Elsevier signs on to CCC’s Republication Service Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organization, has announced that STM publisher Elsevier has signed on to CCC’s Republication Service to simplify the process of negotiating broad republication permissions for its Science & Technology and Health books and journals. With the addition of… Read More »
Facing up to the challenges of education and culture policy – Education at the Frankfurt Book Fair Digitisation and globalisation have made it necessary to rethink our education and cultural policies. Technology companies like Apple, Microsoft and Google are investing more and more in educational activities, while trends such as massive open online courses (MOOCs)… Read More »
Thomson Reuters and Russia’s Scientific Electronic Library eLibrary.RU collaborate to showcase nation’s leading research in Web of Science The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a collaboration with Russia’s Scientific Electronic Library eLibrary.ru to make content from the Russian Science Citation Index accessible via the Web of Science. Under the initiative,… Read More »
Wellcome Trust launches charity fund to support open access research publications Six medical research charities recently launched the Charity Open Access Fund (COAF) to cover open access, article-processing charges. The Charity Open Access Fund (COAF) is a partnership between Arthritis Research UK, Breast Cancer Campaign, the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Leukaemia & Lymphoma… Read More »
Scope unveils new enhanced version of SemantiCzTM Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced the release of an enhanced version of its content enrichment solution, SemantiCzTM. Advanced text mining and ontology based semantic tagging are some of the key features of the enhanced version… Read More »
Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi named founding editor-in-chief of ACS Central Science journal The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced that internationally renowned chemist Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi will take the helm as editor-in-chief of its first fully open access journal, ACS Central Science, which is set to launch in early 2015. Currently a Howard Hughes Medical Institute… Read More »
Elsevier launches enhanced version of ClinicalKey STM publisher Elsevier has launched an enhanced version of ClinicalKey that incorporates extensive feedback from clinician users. New intuitive topic pages, a design easily viewable on any mobile device, and multi-layered search functions lead the list of improvements to Elsevier’s premier point-of-care clinical resource. MoreSearch for more news in… Read More »
Thomson Reuters predicts Nobel Laureates for 2014 The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced its 2014 ‘Nobel-class’ Citation Laureates. Having accurately forecast 35 Nobel Prize winners since its inception in 2002, the annual Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates study mines scientific research citations to identify the most influential researchers in the fields… Read More »
Swets files for bankruptcy, publishers urge customers to find alternative agents Subscription agent SWETS has written to publishers that to protect the business interests of Swets & Zeitlinger Group BV, the company has requested the court in Amsterdam to declare a suspension of payments of Swets & Zeitlinger Group BV and appoint an administrator. Considering… Read More »