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 »
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 »
BMJ provides Ebola resources to support healthcare workers in West Africa Global healthcare knowledge provider BMJ is offering a range of free online resources to support healthcare workers tackling the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa – as well as for health professionals outside affected regions who want to keep up to date with the… Read More »
Negotiations on subscription fees and Open Access between Dutch universities and Elsevier fail Negotiations between the Dutch universities and publishing company Elsevier on subscription fees and Open Access have ground to a halt. In line with the policy pursued by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the universities want academic publications to be freely… Read More »
Wolters Kluwer Health announces continued support for relief efforts with Ebola outbreak in Africa Healthcare information solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health is supporting the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) extension of free access to medical resources through November 14, 2014, in response to the Ebola virus disease health crisis. As… Read More »