Elsevier partners with SimTutor to offer digital solutions in allied health education - May 20, 2021
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, has launched a partnership with SimTutor, an Atlanta-based developer of SIMTICS virtual simulations for allied health students. SimTutor’s simulations provide allied health students with a safe and cost-effective digital environment… Read More
AMEE partners with F1000 to deliver greater impact for MedEdPublish Journal authors - May 20, 2021
The Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) has partnered with open research publisher F1000 to migrate MedEdPublish onto a new publishing platform utilizing F1000’s trailblazing technology. This expands their existing relationship with Taylor & Francis which runs across multiple projects… Read More
Elsevier joins NSF partnership formed to address major engineering challenges - May 19, 2021
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering, the University Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP), the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), and the EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation (EIF) have announced the launch of a new initiative titled Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA). The initiative will serve as a force multiplier… Read More
eLife and Coko will continue to collaborate on new systems and approaches to research communication - May 19, 2021
eLife has announced its ongoing support for Coko to develop open-source software solutions for publishing, including Kotahi – a new journal platform that can also help facilitate the publication and review of preprints. Preprints have seen a significant rise in popularity over recent years. In light… Read More
Clarivate to acquire ProQuest - May 17, 2021
Clarivate plc, a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire ProQuest, a leading global software, data and analytics provider to academic, research and national institutions, from Cambridge Information Group, a… Read More
New national agreement helps universities in the UK assess journal agreements with publishers - May 17, 2021
SCONUL, the professional association for academic and research libraries and Jisc, have negotiated a national agreement with not-for-profit Our Research. The agreement will help individual SCONUL members in the UK to use Unsub, a data analysis and dashboard tool that enables… Read More
Springer Nature acquires full ownership of British Journal of Cancer - May 13, 2021
Springer Nature has acquired full ownership of the prestigious British Journal of Cancer (BJC). Launched in 1947 as a general oncology journal, BJC publishes across the full spectrum of cancer research, covering molecular cell biology, genetics, translational research, clinical studies and epidemiology. Since the 1980s it has… Read More
LibKey integration with CAB Direct simplifies and accelerates full text access for researchers - May 11, 2021
Third Iron, LLC, an information technology company developing innovative services for libraries, publishers and their users, has announced the availability of LibKey integration for libraries subscribing to CABI databases on CAB Direct. LibKey delivers fast, one-click access to millions of library-subscribed and Open Access… Read More
Society for Neuroscience and HighWire renew partnership - May 10, 2021
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has renewed its partnership with scholarly publishing technology provider, HighWire, for another two years. HighWire has provided SfN with hosting for its flagship journal JNeurosci since 2009, adding its sister journal, eNeuro, in 2014 to support open access… Read More
Research Square, Kudos to work together to expand research communication services for authors - May 10, 2021
Research communication platforms Research Square and Kudos have announced a partnership to help preprint authors accelerate and maximize exposure of their newly shared research. A newly launched package of communication products and services will create and disseminate web profile pages for authors’ new research.… Read More
