Symyx and Royal Society of Chemistry announce collaborative partnership - December 10, 2009
Symyx Technologies, Inc., a US-based provider of information management systems, and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) have announced the launch of a collaborative partnership designed to enhance the usability and accessibility of public scientific databases. The first joint project links related… Read More
Elsevier selects BrainTrack to supply college data for Evolve online learning solutions - December 9, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier Inc., Netherlands, and BrainTrack, the widely referenced higher-education directory, have announced the selection of BrainTrack as supplier of US and Canadian college data for Elsevier's Evolve online learning solutions. Elsevier will use data from BrainTrack's US college directory and Canadian College Directory to… Read More
Springer and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences sign co-publishing agreement - December 8, 2009
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced a collaboration with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to publish AMBIO, A Journal of the Human Environment. The first issue at Springer will be published in February 2010. Dr. Elisabeth Kessler of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences serves… Read More
EBSCO Publishing and Zynx Health sign new deal for integrated access to evidence-based content - December 8, 2009
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced an agreement with Zynx Health, a subsidiary of Hearst Corporation, US. Institutions currently using point-of-care resources from EBSCO and Zynx Health are expected to benefit from this new deal. The agreement gives healthcare providers integrated access… Read More
Earthscan journals now available to UK universities via NESLi2 SMP initiative - December 8, 2009
Independent publisher Earthscan UK, has entered into an agreement with JISC Collections to offer packages of its journals to UK academic institutions via the NESLi2 SMP initiative. Earthscan’s journals are now available to institutions at a discounted rate through a new agreement with NESLi2 SMP. The… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and SID renew publishing partnership for dermatology journal - December 7, 2009
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that it will continue to publish the dermatology journal, The Journal of Investigative Dermatology (JID). The Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID) and NPG recently confirmed a renewal of their publishing partnership. JID is the Society's leading international… Read More
New publishing and digital home for mathematics journal, Mathematika - December 7, 2009
Cambridge Journals, a division of Cambridge University Press (CUP), US, and the London Mathematical Society have announced new publishing and digital home for the journal Mathematika. Previously self-published by University College London, the journal will now be published on their behalf by… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell, AAAP announce publishing partnership - December 4, 2009
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc, US, has been selected by the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) as publisher of The American Journal on Addictions. This partnership reinforces Wiley-Blackwell's already prominent position as publisher for more than 750… Read More
Japanese organisation NISTEP selects Scopus to conduct international research paper output analyses - December 3, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its flagship product Scopus has been chosen by Japan’s National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP) to conduct international research paper output analyses. Scopus claims to be the largest abstract and citation (A&C) database of peer-reviewed literature and… Read More
Informa drops Springer acquisition plan - December 3, 2009
Media firm Informa, UK, has reportedly announced that it has ended talks to acquire German academic publisher Springer Science + Business Media. According to an Informa statement, the board has concluded after detailed consideration that the current environment is not conducive to making such a significant… Read More
