Tech

Atypon, home to more than one-third of the world’s journal content and the fastest-growing technology company in the scholarly and professional publishing industry, has been honored by EContent magazine as a trendsetter in digital publishing.

Wellcome Open Research, Wellcome’s publishing platform, launches today. Its first articles are published and freely available to view1, and will shortly undergo open peer review. They span a range of formats - from more traditional research articles to data notes, software tools and study protocols, and are from academics across a range of career levels.

Silverchair Information Systems and the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) are pleased to announce the launch of the AAD’s Dermatology Patient Education website (https://patiented.pointofcare.aad.org).This website was developed and is hosted on Silverchair’s SCM6 product development platform.

Kudos (www.growkudos.com), the award-winning service for maximizing the reach and impact of research publications, has announced new appointments to its Board of Directors and the successful close of a second funding round.

The momentum continues as ProQuest joins forces with yet another publisher group – Taylor & Francis – to provide libraries with more choices for purchasing ebooks though OASIS.

SAGE Publishing has launched a collection of streaming videos designed to help students and researchers learn and develop research skillsets and navigate the research process. Titled SAGE Research Method Video, the collection includes 484 videos on the broad spectrum of social science research methods and statistics.

Figshare, an online digital repository for academic research, today released the results of its global survey of 2,000 researchers and report, “The State of Open Data,” to assess the global landscape around open data and sharing practices.

The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has announced that the National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC™) and National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ (NQMC™), developed and hosted on Silverchair’s custom development platform, are now optimized for use on mobile devices.

Semantico have announced their Scolaris digital publishing solution is now fully integrated with marketing-leading scholarly publishing tool, PaperHive. The integration will help publishers using Scolaris to develop new revenue streams through increased usage, while giving end-users enhanced usability and an enriched experience.

Future Science Group (FSG) is proud to announce the launch of FSG Connect, a digital-first brand for the scientific and medical communities. Building on their success of websites such as Bioanalysis Zone and Oncology Central, since early 2015 FSG has added a further 5 knowledge platforms to its portfolio, with more to follow in 2017.

Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, is pleased to announce that the Swedish Library Consortium (GSLG) has chosen the Ex Libris Alma library management platform and Primo discovery solution.

Ingenta, the leading software provider to the publishing industry, today launches Ingenta Open, a new hosting platform solution and discovery portal designed exclusively for Open Access content.