Gideon ties up with O’Reilly Media to distribute infectious diseases e-books - November 2, 2010
Medical-decision support applications provider Gideon Informatics, Inc., US, has announced a partnership with publisher O'Reilly Media, Inc. to distribute a new series of 411 Gideon e-books on infectious diseases. The e-books can be read on Amazon Kindle, Apple iPad, mobile devices and… Read More
Scope supports IEEE in enhancing author data for future author database - November 1, 2010
Content enhancement and knowledge services provider Scope eKnowledge Center (Scope), a Quatrro Group company, has announced that it will support a significant new initiative of the IEEE, the world's largest technical professional association, to build a unique author name database. IEEE plans… Read More
Maney Publishing and Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals announce publishing partnership - November 1, 2010
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced a partnership with the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals (Washington, USA) to publish the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine (JSCM), from 2011. JSCM is edited by Dr Donald Bodner, Professor of Urology at Case Western Reserve University School… Read More
Google spent $1.6 billion on 40 deals in 2010 - November 1, 2010
Internet search services provider Google Inc., US, completed 40 acquisitions worth $1.6 billion during the first three quarters of 2010, according to a regulatory filing made by the company. According to the company's quarterly report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Google's largest deals… Read More
UK organisations form implementation group to boost open access implementation - October 29, 2010
Ten organisations from the UK's higher education and research sector have joined forces to form the UK Open Access Implementation Group, which will seek to drive the implementation of open access (OA) in the nation. This would be both in terms of policy and promoting a deeper understanding of the… Read More
WK Health and Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and State Ministry for Scientific Research sign publishing partnership - October 29, 2010
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced a publishing partnership with the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and State Ministry for Scientific Research (ENSTINET). The two organisations have agreed to collaborate on the development and publication of leading medical and scientific journals… Read More
New UBM business merges EE Times Group and Canon Communications Electronics properties - October 28, 2010
Niche information services provider United Business Media Ltd. (UBM), UK, has announced the formation of a new company, UBM Electronics, from the merger of UBM's existing EE Times Group portfolio with the electronics-related properties it recently acquired through the purchase of Canon Communications LLC. The new… Read More
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins to publish RSPA journal, Pathology - October 27, 2010
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that it has signed an agreement to serve as exclusive publisher for the journal Pathology, effective January 1, 2011. The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA), which produces Pathology, is… Read More
Hart Energy Publishing acquires Rextag Strategies - October 26, 2010
Energy publisher Hart Energy Publishing, US, has acquired Rextag Strategies, a mapping and GIS (geographic information system) database services company, in an all-cash deal. Both firms are privately held and terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Rextag acquisition adds to… Read More
Springer set to publish official journal of the Chinese Meteorological Society - October 25, 2010
STM publisher Springer has announced that it will publish the official journal of the Chinese Meteorological Society, Acta Meteorologica Sinica, starting January 2011. The peer-reviewed journal joins Springer's Chinese Library of Science, a collection of more than 90 high-quality Chinese research journals. Founded in 1987, Acta… Read More
