SAGE trials SciVee video platform
SAGE is doing a three-month trial of the SciVee platform to see whether video pubcasts will increase article views, broaden reader interest and promote…
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NPG supports US science literacy drive
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has joined Change the Equation (CTEq), a CEO-led initiative to cultivate widespread literacy in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM)…
Deal gives access for tropical medicine researchers in developing world
Elsevier and the Royal Tropical Institute will provide 150 researchers working in least-developed and low-income countries with access to ScienceDirect and Scopus
Inderscience picks PCG for representation
Inderscience has chosen Publishers Communication Group for sales and marketing representation in Europe and North America
iGroup and De Gruyter sign Asian deal
iGroup will act as De Gruyter's representative for the sale of online journals, databases and ebooks in countries across Asia
Helmholtz Association joins Springer’s OA scheme
Springer and Helmholtz Association sign agreement for open-access membership
Advocate General turns downs EU patent
The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has found flaws in the idea of the Community Patent and a European Patents Court
Google drops its Wave
Shortly after Jeff Stewart reviewed the benefits of Google Wave in the AugSep10 issue of Research Information the search engine giant announced it was…
Thieme chooses Ingram platform
Thieme has selected Ingram's CoreSource platform to facilitate the archiving and distribution of e-content to partners worldwide
Elsevier tests new peer-review approach
Elsevier is piloting a new peer-review programme for Chemical Physics Letters where reviewers can choose which articles they would like to review
Queen honours IOP Publishing’s MD
Jerry Cowhig, managing director of IOP Publishing, has been made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) 'for services to science' in the Queen's…
Elsevier buys Collexis
Elsevier has bought Collexis Holdings, which develops semantic technology and knowledge discovery software