SAGE becomes Transfer Compliant
14 May 2007
SAGE has signed the UKSG Project Transfer Code of Practice.
A growing number of mandates, incentives and declarations are driving progress in open data, reports Rebecca Pool
Publishing news
Former Ingenta CEO leaves merged company
8 May 2007
Simon Dessain, chief operating officer of Publishing Technology and former chief executive of Ingenta, has announced that he is leaving the company.
Australian institutes pick Scopus
26 April 2007
Two prestigious Australian institutes, the University of New South Wales and Monash University, have chosen the Scopus database.
Study shows subscription price variations
16 April 2007
Journal prices have risen by very different amounts over the past seven years, according to a study by LISU, of Loughborough University, UK.
Project resolves rights management issues
5 April 2007
Across the world publishers and search engines have resorted to court cases to resolve disputes over how content is used. Siân Harris investigates a new project that hopes to solve this problem
Blackwell's books platform becomes COUNTER-compliant
29 March 2007
Blackwell Books Online has been certified as providing COUNTER-compliant usage data.
Wolters Kluwer sells Education division
29 March 2007
Private equity firm Bridgepoint Capital Limited is buying the Education division of Wolters Kluwer.
Oxford Journals opens Chinese office
29 March 2007
Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press, is opening a representative office in China.
German researchers get Emerald archive
22 March 2007
German researchers will have access to all Emerald journals between 1994 and 2005 thanks to a new agreement between the publisher and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
Elsevier acquires Beilstein Database
8 March 2007
Elsevier has bought the Beilstein Database, the world's largest compilation of chemical facts in the field of organic chemistry.
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Leon Heward-Mills and Rebecca Lawrence discuss the Taylor & Francis acquisition of F1000 Research
Ann Michael looks back on a varied career encompassing nine different industries
The open-access movement is calling into question business models in scholarly publishing, writes Sami Benchekroun
In time for International Women's Day Caroline Birkle, vice president of research operations at Clarivate Analytics, spoke to us about flagship brands, research data services and metrics
Nick Fowler and Steven Inchcoombe introduce SNSI, an initiative to solve the cyber challenges facing the scholarly communications industry
Lisa Hinchliffe
The open research agenda – for publications, data, and code – is driving companies to explore new business models, writes Lisa Hinchliffe
The rise of preprints and the move towards universal open access are potential threats to traditional business models in scholarly publishing, writes Phil Gooch
