Aries Systems and ProQuest partner to empower journal editors with reviewer discovery utility - May 31, 2013
Online submission system provider Aries Systems Corporation, US, has announced a partnership with ProQuest to empower journal editors with reviewer discovery utility. Submitted manuscripts can now be automatically matched with reviewers drawn from an external pool of more than 3.5 million curated scholar profiles. Using… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health and Amirsys expand partnership to add two additional clinical anatomy and pathology image databases - May 30, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that it has expanded its partnership with Amirsys Inc. to offer two new clinical reference databases, the Amirsys Pathology Reference Center and the Amirsys Anatomy Reference Center, via the OvidSP medical research platform. The Amirsys Imaging Reference… Read More
Springer to publish two renowned mathematics journals from Vietnam - May 30, 2013
STM publisher Springer has announced that it will publish two prestigious mathematics journals from Vietnam - Acta Mathematica Vietnamica and the Vietnam Journal of Mathematics. Both journals, established publications in their field, will be available electronically on SpringerLink and in print. … Read More
Springer and the Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics announce publishing partnership - May 29, 2013
STM publisher Springer has announced that Springer and the Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (SIGG) are collaborating to publish Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, the official journal of the society, starting in 2013. The journal was previously published by the Italian publisher Editrice Kurtis. The… Read More
Kudos partners with RSC and T&F to help authors increase impact and usage of research - May 29, 2013
Kudos, a start-up that provides tools and services to help researchers maximise the usage and impact of published articles, has announced the launch of a pilot programme in which it will partner with Taylor & Francis and the Royal Society of Chemistry.… Read More
MyIdentifiers now includes links to automated rights technologies - May 29, 2013
ProQuest affiliate Bowker is expanding the range of services available to users of MyIdentifiers.com by including a link to Digi-Rights Direct, a patented suite of automated rights solutions and services for authors and publishers. This cloud-based service is designed to enable users… Read More
Content agreement allows mutual customers easier access to Gale database and e-book content via EBSCO Discovery Service - May 29, 2013
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Gale, part of Cengage Learning, have agreed to make Gale databases and archives discoverable through EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The agreement allows EBSCO to index Gale metadata and make it discoverable for mutual customers through EBSCO Discovery Service. EBSCO Information… Read More
Office of Fair Trading clears Oxford University Press’s acquisition of Nelson Thornes - May 28, 2013
The Office of Fair Trading has cleared Oxford University Press (OUP)'s acquisition of Nelson Thornes. OUP, which is a department of the University of Oxford, acquired the educational publisher from Infinitas Learning in January 2013 for an undisclosed sum. Following a four month review, the… Read More
RSC and the Chinese Chemical Society announce publishing partnership - May 24, 2013
The Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) will launch a collection of journals that combine high quality content and fast publication with trusted values of society publishing. An integral part of the development of each journal within the collection is… Read More
The Geological Society of London extends representation in MENA with ACCUCOMS - May 24, 2013
The UK based Geological Society of London has announced a collaboration with ACCUCOMS by extending representation in Middle East and North Africa in addition to Europe and UK. The Geological Society of London (GSL) has agreed with ACCUCOMS on extending representation in the MENA region,… Read More