock merger on equal terms - May 2, 2019
McGraw-Hill and Cengage have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock merger on equal terms. The transaction, which has been unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies, will bring together two premier learning companies that will… Read More
HighWire successfully launches reskinned sites for Brill - May 1, 2019
Scholarly publishing tech provider, HighWire, has successfully launched reskinned sites for Brill, to reflect the recent design refresh of their books and journals platform. Brill and HighWire have been partners and collaborators for more than 15 years. HighWire currently hosts Brill… Read More
Future Science Group starts using Jisc’s Publications Router service - April 29, 2019
Future Science Group (FSG) has begun supplying full-text articles to Jisc's Publications Router service, enabling onward distribution to institutional repositories. All journals published by Future Medicine, Future Science and Newlands Press will henceforward send articles to Jisc’s Publications Router, as they… Read More
Jisc and Springer Nature renew transformational deal securing OA for UK higher education - April 26, 2019
Jisc and academic publisher Springer Nature have agreed a further ‘read and publish’ agreement that meets the aims of Plan S and offers researchers a funder compliant route to publishing in hybrid journals. Plan S requires that, from 2020, scientific publications funded… Read More
