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
Ovid announces new agreement with medical journal Neural Regeneration Research - December 2, 2009
Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced an agreement with Neural Regeneration Research (NRR), an English-language monthly medical journal, published in China. The agreement is part of Ovid’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its presence in China’s healthcare information market. NRR is published by the… Read More
EBSCO to implement Ringgold Identifier to provide timely information for usage reports - December 2, 2009
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced an agreement with journal supply chain support provider Ringgold, Inc. Under the deal, EBSCO will implement the latter’s Ringgold Institutional Identifier within EBSCOhost databases - supplying the Identifier to publishers with their… Read More
Springer to collaborate with CreateSpace on inventory-free book distribution - December 1, 2009
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media (Springer), Germany, has signed an agreement with CreateSpace, part of the Amazon.com group of companies. The agreement is to make Springer’s paperback book catalogue, front, mid- and backlist, available via print-on-demand (POD) in the US. In addition to moving a significant… Read More
Informa in talks to acquire Springer Science - November 25, 2009
Media company Informa, UK, has confirmed that it is in talks to acquire German academic publisher Springer Science and Business Media. Informa, which owns specialist publishers such as Taylor & Francis and Routledge, has been given access to due diligence materials. UK private equity groups Candover… Read More
Springer and the American College of Medical Toxicology sign publishing deal - November 25, 2009
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has signed an agreement with the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT). Under the deal, Springer will publish the latter’s official journal, Journal of Medical Toxicology (JMT), beginning in March 2010. A quarterly, the Journal of Medical Toxicology is an international, peer-reviewed… Read More
