ACCUCOMS to represent Ephorus in the MENA region - June 17, 2014
ACCUCOMS, a provider of sales and marketing services for publishers, will now represent Ephorus in the Middle East and North Africa regions. Ephorus is a Dutch organisation that aims to support educational establishments in the prevention of plagiarism. It enables the owners of content to check… Read More
OCLC Research publishes framework to help organise and drive discussions about evolving scholarly record - June 6, 2014
Library information provider OCLC Research has developed a framework that has been published in the report, The Evolving Scholarly Record, to help organise and drive discussions about the changing scholarly record. The ways and means of scholarly inquiry are experiencing fundamental change, with consequences for… Read More
CrossRef Text and Data Mining now available to CrossRef members - May 30, 2014
CrossRef, a not-for-profit association of worldwide scholarly publishers, has announced that the CrossRef Text and Data Mining services, allowing publishers to provide information that will simplify access arrangements for researchers who desire to mine and analyse scholarly publisher sites, is now available to CrossRef members. The… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry responds to Pfizer’s proposed takeover of AstraZeneca - May 2, 2014
The Royal Society of Chemistry together with members of the Drug Discovery Pathways Group - Society of Biology, Biochemical Society and British Pharmacological Society –has issued a statement in response to news of a possible takeover of UK pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca by Pfizer. According to… Read More
IHS Inc. granted new patent for proprietary, next-generation search technology - April 28, 2014
IHS Inc., a global source of critical information and insight, has announced that it has been granted a new patent for the question-answering technology behind its IHS Goldfire software, used by companies to accelerate research and power innovation. Patent No. 8,666,730, labeled "Question-Answering System and… Read More
Reprints Desk files for NASDAQ Capital Market listing - April 24, 2014
Reprints Desk, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Research Solutions, Inc. (RSSS), has announced that it has filed an application for listing its common shares on The NASDAQ Capital Market. The Company's proposed listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market is subject to review by NASDAQ and dependent upon… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health calls upon healthcare organisations to view ICD-10 delay as opportunity to refine transition plans and maximise outcomes - April 17, 2014
Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has called upon healthcare organisations to view deferment of the ICD-10 implementation as an opportunity to refine plans to further minimise post-transition impacts and maximise quality and financial outcomes. In particular, the delay provides more time for… Read More
Alexander Street Press signs agreement with Jisc to provide unlimited video resource access - April 17, 2014
Electronic publisher Alexander Street Press has forged an agreement with Jisc to provide access to video resources for colleges and universities in the UK using the publisher's popular evidence-based acquisition (EBA) model. The EBA agreement gives colleges and universities in the… Read More
Thomson IP Manager conforms to internationally recognized security standards - April 10, 2014
The Intellectual Property (IP) & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced that its Thomson IP Manager Cloud and Jumpstart Editions are hosted at its secure data hosting facility in the European Union (EU). The three Editions of Thomson IP Manager, including the locally installed Enterprise… Read More
ORCID and CASRAI announce new standards project on ‘Peer Review Services’ - April 9, 2014
In addition to integrating ORCID identifiers into manuscript submission and grant application workflows, publishers and funders have been adding the identifiers into reviewer workflows. From this, a question arose as to how to acknowledge review activities in ORCID. To address this need, ORCID has asked CASRAI… Read More
