Thomson acquires Prous Science
1 October 2007
Thomson has acquired Prous Science, a provider of information solutions to help knowledge-based drug discovery and development.
Publishing news
Project Prospect scoops award
17 September 2007
RSC Project Prospect from the Royal Society of Chemistry has won the 2007 ALPSP/Charlesworth Award for Publishing Innovation.
Knovel and ASTM seal online publication deal
13 September 2007
Knovel adds publications from ASTM International to its online technical reference collection
EBSCO buys Sage indexes
30 August 2007
EBSCO Publishing has bought ten social science print indexes from Sage with a view to publishing online
Eli Research bags multi-million dollar investment
29 August 2007
BIA Digital Partners invests $10m in Eli Research to boost strategic growth
US coalition defends 'publishing integrity'
28 August 2007
New initiative warns public against the risks of government interference to scientific publishing
Gilde acquires Royal Swets and Zeitlinger
22 August 2007
Dutch investment firm, Gilde, buys subscription agent, Royal Swets and Zeitlinger, with plans to expand business into new markets
Proquest's Prisma tops 100 titles
17 August 2007
US digital content provider, Proquest, claims its social sciences database, Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanisticas (Prisma), now holds more than 100 full text journals
Emerald clinches deal with Italian universities
16 August 2007
Emerald Group Publishing, UK, has penned a five year deal with Italy's largest university consortium
SNSF unveils open access directive
15 August 2007
In a bid to drive so-called open access publishing forward, the Swiss National Science Foundation reveals a new directive on open access for SNSF-sponsored researchers
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