EBSCO acquires British Education Index - August 16, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced the acquisition of the British Education Index (BEI) from the University of Leeds Library. For nearly 40 years, the BEI has been an independent subject and author index to the contents of significant education journals published in… Read More
Elsevier acquires Woodhead Publishing - August 14, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier has acquired UK-based publisher, Woodhead Publishing Limited. It is expected that this acquisition will expand Elsevier's books portfolio in key subject areas including materials science, engineering and food science. The acquisition of Woodhead Publishing also includes Chandos Publishing, which is known for… Read More
Vision Prize and environmentalresearchweb collaborate to communicate scientists’ views on environmental issues - August 14, 2013
Vision Prize, an online research platform for capturing expert opinion, and IOP Publishing's community website, environmentalresearchweb, have signed an agreement that recognises a shared mission to communicate as widely as possible the views of scientists on issues concerning the environment. Through… Read More
Elsevier acquires certain book assets of Gulf Publishing Company - August 9, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has acquired certain book assets of Gulf Publishing Company (GPC). The portfolio of 32 books includes petroleum engineering titles in drilling, pipeline, oil and gas, and safety. The GPC titles are for professionals in upstream oil and gas engineering and cover drilling,… Read More
OMICS Publishing Group acquires OA journal, Immunome Research - August 9, 2013
OMICS Group Incorporation, a scientific organisation that drives the progress of research through scholarly open access journals, has announced an agreement with Nikolai Petrovsky Publishing for the acquisition of Immunome Research, an open access, peer reviewed, interdisciplinary journal. The journal joins OMICS Group's list of more… Read More
F1000Prime and PLOS partner to provide enhanced information to researchers on article-level metrics - August 9, 2013
Faculty of 1000's F1000Prime article recommendation service has partnered with Public Library of Science (PLOS), to provide enhanced information to researchers on the impact of their published articles. 'F1000Prime recommended' badges and scores have been added to all PLOS journal articles… Read More
The Journal of Restorative Medicine to be preserved with Portico - August 9, 2013
The Journal of Restorative Medicine has announced an agreement with non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico to preserve its e-journal. Through this agreement, The Journal of Restorative Medicine ensures that it will be preserved and available for future scholars, researchers, and students. The Journal of… Read More
Elsevier and Hungarian National Consortium announce collaboration - August 8, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has signed a license agreement with the Hungarian National Consortium for access to Elsevier's entire Backfile Collection for all Hungarian academic and research institutions. The Backfile Collection on ScienceDirect provides access to journals back to the start of their publication. Access to… Read More
EBSCO and NetAdvance in deal to provide Japanese-language content to EBSCO Discovery Service - August 7, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and NetAdvance have announced an agreement allowing metadata from NetAdvance's JapanKnowledge collection to be added to EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The content from JapanKnowledge includes an extensive collection of Japanese-language content geared for educational institutions, researchers and businesses.… Read More
AMS selects Health Language to enhance clinical documentation and regulatory compliance in ambulatory EHR solutions - August 7, 2013
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that American Medical Software (AMS) has selected its Health Language applications to promote higher-quality clinical documentation and regulatory compliance in its electronic health record (EHR) solutions for physician practices. American Medical Software will utilise Health Language… Read More
