Brill acquires scholarly publishing activities of HES & DE GRAAF Publishers - December 30, 2013
Scholarly publisher Koninklijke Brill N.V. has reached an agreement for the acquisition of all scholarly publishing activities of HES & DE GRAAF Publishers B.V (Houten, NL). The take-over will take effect on 1 January 2014. Under the deal, Brill will acquire an English language list… Read More
CAS and Kalexsyn announce three-year agreement to offer unlimited SciFinder access to researchers - December 20, 2013
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world's authority for chemical information, has announced a three-year agreement for SciFinder, the choice for chemistry research, with Kalexsyn, a Contract Research Organization (CRO) uniquely positioned to address the needs of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology communities. Through this partnership, Kalexsyn will… Read More
Springer and the American Thoracic Society join forces on the book series Respiratory Medicine - December 20, 2013
STM publisher Springer and the American Thoracic Society (ATS) have entered into a partnership to collaborate on the book series Respiratory Medicine. Springer will hold editorial responsibility, but will work with the ATS to develop new topics for books. Members of the society will have free… Read More
University College London and Elsevier launch UCL Big Data Institute - December 19, 2013
University College London (UCL) and STM publisher Elsevier will establish the UCL Big Data Institute as part of a new collaboration to explore innovative ways to better serve needs of researchers through the exploration of new technologies and analytics as applied to… Read More
EBSCO and Cosmotron partner to boost library discovery in Czech and Slovak Republic - December 18, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced a new partnership with Cosmotron, an ILS vendor serving the Czech and Slovak Republic, to provide expanded services to mutual customers. A joint development will enable libraries to deliver valuable content from EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) to… Read More
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Medical School in deal with McGraw-Hill Professional For AccessMedicine - December 18, 2013
McGraw-Hill Professional, a division of McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced a subscription agreement with The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill Medical School for AccessMedicine, McGraw-Hill Professional's premier online learning product. UNC Chapel Hill Medical School is a leader in interrelated areas of… Read More
Elsevier and the Russian Foundation of Basic Research announce agreement to provide funding experts with access to Scopus - December 17, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has reached an agreement with the Russian Foundation of Basic Research (RFBR) to provide its funding experts with access to Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Furthermore, an additional 50 RFBR research institutes will receive access to ScienceDirect,… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health and Emmi Solutions partner to offer integrated patient education - December 17, 2013
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that its Lexicomp Integrated Patient Education solution has been integrated into EmmiEngage™, a patient engagement platform offered by Emmi™ Solutions. This integration will help foster patient's understanding of their medical care by allowing clinicians to direct patients… Read More
Knovel announces new partnerships with Taylor & Francis and five other publishers - December 17, 2013
Knovel has announced the addition of six publishers, including Taylor & Francis and ICE Publishing, to its roster of more than 100 authoritative publishers and societies. Knovel has signed more than 20 new publishing partners since January, making 2013 a record year for content expansion.… Read More
Medical Daily and UBM Medica US announce marketing and distribution partnership - December 17, 2013
Medical Daily has announced a marketing and distribution partnership with UBM Medica US. Medical Daily is a source of breaking health news, scientific trends and innovations. UBM Medica US is one of the largest media companies in the US serving the healthcare industry and delivers… Read More