John Wiley & Sons to acquire Atypon Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Atypon, a Silicon Valley-based publishing-software company, for $120 million in cash. Atypon is a trusted technology partner that enables scholarly societies and publishers to deliver, host, enhance, market and manage their content on the web.… Read More »
IET launches new journal, IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has launched a new, open access engineering journal, IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications. The new journal will cover emerging issues including security, privacy issues and data analytics techniques in addition to classical cyber-physical systems (CPS) research topics… Read More »
Elsevier to publish OA journal, Engineering, in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Engineering STM publisher Elsevier has been selected to publish Engineering, an open access journal published in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Engineering. The journal is now available on ScienceDirect. Zhihua Zhong, from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Raj Reddy, Professor… Read More »
Wolters Kluwer launches Zika Resource Portal The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has launched the Zika Resource Portal, a single point of access to trusted clinical knowledge and current information to help healthcare professionals worldwide stay up-to-date on the rapidly spreading… Read More »
Wiley and Amazon Web Services announce publishing agreement Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc. has announced a publishing agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring to market official certification study guide learning tools for the AWS Certification Program. The AWS Certification Program recognises IT professionals that possess the skills and technical knowledge necessary for… Read More »
Wiley provides free access to latest Zika research to coincide with events in Brazil Global publisher Wiley has announced that it has made available all of its published Zika content on one sitewww.wiley.com/go/zika to coincide with events in Brazil, a territory that has seen increased cases of Zika Virus recently. Access will be freely available… Read More »
HealthStream partners with EBSCO Health to deliver comprehensive clinical skills development program HealthStream, Inc., a leading provider of workforce, patient experience, and provider solutions for the healthcare industry, has entered into a strategic partnership with EBSCO Health to offer a unique Clinical Skills Development Program, delivering innovative clinical competency solutions that meet a wide range… Read More »
Publishing industry remains confident post-Brexit, says new Publishers Association survey The Publishers Association recently conducted a survey, according to which, more than 70% of publishers remain committed to their business investment plans despite Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. The survey also identified key priorities for the industry going forward which included ensuring a… Read More »
Springer publishes HCNA learning guide for Huawei Technologies Springer, part of Springer Nature, has published for Huawei Technologies (“Huawei”) an English-language technical reference book entitled HCNA Networking Study Guide in support of the ICT multinational’s HCNA (Huawei Certified Network Associate) Series Certifications. This is the first international publishing project Springer has delivered for a Chinese… Read More »
CAS selects 26 outstanding international scientists to participate in the 2016 SciFinder Future Leaders Program CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, has announced the 2016 SciFinder Future Leaders. The SciFinder Future Leaders program will be held August 15-20 in Columbus, OH and provides selected international Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers opportunities to collaborate… Read More »