Content on the Nature News site now freely available - March 29, 2010
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced free access to all content hosted on the Nature News site (www.nature.com/news). This includes online news articles, and news and news features articles published in Nature. Previously, this content was free for… Read More
DataCite consortium formed to provide easier access to datasets - March 23, 2010
The University of California (UC)’s California Digital Library (CDL) has announced that it has become a founding member of the international DataCite consortium. DataCite is a group of academic and scientific memory institutions providing data publishing opportunities for researchers lacking appropriate publication channels and incentives for… Read More
McGraw-Hill’ Access-branded digital learning platforms to be distributed in China - March 19, 2010
Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, has announced that its suite of Access-branded digital learning platforms - including AccessMedicine, AccessScience and AccessEngineering - will be offered for the first time to Chinese students, educators, and researchers. The move is the result of a… Read More
InformationWeek Analytics announces charter subscription membership as next level access to premium content - March 19, 2010
Business technology media and business information provider UBM TechWeb, US, has announced new subscription options from InformationWeek Analytics. InformationWeek Analytics provides business technology professionals with real-world analysis and perspective they need to run better, smarter IT organisations. More than 60,000 InformationWeek Analytics reports and briefs were… Read More
NPG launches new website highlighting scientific research from the Middle East - March 18, 2010
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced the launch of Nature Middle East (www.nature.com/naturemiddleeast), a new website highlighting scientific and medical research from the Arabic-speaking Middle East region. Continuously updated with articles in English and Arabic, Nature Middle East is… Read More
RCD to demonstrate construction lead services and cost estimating tools at AGC’s Annual Convention - March 16, 2010
Construction information provider Reed Construction Data (RCD), US, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reed Elsevier, has announced its participation in the Associated General Contractors of America’s (AGC) 91st Annual Convention and Pavilion, March 17-19, 2010, in Orlando, FL. At the convention, RCD will demonstrate how its construction… Read More
Editor may have to quit as Elsevier looks to introduce peer-review for journal ‘Medical Hypotheses’ - March 9, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier has reportedly asked the editor-in-chief of the journal Medical Hypotheses to immediately step down or implement a series of changes in his editorial policy, including introducing a system of peer-review. Medical Hypotheses is currently the only Elsevier journal that does not have a… Read More
Symyx Technologies completes divestiture of High Productivity Research unit - March 3, 2010
Information management systems provider Symyx Technologies, Inc., US, has announced that it has completed the planned divestiture of its High Productivity Research (HPR) business unit assets to FreeSlate, Inc. (formerly HPR Global). The sale, announced last month, marks the transition of Symyx to a pure-play scientific… Read More
Elsevier experts present healthcare solutions at HIMSS 2010 event - March 2, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that Elsevier Clinical Decision Support (CDS) will feature solutions that directly impact the quality of care at the HIMSS 2010 event in Atlanta from March 1-3. The solutions include evidence-based clinical content and tools; interdisciplinary documentation, planning and guidelines; drug… Read More
Springer ownership change confirmed - February 3, 2010
The closing of the sale of Springer Science+Business Media S.A. (Springer) by Cinven and Candover to funds managed by EQT and GIC, announced on December 11, 2009, is confirmed. Competition authorities in the US and in Europe have approved the transfer. Springer has received an injection… Read More
