CERN in deal with leading scientific publishers and learned societies to extend SCOAP3 initiative for three more years - September 21, 2016
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, and the 'host organisation' of SCOAP3 has announced that it has signed contracts with 10 leading scientific publishers and learned societies to extend this Open Access initiative for three more years. This was the last step for this unique… Read More
Wiley acquires Ranku - September 20, 2016
Ranku, a recruitment technology and predictive analytics software company for higher education, has been acquired by John Wiley & Sons, a global provider of knowledge and learning solutions that improves outcomes in research, professional practice, and education. Ranku licenses proprietary marketing… Read More
K-12 libraries can now easily add EBSCO eBooksTM to collection via Mackin.com - September 20, 2016
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Mackin have partnered to make EBSCO eBooks™ available to order on the Mackin.com ecommerce site. The collaboration between EBSCO and Mackin, a provider of high-quality library and classroom materials to librarians and educators in K-12 schools, gives MackinVIA customers the opportunity… Read More
De Gruyter to publish American Energy Society’s official magazine, Energy Today - September 19, 2016
The American Energy Society, a professional association dedicated to accelerating the pursuit of abundant, affordable, and safe energy, has announced the selection of De Gruyter as the publisher of its official e-magazine, Energy Today. With academic rigor and journalistic flair, this… Read More
Over one million scholarly blog posts now part of the PlumX Suite mentions - September 16, 2016
A new partnership between Plum Analytics, an EBSCO company, and ACI Information Group will give PlumX Suite users access to metrics collected from the world's only scholarly blog service. Scholarly blogs are increasingly part of the public discourse… Read More
New forum for responsible research metrics launched - September 16, 2016
A group of research funders, sector bodies and infrastructure experts are working together in partnership to promote the responsible use of research metrics. The 2015 independent report The Metric Tide highlighted growing pressure on higher education institutions, researchers, funders and policymakers to use metrics in managing and assessing research.… Read More
Informa to acquire Penton for $1.56 billion - September 15, 2016
MidOcean Partners ("MidOcean"), a middle market private equity firm, and Wasserstein & Co. ("Wasserstein"), an independent private equity and investment firm, have entered into a definitive agreement to sell Penton, an innovative professional information services company, to Informa plc ("Informa") for $1.56… Read More
Digital Science and University of the Arctic partner to provide new research insights for the Arctic region - September 15, 2016
Digital Science, a research-driven technology company serving scientific and research communities, and the University of the Arctic (UArctic) a co-operative network of more than 170 universities, colleges and research institutes concerned with higher education and research in and around the northern Arctic region, have entered into… Read More
Russian Ministry of Education & Science partners with ProQuest to provide Russian researchers with top-notch scholarship via dissertations and theses - September 14, 2016
ProQuest has been chosen by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science to support and enhance scholarship by supplying dissertations and theses to 50 Russian institutions. The licensing of ProQuest® Dissertations & Theses Global (PQDT) follows an exhaustive selection process that began in 2015 after… Read More
SLACK selects Editorial Manager to manage submission and peer review for journal portfolio - September 14, 2016
SLACK Incorporated, an independent STM publisher of peer-reviewed health care journals, has announced its selection of Editorial Manager to power the submission and peer-review workflows for its journal portfolio. The journals will transition from a legacy system beginning in September 2016. The SLACK portfolio of… Read More
