Wiley-Blackwell and ARS-AAOA announce publishing partnership - September 21, 2010
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a new partnership with the American Rhinologic Society and the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy (ARS-AAOA). Under the deal, Wiley-Blackwell will publish the latter's official journal, International Forum of Allergy &… Read More
RSNA partners with Carbonfootprint.com to support sustainable publishing - September 21, 2010
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has announced a partnership with Carbon Footprint Ltd., an international carbon management company. With this move, RSNA seeks to help journal readers offset the amount of CO2 it takes to produce subscriptions of Radiology and RadioGraphics. The initiative coincides… Read More
Thomson Reuters and WIPO launch Access to Specialised Patent Information programme for developing nations - September 20, 2010
The IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters has announced a partnership with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for the launch of the Access to Specialised Patent Information (ASPI) programme. The ASPI programme will provide industrial property offices and government and academic… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell joins F1000 Affiliate Program - September 20, 2010
Article evaluation services provider Faculty of 1000 (F1000), UK, has announced that STM publisher Wiley-Blackwell has joined the F1000 Affiliate Program. Designed to give the scientific community easier access to F1000 evaluations, the F1000 Affiliate Program offers scientific societies and publishers free access to selected evaluations… Read More
United Business Media acquires Canon Communications for $287 million - September 17, 2010
Niche information services provider United Business Media Ltd. (UBM), UK, has reached an agreement to acquire Canon Communications LLC from Spectrum Equity Investors and Apprise Media LLC for $287 million. The transaction is subject to Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust clearance. With this acquisition, UBM expects to become a… Read More
EBSCO Publishing and John Carter Brown Library collaborate to offer free historical database - September 17, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, and the John Carter Brown Library have collaborated to bring a new bibliographic database to libraries, scholars and individuals interested in European works that relate to the Americas. European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 is a database based… Read More
PAHO partners with EQUATOR Network to improve health research reporting in Latin America - September 16, 2010
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has announced a partnership with the EQUATOR Network to improve reporting of health research in the Americas through the wider use of guidelines that promote greater accuracy and transparency in research publications. Under an agreement signed recently, PAHO will translate… Read More
Elsevier, eMolecules collaboration allows for easy sourcing of chemicals via Reaxys - September 15, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that Reaxys now provides an enriched commercial availability service, as a result of the ongoing collaboration between the Reaxys development team and eMolecules. Reaxys is Elsevier's web-based chemistry application which combines reaction and substance data search and retrieval in organic,… Read More
LWW and Chinese Journal of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery sign licensing agreement - September 15, 2010
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement with the Chinese Journal of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery (CJAPS). Under the deal, LWW will provide selected articles and abstracts from Plastic and… Read More
Allen Press opts for Quark XML Author to automate scholarly journals publishing - September 15, 2010
Print and publishing services provider Allen Press, US, has chosen to integrate Quark, Inc.'s Quark XML Author into its publishing workflow in order to further automate its publishing processes and create competitive advantages for its publishers. Quark XML Author is an XML… Read More
