American Mathematical Society to acquire Mathematical Association of America’s book program - October 2, 2017
The American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America have recently announced an agreement for the AMS to acquire the MAA’s book publishing program. The high-quality mathematics titles and textbooks developed and edited by MAA Press will now be published as an imprint of the… Read More
Biomaterials Science to become official journal of European Society for Biomaterials in new partnership - September 29, 2017
The Royal Society of Chemistry has partnered with the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) in a collaboration that will see Biomaterials Science become the official journal of ESB. The agreement is set to come into effect on January 1, 2018. The European Society for Biomaterials… Read More
Altmetric and the Association of University Presses launch new data-driven pilot - September 29, 2017
Data science company Altmetric and the Association of University Presses have announced the launch of a new data-driven pilot. This three month project has been devised to offer editorial, marketing, communications, and other stakeholders within the presses, the opportunity to familiarise themselves with Altmetric data. … Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health and Vocera arm Halifax Health with rapid sepsis identification solutions - September 27, 2017
Information services and solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health and Vocera Communications, Inc. (VCRA) have teamed to arm Halifax Health with a high-powered surveillance solution to advance its battle against sepsis. Linking the real-time clinical surveillance and analytics of the POC Advisor platform with Vocera's hands-free communications… Read More
Berghahn Books joins ACCUCOMS’ Aggregagent - September 27, 2017
ACCUCOMS, an independent provider of services to academic and professional publishers, and Berghahn Books have signed an agreement for the inclusion of Berghahn journals in ACCUCOMS’ Aggregagent. The agreement encompasses eighteen journals in the fields of cultural studies and politics, which will be added to Aggregagent… Read More
Taylor & Francis Group acquires Dove Medical Press - September 26, 2017
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group has acquired the Open Access (OA) publisher, Dove Medical Press. The acquisition signals Taylor & Francis Group's ongoing commitment to developing both its Medical Journal and OA programs. Dove Medical Press publishes primarily in the Health… Read More
Springer and Graz University Press announce new co-publishing agreement - September 22, 2017
STM publisher Springer and Graz University Press (Grazer Universitätsverlag) have signed a new co-publishing agreement to publish co-branded books in English. Through this cooperation, the University of Graz Press will be able to provide its authors with international distribution via SpringerLink, where all content is made… Read More
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group selects PubFactory to host its journals - September 22, 2017
The Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG), the non-profit publication arm of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, has announced that beginning in Fall 2018, all JNSPG journals will launch on PubFactory with a refreshed design and increased platform controls, enabling JNSPG to continuously improve reader… Read More
eLife and Collaborative Knowledge Foundation partner to deliver open-source submission and peer-review platform - September 21, 2017
eLife and the Collaborative Knowledge Foundation (Coko) have announced a partnership to build a user-driven, open-source submission and peer-review platform. eLife aims to help scientists accelerate discovery by operating a platform for research communication that encourages and recognises the most responsible behaviours in science. The… Read More
PLA, ALA and OCLC partnership support renewed ‘From Awareness to Funding’ advocacy study - September 21, 2017
The Public Library Association (PLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), the ALA Office for Library Advocacy, and OCLC have announced a partnership to produce an update to OCLC's 2008 report, 'From Awareness to Funding: A Study of Library Support in America,' which explored… Read More
