Tech

OpenAthens has launched this award to inspire publishers across the globe to invest resource into developing the best user journey to content.

Elsevier, a global information analytics business specializing in science and health, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Parity Computing Inc. (“Parity”), a California-based business that employs artificial intelligence to provide high-accuracy entity resolution, profiling and recommendations for STM content and applications in the world of research.

Cambridge University Press is to expand their provision of open research services with the launch of its own early and open content platform Cambridge Open Engage.

River Valley Technologies announces the launch of RVHost, the innovative content hosting platform, and the final component of their XML-based end-to-end scholarly publishing solution.

typon, the leading technology provider in scholarly and professional publishing, has acquired Inera, whose suite of editorial and XML solutions transforms publishers’ workflows.

Digital Science and Wiley announce an agreement that will provide Dimensions Analytics to hundreds of users across the organization. Dimensions delivers powerful metrics and analytical tools that enable publishers to monitor the research landscape, shape publication strategy, and gain actionable business intelligence insights.

Emerald Publishing has announced today that its new Insight digital research platform has gone live, following a significant investment in technology and many months of development in partnership with software development consultancy 67 Bricks.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb), a global leader in research and education, announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire Zyante Inc., a leading provider of computer science and STEM education courseware. Under the terms of the agreement, which will close on July 1, 2019, Zyante shareholders will receive $56 million in cash.

Atypon, the technology leader in the scholarly publishing market, has acquired RedLink®, the provider of key data and insights for academic publishers, libraries, and consortia.

Researcher, the mobile app for research discovery, registered its millionth user just under 18 months after its launch. The key to its success has been reimagining how academic content should be organised and displayed in order to support researchers in staying on top of the most current research in their chosen field.

Students can now immerse themselves in their studies through the power of virtual reality. Today, ProQuest announced the launch of virtual reality (VR) and 360-degree viewing functionality for select videos on the ProQuest search platform,as well as in ProQuest One™ Academic and on the newly redesigned Alexander Street video interface. ProQuest is the first academic streaming video platform to offer VR and 360-degree video.

ResearchFish, the research impact assessment platform provider, today announced an integration with Kudos, the award-winning service for accelerating research impact through strategic communications management.