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Springer and Association of Dutch Universities reach wide-ranging agreement on access
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media and the Association of Dutch Universities (VSNU) have reached a landmark agreement which includes access to more than 2,000 of Springer’s subscription journals as well as a commitment to rapidly moving toward open access publishing for all publicly financed research results from the Netherlands. Although negotiations between VSNU and a number of STM publishers have been ongoing, the agreement with Springer is the first to be signed.
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Elsevier expands Chemical and Process Engineering portfolio, publishes six new books
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of six new books on chemical and process engineering, expanding the portfolio for researchers, practitioners and students. Included in the list of books is the fifth edition of the three-volume, in-depth reference work Physical Metallurgy, edited by distinguished academics and metallurgists Professor David Laughlin of Carnegie Mellon University and Kazuhiro Hono of University of Tsukuba, Japan.
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Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine to join Cambridge Journals list from January 2015
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press and the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) have announced that the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine (CJEM) will join the Cambridge Journals list from January 2015. The journal focuses on emergency medicine content relevant to clinical practice, emergency medical services, research, medical education, administration, and continuing professional development and knowledge exchange.
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Mendeley and WriteLaTeX collaborate to make it easier for authors to ‘cite as they write’
Global research collaboration platform and academic database Mendeley and WriteLaTeX have collaborated to make it easier for authors to ‘cite as they write’ by linking their Mendeley reference library to WriteLaTeX’s online collaborative writing and publishing service. Authors who have built up extensive virtual libraries using Mendeley’s reference management software can now use this library more effectively when authoring their scientific and scholarly works on WriteLaTeX.
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PRE forms Expert Advisory Board to help improve peer review process
Peer Review Evaluation (PRE) has announced the formation of an Expert Advisory Board to provide guidance on decisions affecting scholars, publishers, and libraries; and to develop best practices for peer review. PRE was formed to assist members of the scholarly publishing community who are committed to preserving an ethical, rigorous peer review process.
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MedeAnalytics acquires OnFocus Healthcare
MedeAnalytics, a pioneer in healthcare analytics, has announced the acquisition of OnFocus Healthcare, Inc., a provider of healthcare enterprise performance management solutions. The synthesis of OnFocus Healthcare and MedeAnalytics will create the first ‘closed loop’ analytics and execution-driven performance improvement solution for healthcare.
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American Psychiatric Publishing re-launches PsychiatryOnline with Atypon
Atypon, a provider of software to the scientific and scholarly publishing industry, and American Psychiatric Publishing (APP), a division of American Psychiatric Association, have re-launched PsychiatryOnline on Atypon’s Literatum platform. With the significant increased flexibility conferred by Literatum, APP will now be able to continuously roll out upgrades and innovations that will enhance the value of the portal for subscribers.
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