Thomson Reuters identifies ‘hottest’ research fronts
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has released Research Fronts 2014: 100 Top Ranked Specialties in the Sciences and Social Sciences,…
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Sage buys engineering titles from Manchester University Press
SAGE has announced the purchase of International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education (IJEEE) and the International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education (IJMEE), both previously…
Cambridge Journals to publish The Mathematical Gazette
Cambridge Journals has entered a partnership with The Mathematical Association to publish The Mathematical Gazette
Social network ’emotional contagion’ paper tops online attention list
Alternative metrics provider Altmetric has reviewed the 100 academic papers receiving the most online attention in 2014, and the conversations happening around them
Thomson Reuters partners with Times on university rankings
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a collaboration with Times Higher Education to power the latter’s BRICS and Emerging…
Open University selects Ex Libris service
The Open University (OU) in the UK has selected the Ex Libris Alma library management service and the Primo discovery and delivery solution to…
Knowledge Quarter launched at British Library
The Knowledge Quarter, a partnership of 35 academic, cultural, research, scientific and media organisations based in Kings Cross, Euston and Bloomsbury, was launched today…
EBSCO and EasyBib now allowing direct citation exports
EBSCO information Services and EasyBib have collaborated to make it possible to directly export citations from EBSCO resources to EasyBib
Macmillan launches ‘unprecedented’ sharing scheme
Macmillan Science and Education has launched a publishing initiative aimed at allowing readers to share an 'unprecedented' wealth of scientific knowledge
Showcase start-ups nominated by Elsevier and LeWeb
Elsevier and LeWeb have announced the 15 shortlisted start-ups that are being given the opportunity to showcase their work as part of LeWeb Tech…
Complete Independent archive to be digitised with Gale
The Independent has partnered with Gale, part of Cengage Learning, to digitise the complete run of its newspaper from its very first issue to…
Futurelearn CEO confimed as Jisc Digital Festival opens registration
Jisc has launched registration for its 2015 Digital Festival with Simon Nelson, chief executive of FutureLearn being confirmed as one of four keynote speakers