Anti Double Dipping Alliance for transparency in Open Access book publishing formed - May 8, 2018
Fifteen of the most important vendors and platform providers in the scholarly publishing market have formed an Anti-Double Dipping Alliance. The group initiated by Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the central platform for sustainable Open Access (OA) funding models, aims at avoiding unwanted acquisition of book titles through… Read More
Karger Publishers and BenchSci partnership to help scientists find the right products for their experiments - May 7, 2018
Medical and scientific publishing company Karger Publishers has announced a partnership with BenchSci, a life science machine learning startup, to help scientists find biological product data included in scientific articles faster. The partnership between Karger Publishers and BenchSci will address a common challenge in biomedical research.… Read More
Macmillan Learning, Intellus Learning, and OhioLINK partner to provide students with affordable materials and insights - May 7, 2018
Macmillan Learning, a premier educational solutions and insights provider, and OhioLINK, a consortium of 120 academic libraries distributed among 91 Ohio colleges and universities, have announced a strategic offering designed to make course materials more affordable. This multi-pronged approach includes a textbook pricing agreement and Intellus… Read More
Future Science Group acquires life sciences journal, BioTechniques, from Informa PLC - May 4, 2018
Future Science Group (FSG) has announced the acquisition of the life sciences journal, BioTechniques, from Informa PLC. BioTechniques joins the growing collection of Future Science Group STM journals. BioTechniques (Impact Factor 2.030) is a MEDLINE-indexed, peer-reviewed, open access journal that provides the life science research… Read More
EOSC-hub and OpenAIRE-Advance collaborate to support Open Science and the European Open Science Cloud initiative - May 4, 2018
Two flagship EC initiatives, OpenAIRE-Advance and EOSC-hub, recently signed a collaboration agreement. The agreement solidifies the projects' ambition for Europe to become a global leader in digital and open science to ensure that scientists reap the full benefits of open data-driven science.… Read More
Bibsam Consortium in deal to gain access to De Gruyter journals - May 3, 2018
The National Library of Sweden, on behalf of the Swedish Bibsam Consortium, and academic publisher De Gruyter have signed an agreement, which provides access to De Gruyter journals and includes default and immediate open access publishing. The Swedish government has set a national goal that… Read More
American Psychological Association and Publons partner to give greater recognition to their reviewers - May 2, 2018
The American Psychological Association (APA), the largest scientific organisation representing psychology in the United States, has announced a new partnership with the peer review platform Publons, a Clarivate Analytics company. APA will pilot Publons' Reviewer Recognition service across 30 of their core… Read More
Nairobi Hospital to adopt three Elsevier Nursing solutions to improve patient outcomes in Kenya’s largest private hospital - May 1, 2018
Elsevier, the global information analytics business specialising in science and health, has announced an agreement to supply Nairobi Hospital with its Nursing Suite. Nairobi Hospital is the first in Sub-Saharan Africa to acquire Elsevier's set of three Clinical Decision Support Solutions for nurses, including ClinicalKey for… Read More
Taylor & Francis offers optimised, streamlined author experience using codeMantra technology - April 30, 2018
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis and codeMantra have announced significant benefits for authors realised through the implementation of the Journals Communications Hub (JCH). The improvements enhance the author experience, bringing about an accelerated time-to-publication for one of the world's leading research publishers. The JCH platform… Read More
Springer Nature and Login Canada announce new partnership - April 27, 2018
Springer Nature and Login Canada have announced a new partnership. Under the deal, Login Canada will commence full exclusive Canadian distribution of Springer Nature's print books, effective May 1, 2018. Login Canada, the Canadian Book Industry's largest STM Distribution Company, celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 2016.… Read More
