New Open Access Publisher Introduces Innovative Business Model – Pay Once, Publish for Life
PeerJ Inc. (http://peerj.com), a new Open Access academic publishing company, formally announced itself today. Founded by seasoned academic publishing and technology professionals from PLoS...
Chinese Academy of Sciences National Science Library to preserve Nature Publishing Group content
National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSLC) and Nature Publishing Group (NPG) signed an agreement to provide long-term digital preservation of NPG’s content...
BMJ Group appoints Tim Brooks as CEO
Tim Brooks, the former managing director of the Guardian News & Media, is to join the BMJ Group as CEO from October 1st. He...
Veritas Capital completes acquisition of Healthcare Business of Thomson Reuters
The previously announced $1.25 billion sale of the Thomson Reuters Healthcare business to an affiliate of Veritas Capital was completed today. The company's many...
John Hayes MP announces new accessibility tools
John Hayes MP, Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning launched two new JISC TechDis tools this week as part of...
New ALPSP report on the potential effect of making journals free after a six...
‘The potential effect of making journals free after a six month embargo, a report commissioned by The Publishers Association and the Association of Learned,...
Thomson Reuters Quantifies Asia’s Rise in Global Submission Rates to Academic Publishers
The Intellectual Property & Science division of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today released a new...
ProQuest Enables Worldwide Access to Virtual Royal History
Executives from Ann Arbor-based ProQuest were present as Queen Elizabeth II officially launched a unique, online view into royal history: a digital retrospective of...
Thomson Reuters Honours Australia’s Contribution To Global Research And Innovation
Australia’s continuing influence on international scientific research and innovation was today recognised by Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses...
Pearson set to acquire GlobalEnglish Corporation for $90 million
Pearson’s world-leading English learning business strengthens its position in the corporate market
Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, is today announcing the acquisition of GlobalEnglish...
China set to become global leader in science publishing, according to Nature index
The Nature Publishing Index 2011 China — a supplement to the 24th May 2012 issue of Nature — provides a detailed assessment of the various research...
Version 2.0 of the Utopia Documents now available to download for FREE
Lost Island Labs Ltd (LIL) have, in collaboration with Academic Concept Knowledge Ltd (AQnowledge), released version 2.0 of the Utopia Documents web-enabled PDF-reader for...