Wolters Kluwer’s PrepU adaptive learning platform surpasses 1 billion answers - February 28, 2017
Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced that students using its PrepU adaptive learning platform have submitted more than 1 billion responses to customized questions generated through formative assessments in their courses and preparation for… Read More
Four Thieme titles honoured at the 2017 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence - February 28, 2017
Medical and scientific publisher Thieme Publishers has announced that four of its titles have been honoured at the prestigious 2017 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (The PROSE Awards). Pediatric Neurosurgery: Tricks of the Trade won first prize in the category Textbook/Clinical Medicine, with… Read More
Five Elsevier titles honoured with Textbook Excellence awards - February 24, 2017
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that five of its books will receive 2017 textbook awards in the College category from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA). Three titles will receive the Textbook Excellence Award, better known as a "Texty;" one title will receive the Most… Read More
Emerald celebrates 6th annual High Usage Awards - February 21, 2017
Academic publisher Emerald Publishing is celebrating the top 20 international academic institutions with the highest downloads of its eJournal content for the 6th consecutive year. The Emerald High Usage Awards celebrate the relationship between Emerald and each winning institution; all of which have access to a… Read More
The BMJ Awards 2017 finalist announced - February 21, 2017
Medical knowledge provider BMJ has announced that more than 60 healthcare teams from across the UK have made it to the final judging stages for The BMJ Awards 2017. Now in its ninth year, The BMJ Awards is organised by The BMJ, one of the world's… Read More
Wiley ChemPlanner selected as one of five LAUNCH Innovators - February 17, 2017
Wiley ChemPlanner has been selected as one of the five LAUNCH: Smarter Chemistry Innovation Challenge Innovators. LAUNCH was founded by NASA, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Department of State and NIKE, Inc. The LAUNCH: Smarter Chemistry Challenge aims to identify the most innovative… Read More
The Institution of Engineering and Technology receives BIC Basic award and Onix 3.0 badge - February 15, 2017
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has been awarded the BIC Basic award for Product Data Excellence under the Book Industry Communications (BIC) accreditation scheme as well as receiving the Onix 3.0 badge. The IET is one of just a handful of publishers that have… Read More
APA Style Central wins 2017 PROSE Award for eProduct/Best in Social Sciences - February 14, 2017
The American Psychological Association has won the 2017 PROSE Award for eProduct/Best in Social Sciences for its authoritative new scholarly writing solution, APA Style CENTRAL®. Presented annually by the Association of American Publishers, PROSE awards recognize the very best in professional and scholarly publishing by bringing… Read More
Luiz Schwarcz to receive The London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award 2017 - February 13, 2017
The London Book Fair has announced that the recipient of the LBF Lifetime Achievement Award 2017 will be Luiz Schwarcz, Publisher, Companhia das Letras, Brazil. Luiz Schwarcz is one of the most commercially successful and culturally influential figures in Brazilian publishing. He co-founded Companhia das Letras,… Read More
American Chemical Society’s first OA journal ACS Central Science wins PROSE innovation award - February 13, 2017
ACS Central Science, the first fully open access journal published by the American Chemical Society (ACS), has won the PROSE Journal/Award for Innovation. Presented by the Association of American Publishers, the PROSE awards recognise excellence in professional and scholarly publishing. The PROSE innovation award, which acknowledges… Read More
