ScienceOpen’s new tool for researchers to create their own ‘best of’ collections - January 12, 2016
ScienceOpen, the research and publishing network, has created a tool for researchers to create their own 'best of' collections from among over 10 million articles across all publishers and journals. The 'Collection' principle may change the way scientists access and prioritise academic literature in journals. … Read More
Wolters Kluwer adds primary care sports medicine to UpToDate - December 21, 2015
The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has added primary care sports medicine to UpToDate®, its evidence-based clinical decision support resource, marking the 23rd medical specialty available to subscribing clinicians and healthcare institutions… Read More
Amphia Hospital in the Netherlands becomes first hospital in Europe to fully integrate UpToDate® Anywhere - December 15, 2015
The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced that the Amphia Hospital in the Netherlands is the first hospital in Europe to fully integrate UpToDate® Anywhere within the Epic electronic medical record… Read More
Reprints Desk releases Autumn 2015 version of journal content access and management platform Article Galaxy - December 11, 2015
Research Solutions, Inc., a pioneer in providing on-demand access to scientific, technical and medical (STM) information for research-intensive organisations, announced the Autumn 2015 version release of the journal content access and management platform Article Galaxy by subsidiary Reprints Desk, Inc. The Autumn 2015 release features short-term… Read More
New API integrates select ProQuest Dialog content into organizational workflow tools - November 18, 2015
A new API enables select content from the powerful ProQuest Dialog information service to be integrated into organisational workflow tools – such as intranets, analysis and visualisation programs, and SharePoint sites. The API gives researchers the ability to retrieve and manipulate select content from leading biomedical,… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing implements CrossCheck plagiarism detection software - November 11, 2015
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has implemented CrossCheck plagiarism detection software to help verify the originality of content submitted for publication and identify cases of possible misconduct. CrossCheck - powered by iThenticate - uses originality detection software to compare manuscripts against a unique database holding… Read More
EBSCO unveils Fuente AcadémicaTM Plus, expands non-English scholarly resources - November 4, 2015
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has introduced Fuente Académica™ Plus, a non-English, full-text resource that includes a comprehensive collection of scholarly journals from Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Fuente Academica Plus provides a significantly larger collection of content than other non-English scholarly resources available online. Fuente… Read More
SPARC launches Open Access Spectrum Evaluation Tool to independently analyse publications’ policies - October 20, 2015
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced the launch of the Open Access Spectrum (OAS) Evaluation Tool, which provides a concrete, quantifiable mechanism to independently analyse publications' policies. The OAS Evaluation Tool generates an 'Openness' score that is straightforward, easy to understand,… Read More
Overleaf offers Springer authors with tool to ease author writing and submission process - October 16, 2015
Overleaf, an academic authorship tool, has announced that Springer will integrate 20 Springer journals and the Springer Transfer Desk with the Overleaf online LaTeX and rich text collaborative writing and publishing platform. Overleaf, a cloud-based scientific authoring platform, will make it… Read More
INASP’s Journals Online project introduces iThenticate to editors in developing countries - October 12, 2015
INASP, an international development charity working with a global network of partners to improve access, production and use of research information and knowledge, has announced that its Journals Online project has introduced iThenticate software to the editors of journals on the BanglaJOL, NepJOL and SLJOL platforms… Read More
