NPG and Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences renew contract for Cell Research, strengthen partnership with the launch of new OA journal, Cell Discovery Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has cemented its partnership with the Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences (SIBS) by renewing the contract for Cell Research for a second time and by launching… Read More »
STM Week 2014: One week, three events The STM Association once again descends on London for its annual ‘STM Week’ events. Industry favourites Innovations and eProduction are joined this time by a new seminar focussing on OA: Beyond Open Access. Innovations: Social Media and Scholarly Publishing – exchanging, engaging and empowering will be held December… Read More »
Wolters Kluwer Health unveils Consumer Education Center, a suite of Web-hosted educational tools for healthcare organisations Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced the debut of the Consumer Education Center, a suite of Web-hosted educational tools healthcare organisations can use to create a patient portal or consumer health information website. With the strength of… Read More »
LexisNexis plans to acquire Health Market Science LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, a division of Reed Elsevier, has announced its intent to acquire Health Market Science (HMS), a leading supplier of high-quality data on health care professionals and an administrator of one of the largest practitioner-level medical claims databases in the U.S. The transaction is subject to… Read More »
Nature Index: A new global indicator for high quality science shows growing strength of China The growing contribution to science of Chinese institutions such as Chinese Academy of Sciences is one striking pattern revealed in the recently launched Nature Index. High quality science outputs of 20,000 institutions worldwide can now be easily analysed with the… Read More »
Springer and Förderkreis Gründungs-Forschung e.V. sign book series deal STM publisher Springer has signed a deal with the Förderkreis Gründungs-Forschung e.V (FGF), the foremost organisation of professors of entrepreneurship and small business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, to publish a new series entitled ‘FGF Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship.’ The series strengthens both Springer’s… Read More »
WellDyneRx selects Elsevier’s PAC to deliver cost savings for its members STM publisher Elsevier has announced an agreement with WellDyneRx, an innovative, full-service Prescription Benefit Manager (PBM), to use Elsevier’s Predictive Acquisition Cost (PAC). PAC, offered exclusively by Elsevier, is a drug price solution that closely tracks true acquisition cost. WellDyneRx services approximately six million… Read More »
NÖ Landeskliniken-Holding gains access to Springer medical journals collection The NÖ Landeskliniken-Holding has now purchased a license for an extensive collection of Springer medical journals. As a result, medical staff from 27 different hospitals in Lower Austria will soon have access to more than 500 English- and German-language journals from Springer and Adis. The license… Read More »
Plum Analytics offers even more insights into research impact with new data visualisation feature PlumTM Analytics, an EBSCO company, is continuing to expand its ability to provide answers about the impact of research with a new data visualisation feature. Plum Analytics has introduced a new section of analytics into PlumXTM that moves beyond reporting on… Read More »
Data Rights & Data Wrongs REGISTRATION IS OPEN Register here or go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-rights-data-wrongs-tickets-14079810091 Date & Time: December 10, 2014 from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Location: MPR, Student Community Center, UC Davis Scholars are increasingly subject to pressures from funding bodies, disciplinary norms, professional and personal ethics, and institutional directives to share their… Read More »