American Heart Association and Wiley-Blackwell launch new OA journal - November 15, 2011
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, and the American Heart Association (AHA) have announced an innovative venture to publish a new open access journal, Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease.… Read More
Alabama Medicaid and the State of Alabama partners with Thomson Reuters to build infrastructure for state-wide HIE - November 14, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that the Alabama Medicaid and the State of Alabama are partnering with the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters to build the infrastructure for a state-wide health information exchange (HIE). The initiative is expected to improve the quality of… Read More
WIT Press and Science Press announce co-publishing agreement - November 14, 2011
Engineering and scientific research publisher WIT Press, UK, has announced a co-publication agreement with China-based Science Press, Ltd. The new collaboration makes available in English seminal works originally published in Chinese that will be of interest to the global scientific and technical community. The first… Read More
Maney Publishing set to publish European Journal of Archaeology - November 14, 2011
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced a new publishing partnership with the European Association of Archaeologists. Under the deal, Maney will publish the latter's official journal, European Journal of Archaeology, from 2012. This further complements Maney Publishing's existing range of archaeology titles such as… Read More
Elsevier’s chemistry workflow solution Reaxys now interoperable with PerkinElmer Informatics E-Notebook - November 14, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and PerkinElmer Inc. (PKI), a company focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, have announced that the chemistry workflow solution Reaxys is now interoperable with PerkinElmer Informatics E-Notebook. The cooperation between Elsevier and PerkinElmer seeks to… Read More
CAPES and Thomson Reuters expand agreement to provide Micromedex clinical information to Brazil’s Sentinel Hospital Network - November 11, 2011
The Coordination for the Improvement of Personnel in Higher Education (CAPES) has expanded its agreement with the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters to include the provision of clinical content to Brazil's Sentinel Hospital Network. Through CAPES, Thomson Reuters provides its Micromedex solutions - including evidence-based… Read More
WIT Press adds EBSCO to its current line-up of eBook vendors - November 11, 2011
Engineering and scientific research publisher WIT Press, UK, has announced the addition of EBSCO to its current line-up of eBook vendors. This new partnership seeks to further extend the reach and availability of WIT Press titles. eBook versions of WIT Press titles are also available from… Read More
Vista Equity Partners acquires Sage Healthcare Division - November 11, 2011
Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in software and technology-enabled services, has completed its acquisition of the Sage Healthcare Division from The Sage Group plc. The new company will be called Vitera Healthcare Solutions (Vitera), and will continue serving the ambulatory market… Read More
CourseSmart and Desire2Learn partnership to enhance access to digital educational resources - November 11, 2011
Digital course materials supplier CourseSmart LLC, US, has partnered with Desire2Learn Incorporated, (Desire2Learn), a provider of enterprise teaching and learning platforms, to provide an end-to-end integration that facilitates an efficient, one-stop process for students and faculty to access digital course materials. Students and faculty will have… Read More
Springer to acquire Wolters Kluwer’ Pharma Marketing and Publishing Services division - November 10, 2011
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media has reached an agreement with Wolters Kluwer to acquire the Pharma Marketing and Publishing Services division (MPS) for its Springer Healthcare unit. MPS is one of the five largest global providers of strategic marketing, publishing and business… Read More
