IMS Health acquires 360 Vantage - May 22, 2013
Information, technology and services provider IMS Health has announced the acquisition of 360 Vantage, a provider of cloud-based multi-channel CRM and closed loop marketing technologies. It is expected that this acquisition will further extend the company’s commercial Software-as-a-Service capabilities for life sciences and healthcare organisations around… Read More
Elsevier and GSA collaborate to add over 60,000 maps to Geofacets research tool - May 21, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a collaboration with The Geological Society of America (GSA), a prestigious society serving geosciences professionals worldwide. The collaboration will formally launch in September through the integration of more than 60,000 geological maps from GSA’s flagship journals, book series and the… Read More
Official journal of the Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine moves to BioMed Central’s OA platform - May 21, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AOEM) has moved to BioMed Central's open access publishing platform. AOEM is the official academic journal of The Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (KSOEM). KSOEM was formed in… Read More
Aries Systems in deal to make Editorial Manager peer review system available to Taylor & Francis journals - May 17, 2013
Online submission system provider Aries Systems Corporation, US, and publisher Taylor & Francis entered into a global enterprise agreement to make the Editorial Manager peer review system available to Taylor & Francis journals. Taylor & Francis has grown rapidly over the… Read More
Springer and Italian Society for the Study of Eating Disorders collaborate to publish scientific journal on eating disorders and obesity - May 16, 2013
STM publisher Springer and the Italian Society for the Study of Eating Disorders (Società Italiana per lo Studio dei Disturbi del Comportamento Alimentare - SISDCA) have announced a five-year collaboration to publish the quarterly journal Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity,… Read More
ProQuest acquires EBL - May 15, 2013
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has completed its acquisition of Ebook Library (EBL), significantly expanding its e-book delivery and aggregation capabilities with libraries worldwide. The acquisition supports ProQuest's overall goal of enhancing the research experience through seamless discovery of content across multiple formats, including… Read More
Thomson Reuters forms Research Analytics Customer Advisory Board - May 14, 2013
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of its Research Analytics Customer Advisory Board. The newly formed Research Analytics Customer Advisory Board comprises an esteemed group of university and funding leaders working with the Scientific & Scholarly Research business unit… Read More
Thieme Medical Publishers to stop distributing Manson Publishing books - May 14, 2013
Scientific and medical publisher Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. has announced that as of May 31, 2013, it will no longer be distributing the books of Manson Publishing. Taylor and Francis Books Ltd acquired Manson Publishing, a UK based publisher of books in medicine and veterinary… Read More
BioMed Central and the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine partner to launch Journal of Intensive Care - May 13, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced a new partnership with The Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine, to launch a new journal titled Journal of Intensive Care. The Journal of Intensive Care is the official journal of the Japanese Society of Intensive Care… Read More
IOP Publishing and NIMS announce new agreement for continued publication of STAM - May 13, 2013
IOP Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Physics, has announced a new three year agreement with the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) for the continued publication of the open access title Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (STAM). Beginning July 2013… Read More
