 Frankfurt Book Fair 2018 begins |
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The 70th Frankfurter Buchmesse presents itself as a dynamic display of the global book and media industry. This year in Frankfurt, 7,500 exhibitors will showcase their products and markets, an increase of about three per cent over the previous year. With a share of some 70 per cent of international exhibitors, who are coming to Frankfurt from 110 countries, the Frankfurter Buchmesse underscores its position as the biggest international trade fair for content. More Search for more news in this Category |
 Elsevier and American Chemical Society file second lawsuit against ResearchGate for copyright infringement |
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Elsevier and the American Chemical Society (ACS) have filed a second lawsuit against ResearchGate, alleging mass copyright infringement. Last year, the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers, a group representing more than 140 publishers, wrote to ResearchGate, a popular social networking site for researchers, expressing concerns over the site’s article-sharing practices. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Wiley to acquire Learning House from Weld North |
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a global leader in research and education, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Learning House, an education services provider, from Weld North Holdings. Under the terms of the agreement, Learning House shareholders will receive $200 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close on or around November 1, 2018, subject to customary closing and regulatory conditions. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Oxford University Press and Society of Breast Imaging partner to publish Journal of Breast Imaging |
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Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) and the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) have announced their partnership to publish Journal of Breast Imaging (JBI), the first peer-reviewed journal to focus solely on breast imaging. JBI is a peer-reviewed publication that aims to provide high quality, evidence-based content for the global breast imaging medical community. More Search for more news in this Category |
 Royal Society and Publons collaborate on strategic solutions for peer review |
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The Royal Society has announced that it will become Development Partners with Publons, a Clarivate Analytics company. This partnership will allow both companies to fully collaborate on the Royal Society’s strategic requirements in peer review. More Search for more news in this Category |
 LIUC – Università Cattaneo opts to move to Ex Libris Alma, Primo, and Leganto solutions |
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Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that Italy’s LIUC – Università Cattaneo will be moving to the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform, Primo® discovery and delivery solution, and LegantoTM course reading list solution. With the move to the Ex Libris solutions, LIUC will benefit from tight integration between discovery, resource management, and resource lists, which are all based on the Ex Libris cloud platform. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Dove Medical Press and The Charlesworth Group partner to integrate WeChat into its manuscript submission system |
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Dove Medical Press Ltd., a division of Taylor & Francis, has partnered with The Charlesworth Group to integrate its manuscript submission system into Charlesworth’s WeChat Gateway platform. The use of WeChat within the scientific community in China continues to grow and has over-taken email as the preferred primary communication channel for China-based academic authors. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Seven publisher partners sign up to Kudos’ Shareable PDF for author sharing |
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Kudos, a platform for managing research dissemination, has announced that seven more publisher partners have signed up to switch on the Shareable PDF (S-PDF) feature and enable their authors to use Kudos for managing and evaluating PDF-based sharing. S-PDF makes it easy for researchers to create and share plain language summaries of their work, encapsulated in PDFs that can be uploaded to PDF-based sharing services. More Search for more news in this Category |
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