Elsevier and the National Medical Association announce publishing agreement STM publisher Elsevier has been selected by the National Medical Association (NMA) to publish its journal, Journal of the National Medical Association (JNMA), as of January 2016. JNMA, the official peer-reviewed publication of the NMA, is published 4 times a year. Published since 1909, JNMA is… Read More »
Emerald partners with the Egyptian Government to help create the largest digital library Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing recently signed a four year agreement to provide Egyptian citizens with access to Emerald content via the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB) project, thereby creating the largest digital library in the world. The EKB acts as a repository… Read More »
Brill offers book and journal access in Wikipedia pilot Academic publisher Brill has kicked-off a pilot with The Wikipedia Library, granting up to 25 of Wikipedia’s most active, top editors with access to all publications available on Brill’s Books and Journals platform. Participating editors will gain access to over 6,400 e-books and more than 158,000… Read More »
The professional publishing landscape – key events that made headlines in 2015 The professional publishing landscape looks a bit different heading into 2016 after a busy 2015 that brought some unexpected headlines. The year’s top stories centered on changes and challenges affecting the market’s most recognisable players. More Search for more news in this Category… Read More »
Elsevier and the Association of Universities in the Netherlands reach agreement in principle on open access and subscription STM publisher Elsevier and the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) recently reached an agreement in principle that marks a milestone in the Netherlands’ transition to Open Access scholarly publishing and provides Dutch researchers with continued… Read More »
ProQuest completes acquisition of Ex Libris ProQuest, an information solutions provider central to global research, has completed its acquisition of Ex Libris Group, a global provider of cloud-based solutions for higher education. The businesses’ complementary assets are being integrated, enabling existing services to be enhanced and sparking the creation of all-new solutions that will help… Read More »
American Chemical Society announces new open access journal serving global and multidisciplinary chemistry, ACS Omega The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) will expand its open access program in 2016 with the announcement of ACS Omega, a new open access, multidisciplinary chemistry journal publishing peer-reviewed research of broad impact from around the world.… Read More »
STM responds to the Max Planck Digital Library White Paper on the Open Access Transition The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has welcomed the Max Planck DL (MPDL) paper on the transition to OA. STM welcomes this contribution to the open access debate and shares the belief that the most sustainable… Read More »
Wolters Kluwer Health launches UpToDate Anywhere in Italy The Health division of Wolters Kluwer has announced the launch of UpToDate ® Anywhere in Italy. UpToDate Anywhere enables hospitals and healthcare organisations to provide clinicians with mobile and EHR-based access to UpToDate, the acclaimed evidence-based clinical decision support resource. UpToDate Anywhere expands the availability of this… Read More »
Nature Publishing Group and ReadCube reveal preliminary results of scientific article sharing trial Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group, part of Springer Nature, has announced the results of its ground-breaking 12-month content sharing initiative to support collaborative research. The trial has concluded with positive results and the initiative to offer on-platform sharing of the full text… Read More »