SAGE acquires Pion Limited, strengthens geography and psychology portfolio Academic publisher SAGE has announced the purchase of Pion Limited, independent publisher of high quality academic journals founded by Adam Gelbtuch and John Ashby in 1959. The sale was announced jointly by Chairman of Pion, David Cohen and Stephen Barr, President SAGE International. More Search for… Read More »
Open Access books slowly on the rise, says new PCG study Publishers and libraries are increasingly experimenting with Open Access (OA) books, according to a new survey by industry advisors, Publishers Communication Group (PCG). Books published under the so-called ‘author-pays,’ Gold Open Access model with no paywall for readers are expected to slowly grow in… Read More »
FBF acquires minority stake in IPR License Ltd The Frankfurt Book Fair (October 14-18, 2015) has announced a significant investment in IPR License, the global rights and licensing trading platform. The deal will see FBF take a minority shareholding in IPR License Ltd. The two companies will align to embark on a strategic sales, marketing… Read More »
The Following Lectures Were Published in April: Aspects of Differential Geometry II Peter Gilkey, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR JeongHyeong Park, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea Ramón Vázquez-Lorenzo, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain Synthesis Lectures on Mathematics and Statistics Dictionary Learning in Visual Computing Qiang Zhang, Samsung Baoxin Li, Arizona State University… Read More »
Springer and IMISCOE partner on open access journal and book series on migration STM publisher Springer has announced a partnership with IMISCOE, the largest network of excellence on migration and diversity in the world, for the publication of their open access journal Comparative Migration Studies and their book series IMISCOE Research Series. Comparative Migration Studies… Read More »
Nature Publishing announces three new Nature journals: Nature Energy, Nature Microbiology and Nature Reviews Materials Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group has announced that three new titles will join the Nature family of journals in January 2016: Nature Energy, Nature Microbiology and Nature Reviews Materials. Nature Energy and Nature Microbiology are accepting submissions now. More Search… Read More »
Text and data mining in the EU: Legal certainty already exists The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has noted the desire expressed in the ‘Communication on Single Digital Market Strategy for Europe’ issued on 6 May 2015 for legal certainty around the use of copyright-protected materials, including across borders, for text… Read More »
SAGE announces pilot partnership with Publons Academic publisher SAGE has announced a new pilot partnership with Publons, a new company working with reviewers, publishers, universities and funding agencies to turn peer review into a measurable research output. Publons, established in 2013, seeks to speed up science by making peer review faster, more efficient and more… Read More »
Elsevier announces its first Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge STM publisher Elsevier has announced its first Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge. As the world’s population quickly approaches 9 billion, the strain on the planet’s resources is steadily increasing too. This means that the need to develop alternatives or think of ways to make existing raw… Read More »
Elsevier presents sixth edition of Murray & Nadel’s Textbook of Respiratory Medicine at 2015 American Thoracic Society Conference STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of the sixth edition of Murray & Nadel’s Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, 2-Volume Set. Similar to its previous editions, Murray & Nadel’s Textbook of Respiratory Medicine is a comprehensive reference… Read More »