Brill becomes first to sign an agreement with French national licensing project ISTEX - January 21, 2014
Academic publisher Brill is the first to sign an agreement with the French national licensing project ISTEX, making key academic electronic resources available to the French research community. The agreement includes access to Brill's Journal Archives Online, covering over 125,000 journal articles in the humanities,… Read More
ScienceOpen and Altmetric collaborate to provide top-level alternative metrics data for over 1 million open access articles - January 20, 2014
Research and publishing network ScienceOpen and Altmetric are collaborating to provide top-level alternative metrics data for over 1 million open access articles in the natural sciences and medicine which are now available on the new platform ScienceOpen.com. The… Read More
EBSCO Information Services acquires Plum Analytics - January 17, 2014
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has acquired Plum Analytics in a deal that brings together the leading subscription services, database, e-book and discovery provider with the leading provider of alternative research metrics. Plum Analytics is the first altmetrics provider to move beyond metrics about… Read More
John Wiley & Sons Inc. partners with WiserTogether to improve healthcare decision making for employees - January 16, 2014
WiserTogether, Inc., a cloud-based, consumer-focused health decision-making platform, has announced that publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc. will offer Wiser Health to US-based colleagues and family members. Wiser Health helps healthcare consumers find the best care – not just the lowest cost. The patented platform… Read More
SAE International completes asset purchase of ARINC Industry Activities (IA) division - January 16, 2014
Engineers and technical experts association SAE International has announced the completion of an asset purchase of the ARINC Industry Activities (IA) Division. The acquisition strengthens SAE International’s global footprint within the technical standards arena, helping to further support the entire aerospace industry. The newly acquired… Read More
Springer and Italian Society of Endocrinology announce five-year collaboration to publish Journal of Endocrinological Investigation - January 15, 2014
STM publisher Springer and the Italian Society of Endocrinology (Società Italiana di Endocrinologia/SIE) have agreed to a five-year collaboration to publish the monthly Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, starting in January 2014 with Volume 37. Available exclusively in electronic format on SpringerLink, the… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health expands Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills to include broad range of hospital-based clinicians - January 15, 2014
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has expanded use of Lippincott's Nursing Procedures and Skills to include a broad range of hospital-based clinicians including nurses, respiratory therapists and others. These expanded capabilities can help hospitals better support interdisciplinary collaboration. The product - the leading online… Read More
De Gruyter to co-publish The American Mineralogist and Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry - January 15, 2014
Academic publishing house De Gruyter has announced that it has been selected by the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) as its partner for publishing and distributing the premiere journal publication, The American Mineralogist, starting January 2014, as well as the book series, Reviews in Mineralogy and… Read More
BioMed Central and Chilean Biology Society partner to publish Biological Research - January 13, 2014
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced that Biological Research, the official journal of the Chilean Biology Society (Sociedad de Biología de Chile) has joined the BioMed Central portfolio in 2014. Originally named Archivos de Biología y Medicina Experimentales, Biological Research was founded in 1964. For… Read More
BMJ appointed international sales partner for RCN Publishing’s nursing titles - January 10, 2014
RCN Publishing, part of the Royal College of Nursing group, has appointed global healthcare knowledge provider BMJ as its sales partner for institutional customers outside the UK. The agreement covers all 10 RCN Publishing owned titles and includes its flagship journal, Nursing… Read More
