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Thomson Reuters releases ‘Research Fronts 2013: 100 Top Ranked Specialties in the Sciences and Social Sciences’ report
26.04.2013
Thomson Reuters the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today released its report, “Research Fronts 2013: 100 Top Ranked Specialties in the Sciences and Social Sciences,” identifying 100 impor ...
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New to BMJ: Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
24.04.2013
BMJ has taken over production and publication of the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps (JRAMC). JRAMC has a long and distinguished history of publishing a wide range of material relevant to the practice of military medicine dating back to 1903. ...
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Announces First Interactive Mobile Edition of Clinical Anesthesia
24.04.2013
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, today launched the first fully interactive, mobile edition of Barash’s Clinical Anesthesia, the authoritative text on anesthesiology. giving readers access to the text plus all of ...
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ProQuest Boosts University Institutional Repositories With Historical Content
16.04.2013
ProQuest is helping universities build robust institutional repositories (IRs) by sharing digital copies of their graduate works which have been converted from paper or microfilm and archived in the ProQuest Dissertations and Thesis database (PQDT) ...
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Waseda University first in Asia to acquire the Springer Book Archives
12.04.2013
Today, Springer announced that the Waseda University Library, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, acquired the English-language Springer Book Archives (SBA). Members of the university community now have online access to Springer content dating back to 1842 vi ...
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Wolters Kluwer Health Global Customer Support Awarded Omega’s NorthFace ScoreBoard AwardSM for Customer Service Excellence
10.04.2013
Wolters Kluwer Health is pleased to announce that its Global Customer Support team supporting the Ovid and LWW Journals business has received the NorthFace ScoreBoard AwardSM from Omega Management Group Corp for achieving excellence in customer servi ...
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Universities Improve Discoverability of Research with Thomson Reuters Data Citation Index
09.04.2013
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced that numerous institutions around the world are using its Data Citation Index s ...
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The Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society and Wiley Extend Over Sixty Years of Partnership
27.03.2013
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,has renewed its relationship with the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS); a partnership which began over sixty years ago. Wiley will continue to support the society’s leading research journal Physiologia Plantarum, ...
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Oxford University Press launches the Journal of Complex Networks
22.03.2013
Oxford University Press (OUP) is delighted to announce the launch of a new journal, the Journal of Complex Networks. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/oxford-university-press-launches-the-journal-of-complex-networks/ ...
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DOAJ reaches new milestones
19.03.2013
The Directory of Open Access Journals has just completed the transition to a new environment and launched a new platform with integrated functionality for sharing, exporting and enhanced search/browse functionality. More details: http://www.stm-publi ...
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IOP Publishing and Thomson Reuters Collaborate to Manage Significant Growth in Scientific Article Submissions
14.03.2013
Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced today that it is working with IOP Publishing, part of the Institute of Physics, to provide its Thomson Reuters ScholarOne® solutio ...
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OCLC and ProQuest collaborate to enhance library discovery
12.03.2013
ProQuest and OCLC are launching a far-reaching data exchange program that will enhance the library discovery experience for users of OCLC’s WorldCat Local service, ProQuest’s Summon® service, the full-text of ProQuest Central and ebrary e-books. ...
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Emerald announces further open access LIS articles through special partnership with IFLA
08.03.2013
Emerald Group Publishing Limited is delighted to announce the next batch of articles available in open access as part of its ‘special partnership’ with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). More details: ht ...
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Cengage to Digitize Smithsonian Content
28.02.2013
Cengage Learning Launches Partnership with the Smithsonian Institution to Bring Smithsonian Treasures into the Library and Academic Space. More details ... ...
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WK Health expands Medi-Span to include Patient Safety Programs File
26.02.2013
Wolters Kluwer Health's Medi-Span® solution has been expanded to include a new Patient Safety Programs File™. The application enables health IT systems to rapidly identify drugs containing specific characteristics that require surveillance based o ...
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SAGE to address library value in the developing world
22.02.2013
SAGE has launched a project which investigates the value of academic libraries for teaching and research staff at twelve institutions selected from countries classified by the World Bank as low income and middle income economies (i.e. with a GNI less ...
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LWW launches iPad app for Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills
14.02.2013
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), a leading global provider of information and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced the launch of an iPad® app for Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills, the premier web-base ...
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Thomson Reuters Hosts Challenge to Generate Ideas for Expanding the Scientific Discovery Experience on the Web of Knowledge
12.02.2013
Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced today at the American Library Association (ALA) MidWinter Meeting the launch of its Ideation Challenge, a contest for the scientific ...
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Springer partners with the Australian Neuroscience Society
08.02.2013
Springer and the Australian Neuroscience Society (ANS) have entered into a new partnership to publish a series of book titles in neuroscience. More details ... ...
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Russian Government Starts Using Scopus for National Research Assessment
29.01.2013
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced that the Russian government has officially selected Scopus as a tool for its national research assessment. More details ... ...
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Canadian Healthcare Journals to Be Indexed in Serials Solutions Summon Service
24.01.2013
Serials Solutions®, a ProQuest® business, is working with Longwoods Publishing to index its healthcare journals in the Summon® discovery service. Most of the content is devoted to Canadian medical practice, but some journals have an international ...
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Wiley Acquires Assets of FIZ Chemie Berlin
18.01.2013
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announced today that it has acquired the assets of the FIZ Chemie Berlin, a leading provider of online database products for organic and industrial chemists. More details ... ...
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Wolters Kluwer Health Ranked Second Overall in “2012 Best in KLAS” Awards
11.01.2013
Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, ranked second overall among software vendors in the 2012 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software and Professional Services report. More details .. ...
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Elsevier Acquires Aureus Sciences, Provider of Databases and Information Tools
08.01.2013
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today the acquisition of Aureus Sciences, a Paris, France based privately held company that provides databases and information tools ...
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F1000Research, the first Open Science publisher, launches following a successful beta testing phase
03.01.2013
After receiving extensive support from the scientific community during its six-month beta testing phase, F1000Research now marks its official launch with a new custom-built site. More details ... ...
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Thomson Reuters forms integrated Reuters business unit
27.12.2012
Thomson Reuters announced the formation of a new business unit that combines the company’s existing editorial and news-related sales and marketing operations. The new unit will be run by Stephen J. Adler, who became editor-in-chief of Reuters in Fe ...
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ebrary Expands Non-English Offering with New Publishers and Products
21.12.2012
ebrary®, a ProQuest business, announced that it is forging ahead with its efforts to support non-English language programs for customers around the world. The company is launching a new e-book subscription database, ebrary Nordic Collection™, as w ...
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Research into reading and library habits has lessons for publishers
12.12.2012
Pew Research Center has just released a new research study – Younger Americans’ Reading and Library Habits. It provides a fascinating look at the behaviours of young adults and their attitudes towards reading and libraries. More details ... ...
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Wiley Establishes Print on Demand Solution for Online Only Journals through The Sheridan Press
10.12.2012
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a global provider of knowledge and knowledge-based services in areas of scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly research, announced a partnership with The Sheridan Press, print and publication services provider to the S ...
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Cambridge Announces Tenth Successive Year Of Growth
04.12.2012
Cambridge University Press has published its annual financial results for the year ended 30 April 2012, and the results show that the publisher has achieved a tenth successive year of growth, despite challenging market conditions. More details: ht ...
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Elsevier collaborates with Dutch Fulbright Center to support early career researchers in the Netherlands
03.12.2012
Elsevier, the world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced its collaboration with the Dutch division of the Fulbright Center, aiming to provide support and guidance to young researchers in ...
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ProQuest Innovates with On-Demand Premium Information Service for Individual Researchers
29.05.2012
Knowledge powerhouse ProQuest is launching an inventive new research service that provides individuals with access to premium ... More details: http://pulse.me/s/9cDnC ...
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China set to become global leader in science publishing, according to Nature index
25.05.2012
The Nature Publishing Index 2011 China — a supplement to the 24th May 2012 issue of Nature — provides a detailed assessment of ... More details: http://pulse.me/s/9G8mP ...
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Wiley Acquires Higher Education Publisher Harlan Davidson Inc.
23.05.2012
John Wiley & Sons, Inc (NYSE: JWa, JWb), announced today the acquisition of Harlan Davidson Inc. (HDI), a small family-owned publishing company in Wheeling, IL. More details: http://pulse.me/s/9cQ3P ...
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Cambridge University Press acquires 19 Australian Academic Press journals
07.03.2012
Cambridge University Press and Australian Academic Press (AAP) are pleased to announce that Cambridge has acquired the AAP ... More details: http://pulse.me/s/6x11L ...
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Springer adds six new clinical review journals to its medicine portfolio
03.03.2012
Springer is adding six new quarterly clinical review journals to its existing medicine portfolio in March 2012. More details: http://pulse.me/s/6D2C6 ...
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Wiley-Blackwell Adds 44 Titles to Journal Publishing Program in 2012
28.02.2012
Wiley-Blackwell, the Scientific, Technical, Medical, and Scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., will will begin publishing 44 titles new to its journal program, including 16 new launches and 40 journals published in collaboration w ...
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ebrary unveils mobile app to access content from multiple sources
03.02.2012
The demand for e-book accessibility, especially on mobile devices, is growing significantly. To meet researchers’ evolving needs, ebrary® announced it has launched a new app for the iPad®, iPhone®, and iPod touch.More details: http://www.stm ...
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WKH & the International Anesthesia Research Society Renew Partnership to Publish Anesthesia & Analgesia
30.01.2012
Wolters Kluwer Health and the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) are pleased to announce that they have signed an agreement to renew their partnership to publish Anesthesia & Analgesia (A&A), the official journal of the IARS. More de ...
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Springer in book partnership with American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy
26.01.2012
Springer has signed a co-development partnership with the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) for the publication of books to be included in the Springer series Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology.More details: http://www.stm-p ...
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De Gruyter Chosen by Harvard University Press as Sales Partner for its Electronic Content
12.01.2012
Beginning in January, 2012, Harvard University Press will market its entire range of electronic products, including both new books and a back catalogue of more than 10,000 titles, through the Berlin-based independent publishing house De Gruyter, Harv ...
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CABI upgrades Research for Development portal with better search features
12.01.2012
For the first time, research that had previously been communicated through the Research for Development (R4D) website is now fully integrated into Department for International Development’s (DFID) website. More details: http://www.stm-publishing. ...
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Springer launches SpringerLink mobile app for iPhone
11.01.2012
Springer has launched the SpringerLink mobile app for iPhone and iPod Touch. It is free to download from the iTunes App Store providing access to the science platform www.springerlink.com. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=4896 ...
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Wolters Kluwer Completes Sale of Its Pharma-Related Marketing & Publishing Business to Springer
10.01.2012
Wolters Kluwer announced that it has completed the sale of its pharma-related Marketing & Publishing Services business to Springer Science+Business Media More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=4878 ...
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BISG announces new Policy Statement on Best Practices for Identifying Digital Products
19.12.2011
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) announced the publication of a new Policy Statement detailing best practices for assigning ISBNs to digital products. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=4830 ...
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RSC celebrates 170 years of publishing
12.12.2011
The Royal Society of Chemistry celebrates 170 years of publishing today with the awarding of a Chemical Landmark plaque at the learned society’s office in Cambridge. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=4844 ...
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The British Library in deal with Elsevier & T&F for document delivery outside the UK to non-commercial researchers
09.12.2011
The British Library sign agreements with Elsevier and Taylor & Francis for document delivery outside the UK to non-commercial researchers, via not-for-profit libraries outside the UK.More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=4758 ...
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Sage Begins Publishing Clinical Eeg And Neuroscience
23.11.2011
Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, currently ranked by Thomson Reuters with an impact factor of 1.325, and listed in MEDLINE will be published by SAGE, beginning in January 2012. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=4105 ...
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Wiley-VCH Launches New Journal Advanced Healthcare Materials
17.11.2011
Wiley-VCH today announced the launch of the journal Advanced Healthcare Materials, a new international scientific journal dedicated to publishing all aspects of materials science in medicine and biotechnology. More details: http://www.stm-publishing ...
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Elsevier Announces Collaboration with ExitCare to Enhance Patient Education
17.11.2011
Elsevier today announced a collaboration with ExitCare LLC, an enterprise-wide solution for patient education. ExitCare’s content provides Elsevier customers with patient education information available in multiple languages. More details: http ...
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NPG and Digital Science announce integration of ReadCube’s web reader tool
15.11.2011
Nature Publishing Group announce the integration of ReadCube’s web reader tool with nature.com. The web reader tool is currently available to personal subscribers and site license users n Nature and 18 Nature research journals. More details: http ...
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Elsevier announces winners of the Apps for Library Idea Challenge
12.11.2011
Elsevier today announced the winners of the Apps for Library Idea Challenge at the 2011 Charleston Conference in Charleston. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=3175 ...
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Safari Books Online selects Ingram Content Group to expand its e-content library
11.11.2011
The agreement between Safari Books Online and Ingram Content Group’s CoreSource® platform helps education, technology, and business publishers worldwide to expand the reach of their content. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=3058 ...
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Cambridge University Press Launches University Publishing Online
03.11.2011
Cambridge University Press’s new integrated eBook and digital content offering, University Publishing Online, was launched on October 31st. University Publishing Online provides aggregated content from the Mathematical Association of America (base ...
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SKS and OverDrive sign digital content distrubution agreement
02.11.2011
SKS AND OVERDRIVE SIGN DIGITAL CONTENT DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT Lausanne, 5th October 2011 Scientific Knowledge Services (SKS), a Swiss company, announces the agreement concluded with OverDrive Inc., a company based in Clev ...
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Wiley-Blackwell Launches New Mobile App for UCL Hospitals
02.11.2011
Wiley-Blackwell is launching the first mobile application for UCL Hospitals Injectable Medicines Administration Guide, accessible via iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, as well as a version for Blackberry. More details: http://pulse.me/s/2rjd8 ...
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New Emerald service bridges gap between academic world and current global events
02.11.2011
“Research in the News” is a new, free online resource from Emerald Group Publishing, which connects research published in scholarly journals to current global events. More details: http://pulse.me/s/2CEi2 ...
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Elsevier / CPM Resource Center Expands CPM CarePoints™
02.11.2011
CPM CarePoints Emergency™ is a a pre-built, implementation-ready solution that provides a framework for evidence-based care and documentation tools across clinical domains. More details: http://pulse.me/s/2CE36 ...
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Wiley-Blackwell Announces Partnership with the International Reading Association
20.10.2011
Starting this fall, Wiley-Blackwell shall begin to publish three journals of the International Reading Association (IRA): The Reading Teacher, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, and Reading Research Quarterly More details: http://www.stm-publish ...
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British Library welcomes CENL announcement to support Open Data Licensing
20.10.2011
According to the announcement made by the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL) datasets describing millions of books and texts published in Europe will become increasingly accessible for anyone to re-use for whatever purpose their wish. ...
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Sage Begins Publishing Drug Information Association Journal
20.10.2011
SAGE is delighted to have been chosen by the Drug Information Association (DIA) to publish Drug Information Journal, beginning in January 2012. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=2354 ...
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De Gruyter extends its interdisciplinary technology portfolio
04.10.2011
De Gruyter extends its interdisciplinary technology portfolioDe Gruyter is launching three new journals: Photonics and Lasers in Medicine, Advanced Optical Technologies and Nano-Photonics. More details: http://pulse.me/s/1Ulfc ...
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Wiley-Blackwell Signs Open Access Agreements with Telethon Italy
04.10.2011
Wiley-Blackwell Signs Open Access Agreements with Telethon ItalyWiley-Blackwell has concluded open access funding agreements with three European research organizations, providing active financial support and a streamlined process for authors to ensur ...
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De Gruyter acquires 67 journals from Berkeley Electronic Press
04.10.2011
De Gruyter acquires 67 journals from Berkeley Electronic PressDe Gruyter and Berkeley Electronic Press announced that they have reached an agreement for De Gruyter to acquire Berkeley’s journal portfolio, a total of 67 journals in the areas of La ...
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SKS is appointed as selling agent of Elsevier
20.09.2011
SKS IS APPOINTED AS SELLING AGENT OF ELSEVIER Lausanne, 15th September 2011 Elsevier has appointed Scientific Knowledge Services (SKS) as a non-exclusive agent to market and sell Elsevier products to potential customers in the agreed territory. ...
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Pearson and the Eminata Group Launch North America’s Largest iPad-Based eTextbooks Initiative for Postsecondary Institutions
14.09.2011
Pearson and the Eminata Group Launch North America’s Largest iPad-Based eTextbooks Initiative for Postsecondary Institutions Pearson and Eminata group will receive all of their course content via the Apple iPad beginning with September 1st, 2011. M ...
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2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
14.09.2011
The Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University released the 2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), marking its 9th consecutive year of measuring the performance of top universities worldwide. Harvard University ...
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins wins 11 Apex Awards for Excellence in Publishing
14.09.2011
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins wins 11 Apex Awards for Excellence in Publishing Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, is pleased to announce that seven LWW published journals have won 11 highly regarded awards in this year's Apex Awards for Publication Exce ...
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SKS signs consulting agreement with Publiwide
08.09.2011
SKS SINGS CONSULTING AGREEMENT WITH PUBLIWIDE Promote eBook transformation services Lausanne, 20th August 2011 Scientific Knowledge Services (SKS), a Swiss company, announces the agreement concluded with Publiwide Sarl, a Swiss based co ...
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SKS and SkillSoft partner to promote e-learning solutions
08.09.2011
SKS AND SKILLSOFT PARTNER TO PROMOTE E-LEARNING SOLUTIONS Gain a competitive edge with access to Books24X7 Lausanne, 2nd August 2011 Scientific Knowledge Services (SKS), a Swiss company, has concluded an agreement with Sk ...
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Wiley-Blackwell Launches First Mobile Application in Sociology
23.08.2011
Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., launches its first mobile application in sociology: Wiley-Blackwell Sociology Spotlight. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=1968&utm_me ...
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Thomson Reuters acquires UK-based analyst firm GFMS
23.08.2011
Thomson Reuters has acquired analyst firm GFMS (formerly known as Gold Fields Mineral Services), a leader in precious and industrial metals markets research and analysis, to further expand its specialized offering to the metals market. More details: ...
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Thomson Reuters releases Version 3.13 of ScholarOne Abstracts
23.08.2011
Thomson Reuters released version 3.13 of ScholarOne Abstracts on August 14th, the comprehensive workflow management system for scholarly conferences. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=1975&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews ...
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SKS is authorized to sell Karger products in Europe
22.07.2011
Further business development Lausanne, 15th June 2011 Scientific Knowledge Services (SKS), a Swiss company, announced that it came to an agreement with Karger AG to sell Karger Products. SKS continues to expand its portfolio ...
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SKS signs distribution agreement with Britannica
21.07.2011
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SERVICES SIGNS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA Supporting and Enabling Further Business Growth Lausanne, 1st February 2011 Scientific Knowledge Services (SKS), a Swiss company, has announc ...
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SKS attended the CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI7) in Geneva
18.07.2011
The workshop was held at the University of Geneva on 22-24 June 2011, and was aimed at those involved in the development of Open Access (OA) repositories and who can influence the direction of developments either within their institution, their count ...
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Borders updates iOS reader app to point users toward Kobo app
18.07.2011
CNet reports that the Borders iOS app has removed its e-bookstore browsing feature, telling people to start using the Kobo app for e-book purchases.More details: http://pulse.me/s/Duf2 ...
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Taylor & Francis – New platform
18.07.2011
Taylor & Francis Group is introducing Taylor & Francis Online – the new online platform for journals and reference works. The new link for accessing the platform is: http://www.tandfonline.com More details: http://www.tandf.co.uk/libsite/news/tandf ...
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The Summon™ Service Wins Top Honors from Software & Information Industry Association
09.06.2011
Serials Solutions’ Groundbreaking Discovery Service Earns 2011 CODiE Award for Best Enterprise Search Solution ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 26, 2011 - The Summon™ discovery service took top honors at the 2011 CODiE Award ceremony in San Francisco today ...
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The Kobo eReader Touch Edition
07.06.2011
Amazing New Touch ExperienceWith new infrared technology, eReading just got way easier! You can swipe to turn pages, just like a real book, highlight phrases, lookup words, zoom images, increase font sizes and more! Plus, the new Pearl 6" E Ink 16 le ...
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Thomson Reuters releases ‘Research Fronts 2013: 100 Top Ranked Specialties in the Sciences and Social Sciences’ report
26.04.2013
Thomson Reuters the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today released its report, “Research Fronts 2013: 100 Top Ranked Specialties in the Sciences and Social Sciences,” identifying 100 impor ...
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New to BMJ: Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
24.04.2013
BMJ has taken over production and publication of the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps (JRAMC). JRAMC has a long and distinguished history of publishing a wide range of material relevant to the practice of military medicine dating back to 1903. ...
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Announces First Interactive Mobile Edition of Clinical Anesthesia
24.04.2013
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, today launched the first fully interactive, mobile edition of Barash’s Clinical Anesthesia, the authoritative text on anesthesiology. giving readers access to the text plus all of ...
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ProQuest Boosts University Institutional Repositories With Historical Content
16.04.2013
ProQuest is helping universities build robust institutional repositories (IRs) by sharing digital copies of their graduate works which have been converted from paper or microfilm and archived in the ProQuest Dissertations and Thesis database (PQDT) ...
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Waseda University first in Asia to acquire the Springer Book Archives
12.04.2013
Today, Springer announced that the Waseda University Library, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, acquired the English-language Springer Book Archives (SBA). Members of the university community now have online access to Springer content dating back to 1842 vi ...
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Wolters Kluwer Health Global Customer Support Awarded Omega’s NorthFace ScoreBoard AwardSM for Customer Service Excellence
10.04.2013
Wolters Kluwer Health is pleased to announce that its Global Customer Support team supporting the Ovid and LWW Journals business has received the NorthFace ScoreBoard AwardSM from Omega Management Group Corp for achieving excellence in customer servi ...
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Universities Improve Discoverability of Research with Thomson Reuters Data Citation Index
09.04.2013
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced that numerous institutions around the world are using its Data Citation Index s ...
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The Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society and Wiley Extend Over Sixty Years of Partnership
27.03.2013
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,has renewed its relationship with the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS); a partnership which began over sixty years ago. Wiley will continue to support the society’s leading research journal Physiologia Plantarum, ...
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Oxford University Press launches the Journal of Complex Networks
22.03.2013
Oxford University Press (OUP) is delighted to announce the launch of a new journal, the Journal of Complex Networks. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/oxford-university-press-launches-the-journal-of-complex-networks/ ...
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DOAJ reaches new milestones
19.03.2013
The Directory of Open Access Journals has just completed the transition to a new environment and launched a new platform with integrated functionality for sharing, exporting and enhanced search/browse functionality. More details: http://www.stm-publi ...
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IOP Publishing and Thomson Reuters Collaborate to Manage Significant Growth in Scientific Article Submissions
14.03.2013
Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced today that it is working with IOP Publishing, part of the Institute of Physics, to provide its Thomson Reuters ScholarOne® solutio ...
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OCLC and ProQuest collaborate to enhance library discovery
12.03.2013
ProQuest and OCLC are launching a far-reaching data exchange program that will enhance the library discovery experience for users of OCLC’s WorldCat Local service, ProQuest’s Summon® service, the full-text of ProQuest Central and ebrary e-books. ...
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Emerald announces further open access LIS articles through special partnership with IFLA
08.03.2013
Emerald Group Publishing Limited is delighted to announce the next batch of articles available in open access as part of its ‘special partnership’ with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). More details: ht ...
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Cengage to Digitize Smithsonian Content
28.02.2013
Cengage Learning Launches Partnership with the Smithsonian Institution to Bring Smithsonian Treasures into the Library and Academic Space. More details ... ...
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WK Health expands Medi-Span to include Patient Safety Programs File
26.02.2013
Wolters Kluwer Health's Medi-Span® solution has been expanded to include a new Patient Safety Programs File™. The application enables health IT systems to rapidly identify drugs containing specific characteristics that require surveillance based o ...
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SAGE to address library value in the developing world
22.02.2013
SAGE has launched a project which investigates the value of academic libraries for teaching and research staff at twelve institutions selected from countries classified by the World Bank as low income and middle income economies (i.e. with a GNI less ...
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LWW launches iPad app for Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills
14.02.2013
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), a leading global provider of information and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced the launch of an iPad® app for Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills, the premier web-base ...
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Thomson Reuters Hosts Challenge to Generate Ideas for Expanding the Scientific Discovery Experience on the Web of Knowledge
12.02.2013
Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced today at the American Library Association (ALA) MidWinter Meeting the launch of its Ideation Challenge, a contest for the scientific ...
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Springer partners with the Australian Neuroscience Society
08.02.2013
Springer and the Australian Neuroscience Society (ANS) have entered into a new partnership to publish a series of book titles in neuroscience. More details ... ...
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Russian Government Starts Using Scopus for National Research Assessment
29.01.2013
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced that the Russian government has officially selected Scopus as a tool for its national research assessment. More details ... ...
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Canadian Healthcare Journals to Be Indexed in Serials Solutions Summon Service
24.01.2013
Serials Solutions®, a ProQuest® business, is working with Longwoods Publishing to index its healthcare journals in the Summon® discovery service. Most of the content is devoted to Canadian medical practice, but some journals have an international ...
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Wiley Acquires Assets of FIZ Chemie Berlin
18.01.2013
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announced today that it has acquired the assets of the FIZ Chemie Berlin, a leading provider of online database products for organic and industrial chemists. More details ... ...
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Wolters Kluwer Health Ranked Second Overall in “2012 Best in KLAS” Awards
11.01.2013
Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, ranked second overall among software vendors in the 2012 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software and Professional Services report. More details .. ...
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Elsevier Acquires Aureus Sciences, Provider of Databases and Information Tools
08.01.2013
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today the acquisition of Aureus Sciences, a Paris, France based privately held company that provides databases and information tools ...
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F1000Research, the first Open Science publisher, launches following a successful beta testing phase
03.01.2013
After receiving extensive support from the scientific community during its six-month beta testing phase, F1000Research now marks its official launch with a new custom-built site. More details ... ...
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Thomson Reuters forms integrated Reuters business unit
27.12.2012
Thomson Reuters announced the formation of a new business unit that combines the company’s existing editorial and news-related sales and marketing operations. The new unit will be run by Stephen J. Adler, who became editor-in-chief of Reuters in Fe ...
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ebrary Expands Non-English Offering with New Publishers and Products
21.12.2012
ebrary®, a ProQuest business, announced that it is forging ahead with its efforts to support non-English language programs for customers around the world. The company is launching a new e-book subscription database, ebrary Nordic Collection™, as w ...
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Research into reading and library habits has lessons for publishers
12.12.2012
Pew Research Center has just released a new research study – Younger Americans’ Reading and Library Habits. It provides a fascinating look at the behaviours of young adults and their attitudes towards reading and libraries. More details ... ...
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Wiley Establishes Print on Demand Solution for Online Only Journals through The Sheridan Press
10.12.2012
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a global provider of knowledge and knowledge-based services in areas of scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly research, announced a partnership with The Sheridan Press, print and publication services provider to the S ...
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Cambridge Announces Tenth Successive Year Of Growth
04.12.2012
Cambridge University Press has published its annual financial results for the year ended 30 April 2012, and the results show that the publisher has achieved a tenth successive year of growth, despite challenging market conditions. More details: ht ...
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Elsevier collaborates with Dutch Fulbright Center to support early career researchers in the Netherlands
03.12.2012
Elsevier, the world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced its collaboration with the Dutch division of the Fulbright Center, aiming to provide support and guidance to young researchers in ...
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ProQuest Innovates with On-Demand Premium Information Service for Individual Researchers
29.05.2012
Knowledge powerhouse ProQuest is launching an inventive new research service that provides individuals with access to premium ... More details: http://pulse.me/s/9cDnC ...
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China set to become global leader in science publishing, according to Nature index
25.05.2012
The Nature Publishing Index 2011 China — a supplement to the 24th May 2012 issue of Nature — provides a detailed assessment of ... More details: http://pulse.me/s/9G8mP ...
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Wiley Acquires Higher Education Publisher Harlan Davidson Inc.
23.05.2012
John Wiley & Sons, Inc (NYSE: JWa, JWb), announced today the acquisition of Harlan Davidson Inc. (HDI), a small family-owned publishing company in Wheeling, IL. More details: http://pulse.me/s/9cQ3P ...
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Cambridge University Press acquires 19 Australian Academic Press journals
07.03.2012
Cambridge University Press and Australian Academic Press (AAP) are pleased to announce that Cambridge has acquired the AAP ... More details: http://pulse.me/s/6x11L ...
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Springer adds six new clinical review journals to its medicine portfolio
03.03.2012
Springer is adding six new quarterly clinical review journals to its existing medicine portfolio in March 2012. More details: http://pulse.me/s/6D2C6 ...
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Wiley-Blackwell Adds 44 Titles to Journal Publishing Program in 2012
28.02.2012
Wiley-Blackwell, the Scientific, Technical, Medical, and Scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., will will begin publishing 44 titles new to its journal program, including 16 new launches and 40 journals published in collaboration w ...
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ebrary unveils mobile app to access content from multiple sources
03.02.2012
The demand for e-book accessibility, especially on mobile devices, is growing significantly. To meet researchers’ evolving needs, ebrary® announced it has launched a new app for the iPad®, iPhone®, and iPod touch.More details: http://www.stm ...
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WKH & the International Anesthesia Research Society Renew Partnership to Publish Anesthesia & Analgesia
30.01.2012
Wolters Kluwer Health and the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) are pleased to announce that they have signed an agreement to renew their partnership to publish Anesthesia & Analgesia (A&A), the official journal of the IARS. More de ...
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Springer in book partnership with American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy
26.01.2012
Springer has signed a co-development partnership with the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) for the publication of books to be included in the Springer series Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology.More details: http://www.stm-p ...
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De Gruyter Chosen by Harvard University Press as Sales Partner for its Electronic Content
12.01.2012
Beginning in January, 2012, Harvard University Press will market its entire range of electronic products, including both new books and a back catalogue of more than 10,000 titles, through the Berlin-based independent publishing house De Gruyter, Harv ...
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CABI upgrades Research for Development portal with better search features
12.01.2012
For the first time, research that had previously been communicated through the Research for Development (R4D) website is now fully integrated into Department for International Development’s (DFID) website. More details: http://www.stm-publishing. ...
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Springer launches SpringerLink mobile app for iPhone
11.01.2012
Springer has launched the SpringerLink mobile app for iPhone and iPod Touch. It is free to download from the iTunes App Store providing access to the science platform www.springerlink.com. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=4896 ...
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Wolters Kluwer Completes Sale of Its Pharma-Related Marketing & Publishing Business to Springer
10.01.2012
Wolters Kluwer announced that it has completed the sale of its pharma-related Marketing & Publishing Services business to Springer Science+Business Media More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=4878 ...
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BISG announces new Policy Statement on Best Practices for Identifying Digital Products
19.12.2011
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) announced the publication of a new Policy Statement detailing best practices for assigning ISBNs to digital products. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=4830 ...
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RSC celebrates 170 years of publishing
12.12.2011
The Royal Society of Chemistry celebrates 170 years of publishing today with the awarding of a Chemical Landmark plaque at the learned society’s office in Cambridge. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=4844 ...
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The British Library in deal with Elsevier & T&F for document delivery outside the UK to non-commercial researchers
09.12.2011
The British Library sign agreements with Elsevier and Taylor & Francis for document delivery outside the UK to non-commercial researchers, via not-for-profit libraries outside the UK.More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=4758 ...
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Sage Begins Publishing Clinical Eeg And Neuroscience
23.11.2011
Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, currently ranked by Thomson Reuters with an impact factor of 1.325, and listed in MEDLINE will be published by SAGE, beginning in January 2012. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=4105 ...
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Wiley-VCH Launches New Journal Advanced Healthcare Materials
17.11.2011
Wiley-VCH today announced the launch of the journal Advanced Healthcare Materials, a new international scientific journal dedicated to publishing all aspects of materials science in medicine and biotechnology. More details: http://www.stm-publishing ...
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Elsevier Announces Collaboration with ExitCare to Enhance Patient Education
17.11.2011
Elsevier today announced a collaboration with ExitCare LLC, an enterprise-wide solution for patient education. ExitCare’s content provides Elsevier customers with patient education information available in multiple languages. More details: http ...
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NPG and Digital Science announce integration of ReadCube’s web reader tool
15.11.2011
Nature Publishing Group announce the integration of ReadCube’s web reader tool with nature.com. The web reader tool is currently available to personal subscribers and site license users n Nature and 18 Nature research journals. More details: http ...
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Elsevier announces winners of the Apps for Library Idea Challenge
12.11.2011
Elsevier today announced the winners of the Apps for Library Idea Challenge at the 2011 Charleston Conference in Charleston. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=3175 ...
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Safari Books Online selects Ingram Content Group to expand its e-content library
11.11.2011
The agreement between Safari Books Online and Ingram Content Group’s CoreSource® platform helps education, technology, and business publishers worldwide to expand the reach of their content. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=3058 ...
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Cambridge University Press Launches University Publishing Online
03.11.2011
Cambridge University Press’s new integrated eBook and digital content offering, University Publishing Online, was launched on October 31st. University Publishing Online provides aggregated content from the Mathematical Association of America (base ...
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SKS and OverDrive sign digital content distrubution agreement
02.11.2011
SKS AND OVERDRIVE SIGN DIGITAL CONTENT DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT Lausanne, 5th October 2011 Scientific Knowledge Services (SKS), a Swiss company, announces the agreement concluded with OverDrive Inc., a company based in Clev ...
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Wiley-Blackwell Launches New Mobile App for UCL Hospitals
02.11.2011
Wiley-Blackwell is launching the first mobile application for UCL Hospitals Injectable Medicines Administration Guide, accessible via iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, as well as a version for Blackberry. More details: http://pulse.me/s/2rjd8 ...
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New Emerald service bridges gap between academic world and current global events
02.11.2011
“Research in the News” is a new, free online resource from Emerald Group Publishing, which connects research published in scholarly journals to current global events. More details: http://pulse.me/s/2CEi2 ...
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Elsevier / CPM Resource Center Expands CPM CarePoints™
02.11.2011
CPM CarePoints Emergency™ is a a pre-built, implementation-ready solution that provides a framework for evidence-based care and documentation tools across clinical domains. More details: http://pulse.me/s/2CE36 ...
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Wiley-Blackwell Announces Partnership with the International Reading Association
20.10.2011
Starting this fall, Wiley-Blackwell shall begin to publish three journals of the International Reading Association (IRA): The Reading Teacher, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, and Reading Research Quarterly More details: http://www.stm-publish ...
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British Library welcomes CENL announcement to support Open Data Licensing
20.10.2011
According to the announcement made by the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL) datasets describing millions of books and texts published in Europe will become increasingly accessible for anyone to re-use for whatever purpose their wish. ...
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Sage Begins Publishing Drug Information Association Journal
20.10.2011
SAGE is delighted to have been chosen by the Drug Information Association (DIA) to publish Drug Information Journal, beginning in January 2012. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=2354 ...
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De Gruyter extends its interdisciplinary technology portfolio
04.10.2011
De Gruyter extends its interdisciplinary technology portfolioDe Gruyter is launching three new journals: Photonics and Lasers in Medicine, Advanced Optical Technologies and Nano-Photonics. More details: http://pulse.me/s/1Ulfc ...
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Wiley-Blackwell Signs Open Access Agreements with Telethon Italy
04.10.2011
Wiley-Blackwell Signs Open Access Agreements with Telethon ItalyWiley-Blackwell has concluded open access funding agreements with three European research organizations, providing active financial support and a streamlined process for authors to ensur ...
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De Gruyter acquires 67 journals from Berkeley Electronic Press
04.10.2011
De Gruyter acquires 67 journals from Berkeley Electronic PressDe Gruyter and Berkeley Electronic Press announced that they have reached an agreement for De Gruyter to acquire Berkeley’s journal portfolio, a total of 67 journals in the areas of La ...
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SKS is appointed as selling agent of Elsevier
20.09.2011
SKS IS APPOINTED AS SELLING AGENT OF ELSEVIER Lausanne, 15th September 2011 Elsevier has appointed Scientific Knowledge Services (SKS) as a non-exclusive agent to market and sell Elsevier products to potential customers in the agreed territory. ...
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Pearson and the Eminata Group Launch North America’s Largest iPad-Based eTextbooks Initiative for Postsecondary Institutions
14.09.2011
Pearson and the Eminata Group Launch North America’s Largest iPad-Based eTextbooks Initiative for Postsecondary Institutions Pearson and Eminata group will receive all of their course content via the Apple iPad beginning with September 1st, 2011. M ...
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2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
14.09.2011
The Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University released the 2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), marking its 9th consecutive year of measuring the performance of top universities worldwide. Harvard University ...
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins wins 11 Apex Awards for Excellence in Publishing
14.09.2011
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins wins 11 Apex Awards for Excellence in Publishing Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, is pleased to announce that seven LWW published journals have won 11 highly regarded awards in this year's Apex Awards for Publication Exce ...
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SKS signs consulting agreement with Publiwide
08.09.2011
SKS SINGS CONSULTING AGREEMENT WITH PUBLIWIDE Promote eBook transformation services Lausanne, 20th August 2011 Scientific Knowledge Services (SKS), a Swiss company, announces the agreement concluded with Publiwide Sarl, a Swiss based co ...
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SKS and SkillSoft partner to promote e-learning solutions
08.09.2011
SKS AND SKILLSOFT PARTNER TO PROMOTE E-LEARNING SOLUTIONS Gain a competitive edge with access to Books24X7 Lausanne, 2nd August 2011 Scientific Knowledge Services (SKS), a Swiss company, has concluded an agreement with Sk ...
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Wiley-Blackwell Launches First Mobile Application in Sociology
23.08.2011
Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., launches its first mobile application in sociology: Wiley-Blackwell Sociology Spotlight. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=1968&utm_me ...
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Thomson Reuters acquires UK-based analyst firm GFMS
23.08.2011
Thomson Reuters has acquired analyst firm GFMS (formerly known as Gold Fields Mineral Services), a leader in precious and industrial metals markets research and analysis, to further expand its specialized offering to the metals market. More details: ...
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Thomson Reuters releases Version 3.13 of ScholarOne Abstracts
23.08.2011
Thomson Reuters released version 3.13 of ScholarOne Abstracts on August 14th, the comprehensive workflow management system for scholarly conferences. More details: http://www.stm-publishing.com/?p=1975&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews ...
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SKS is authorized to sell Karger products in Europe
22.07.2011
Further business development Lausanne, 15th June 2011 Scientific Knowledge Services (SKS), a Swiss company, announced that it came to an agreement with Karger AG to sell Karger Products. SKS continues to expand its portfolio ...
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SKS signs distribution agreement with Britannica
21.07.2011
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SERVICES SIGNS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA Supporting and Enabling Further Business Growth Lausanne, 1st February 2011 Scientific Knowledge Services (SKS), a Swiss company, has announc ...
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SKS attended the CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI7) in Geneva
18.07.2011
The workshop was held at the University of Geneva on 22-24 June 2011, and was aimed at those involved in the development of Open Access (OA) repositories and who can influence the direction of developments either within their institution, their count ...
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Borders updates iOS reader app to point users toward Kobo app
18.07.2011
CNet reports that the Borders iOS app has removed its e-bookstore browsing feature, telling people to start using the Kobo app for e-book purchases.More details: http://pulse.me/s/Duf2 ...
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Taylor & Francis – New platform
18.07.2011
Taylor & Francis Group is introducing Taylor & Francis Online – the new online platform for journals and reference works. The new link for accessing the platform is: http://www.tandfonline.com More details: http://www.tandf.co.uk/libsite/news/tandf ...
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The Summon™ Service Wins Top Honors from Software & Information Industry Association
09.06.2011
Serials Solutions’ Groundbreaking Discovery Service Earns 2011 CODiE Award for Best Enterprise Search Solution ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 26, 2011 - The Summon™ discovery service took top honors at the 2011 CODiE Award ceremony in San Francisco today ...
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The Kobo eReader Touch Edition
07.06.2011
Amazing New Touch ExperienceWith new infrared technology, eReading just got way easier! You can swipe to turn pages, just like a real book, highlight phrases, lookup words, zoom images, increase font sizes and more! Plus, the new Pearl 6" E Ink 16 le ...
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