Dove Medical Press reinstated as OASPA member - September 24, 2015
It has been almost two years since Dove's membership was terminated owing to concerns about the rigour of the editorial and peer review processes at the journals. The concerns were highlighted by the publication of a fake manuscript as part of the "sting" exercise reported in… Read More
Wolters Kluwer and American Heart Association extend long-term publishing partnership - September 23, 2015
Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has extended its successful publishing partnership with the American Heart Association (AHA). In place for nearly two decades, the longstanding partnership has evolved beyond traditional print publishing to include web… Read More
Cengage Learning acquires Learning Objects - September 23, 2015
Cengage Learning, a global education company, has announced the acquisition of Learning Objects, a Washington, D.C.-based education technology company. Learning Objects powers innovative, customised and adaptive online learning programs and courses to higher education institutions through its state-of-the-art learning platform and instructional design services. With… Read More
Society of American Foresters partners with Editage for manuscript preparation services - September 23, 2015
Editage, English-language editing and publication support services provider, has announced a partnership with the Society of American Foresters (SAF), a scientific and educational organisation representing the forestry profession in the United States and the largest professional society for foresters worldwide. Through a co-branded author services… Read More
IPR License announces partnership with BMJ, extends STM reach - September 22, 2015
IPR License, the global rights and licensing specialists, has announced a partnership with global healthcare knowledge provider, BMJ, extending its reach into the STM marketplace. BMJ is looking to utilise the fully transactional rights and licensing marketplace TradeRights, IPR's flagship product,… Read More
ZB MED – Leibniz Information Centre for Life Sciences partners with DeepDyve to provide online access to research portal LIVIVO - September 22, 2015
ZB MED – Leibniz Information Centre for Life Sciences has announced a partnership with DeepDyve to provide online access to millions of fulltext articles available in its research portal LIVIVO. The content is provided to users instantly via the cloud on a… Read More
Nature Publishing Group to publish four QScience articles every month on Nature.com - September 21, 2015
QScience.com, the online publishing platform of Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals' (BQFJ), a collaboration between Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) and Bloomsbury Publishing, has reached an agreement with Nature Publishing Group (NPG) to publish four QScience articles every month… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry and IChemE launch new molecular engineering journal - September 21, 2015
The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) have announced a collaboration to launch a new interdisciplinary journal - Molecular Systems Design and Engineering. The journal, the first in its field, will focus on understanding molecular properties, behaviour and interactions, and… Read More
Applied Clinical Informatics journal becomes an official journal of AMIA, effective October 2015 - September 21, 2015
The Applied Clinical Informatics (ACI) Journal is now an official journal of AMIA, the American Medical Informatics Association. The ACI Journal is published and owned by Schattauer Publishers for Medicine and Natural Sciences. AMIA gains three seats on the ACI Journal editorial board and peer-reviewed publishing… Read More
SAGE acquires 19 journals from Multi-science - September 18, 2015
Academic publisher SAGE has acquired the majority of journals owned and published by the independent science and technology publisher, Multi-science. The acquisition results in 19 titles transferring to SAGE as of 2016. Established in 1961 and owned by Bill Hughes, Multi-science is an independent publisher of… Read More
