Nature Research in deal with Beijing Technology and Business University and IUFoST to co-publish OA journal npj Science of Food Nature Research, part of Springer Nature, has announced an agreement with Beijing Technology and Business University and the International Union … Continue reading →

UK wide survey cites the growing importance of online libraries to academics The 2015 survey of academics, jointly commissioned by Jisc and RLUK and conducted by research organisation Ithaka S+R, has revealed a substantial increase in the way academics use … Continue reading →

ChemZent, the first English-searchable version of Chemische Zentralblatt, now available in SciFinder CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, has introduced ChemZent, a new solution available for purchase in SciFinder. ChemZent delivers the complete collection of approximately three million … Continue reading →

Springer and Palgrave Macmillan journals announce increased number of journals in JCR The 2016 update of the Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports® (JCR) lists a total of 1,681 Springer journals among its numbers. This figure includes the Palgrave Macmillan journals … Continue reading →

Elsevier unveils eight alternative and renewable energy books at ASME Power & Energy Conference & Exhibition STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of Storing Energy: With Special Reference to Renewable Energy Sources by Trevor Letcher, a comprehensive volume covering … Continue reading →

EBSCO Discovery Service and EBSCOhost users can now visualize altmetrics from Plum Analytics EBSCO Information Services has announced that the overall research experience for users of EBSCO Discovery ServiceTM and EBSCOhost® databases is improving with the addition of altmetrics data … Continue reading →

Wiley ChemPlanner awarded Best of Show at BIO-IT World Conference & Expo Wiley ChemPlanner was awarded ‘Best of Show’ for the Research & Clinical Data Management category at the BIO-IT World Conference & Expo 2016. Judged by leading industry experts … Continue reading →

Apple to begin paying $400 million to consumers in price-fixing settlement Beginning June 21, 2016, millions of e-book purchasers will receive credits and checks for twice their losses following an antitrust lawsuit filed against Apple Inc. and five of the … Continue reading →

Elsevier announces participation in multi-publisher pilot project led by Crossref STM publisher Elsevier has announced that it will participate in a multi-publisher pilot project led by Crossref. As part of the project, several of Elsevier’s leading journals will share details … Continue reading →

Elsevier to showcase new Neuroscience books at 10th FENS Forum for Neuroscience STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of four new and updated neuroscience atlases, includingMRI/DTI Atlas of the Rat Brain and Atlas of the Human Brain, Fourth Edition. … Continue reading →