Swiss patients and healthcare practitioners gain access to the Cochrane Library Swiss patients and healthcare practitioners will now have access to over 6500 published systematic reviews in healthcare interventions through one-click access to the Cochrane Library. The Cochrane Library is a leading resource in evidence-based research across areas including pregnancy, mental health, surgical procedures and… Read More »
Springer Nature appoints Rachel Burley as Publishing Director, BioMed Central and SpringerOpen Springer Nature, a global research, educational and professional publisher, has announced the appointment of Rachel Burley to the role of Publishing Director, BioMed Central and SpringerOpen, effective February 1, 2016. Her responsibilities will include all of BioMed Central and SpringerOpen’s editorial and commercial… Read More »
Copyright in publishing will be a key theme at the International Publishers Congress in April 2016 Francis Gurry, Director General of Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organisation, is confirmed to speak at the 31st International Publishers Congress in London in April 2016. He will speak on a panel chaired by Paul Doda, Chair of the IPA… Read More »
Sentri7® solution receives Category Leader award for Clinical Decision Support-Surveillance in 2015/2016 Best in KLAS report The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced that its Sentri7® solution has received the 2015/2016 Category Leader award for Clinical Decision Support-Surveillance in the… Read More »
Bowker and Digi-Rights® offer new mobile app to protect authors’ and publishers’ works from piracy and illegal copyright infringement Digi-Rights, creators of the CopyrightsNowTM service, an innovative mobile app that simplifies copyright registration and protection for creative works, is teaming with ProQuest affiliate Bowker to expand access to CopyrightsNowTM for iPhone®, iPad®, and Android® phones… Read More »
SAGE Publishing and Kudos announce extended agreement Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced an extended partnership with Kudos, an online service for authors, to include all content from SAGE’s more than 900 journals. SAGE began a pilot program with Kudos in 2015 and following the success has extended the agreement to two years. By enabling… Read More »
Outsell, Inc. publishes new report on text and data mining Research and advisory firm Outsell, Inc. has announced the publication of a new report, Text and Data Mining: Technologies Under Construction. The report takes a close look at how scientific research, engineering, and healthcare are currently deploying text and data mining (TDM), and what the… Read More »
Elsevier’s new ECC Webcasts platform offers free access to webcasts of the European Cancer Congress A new online platform, run by Elsevier and hosted by the European Journal of Cancer (EJC), seeks to provide healthcare professionals free access to a selection of lectures from Europe’s biggest cancer conference, providing them with the latest research on… Read More »
ICSTI 2016 Annual Members’ Meeting & Workshops scheduled for February 20 The ICSTI 2016 Annual Members’ Meeting & Workshops meeting will be held on February 20 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Philadelphia, and will immediately precede the NFAIS 2016 Annual Conference, which follows on February 21-23 at Hyatt at the Bellevue also in Philadelphia. As… Read More »
SAGE Publishing invests in Publons, the peer review innovators with a mission to speed up science Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has led an investment round for a minority stake in Publons with additional participation by existing investors. Known for its mission to use peer review to speed up science, Publons will remain completely independent and… Read More »