Publishers – Page 55

ASM International launches a unified materials information Digital Library on the Silverchair Platform

PublishersJanuary 22, 2019

(16 January 2019) ASM International and Silverchair announced today the launch of the ASM Digital Library on the Silverchair Platform. The ASM Digital Library offers a single gateway to ASM’s authoritative materials information resources. ASM serves the materials research, reference, and education needs of engineers, scientists, and technicians. ASM serves by generating articles, books, databases, industry news, education…

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The Reaxys PhD Prize 2019 for students in the chemical sciences is now live

Publishers, Research SupportJanuary 22, 2019

(17 January 2019) Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, today announced that its prestigious ReaxysPrize for PhD students in the chemical sciences is now open for submissions. Celebrating top research by leading young chemists across the globe, the Reaxys PhD Prize recognizes innovative and original research in chemistry. The award, which receives hundreds…

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DOAJ survey reveals global trends in OA publishing

Open Access, PublishersJanuary 10, 2019

(9 January 2019) A survey of publishers with journals indexed in DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) has revealed surprising trends in the way that content is published; what types of organisations are publishing the content; on how publishing standards are being accepted globally; and geographical trends on the uptake of open access. The survey was sent…

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Thieme Chemistry deposits nearly 700,000 distinct chemical structures into PubChem

PublishersJanuary 9, 2019

(8 January 2019) Known for providing high-quality chemical information in the field of organic synthesis, Thieme Chemistry has provided approximately 700,000 distinct structures to PubChem – the open chemistry database at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In addition to the structural information, the upload includes more than 1,200,000 distinct links from chemicals to the…

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Infobase announces acquisition of Credo Reference limited

PublishersJanuary 8, 2019

(5 December 2018) Infobase announced today that it has acquired Credo Reference. Founded in 1999, Credo Reference is a leading provider of innovative research platforms and information literacy instructional materials serving libraries worldwide. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “This is exciting news and a significant milestone for Infobase,” said Mark McDonnell, president and…

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BMJ and UNSILO partner to create AI-based subject collections

Publishers, TechnologyJanuary 7, 2019

(4 January 2019) Today, BMJ and UNSILO announce an agreement by which UNSILO will supply its market-leading concept extraction tools across the whole of BMJ content. UNSILO applies machine learning and AI tools to identify significant concepts from a corpus of text. These concepts form the basis of a wide range of solutions to publishing workflows, including…

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BioOne Complete launches on new platform powered by nonprofit partnership

Databases, PublishersJanuary 4, 2019

(2 January 2019) BioOne, the nonprofit publisher of more than 200 journals from 150 scientific societies and independent presses, has launched a new website for its content aggregation, BioOne Complete. Powered by a nonprofit collaboration with SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, the new site leverages SPIE’s proprietary platform for the benefit of BioOne’s…

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Elsevier Acquires Science-Metrix Inc., Provider of Research Analytics Services and Data

PublishersDecember 24, 2018

(19 December 2018) Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, has acquired Science-Metrix Inc., a research evaluation firm that provides science research evaluation and analytics to assess science and technology activities. Headquartered in Montréal, Canada, Science-Metrix is known for high-quality and independent bibliometric analysis and research evaluation. “Science-Metrix was an early adopter of Elsevier’s abstract…

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Popularity of Japanese libraries hitting publishers’ bottom line

Asia Pacific, Libraries, PublishersDecember 21, 2018

(21 December 2018) Statistics on libraries in Japan released by the Japan Library Association show that the collections at public libraries in 2017 totaled 442.82 million books, and that there were 691.47 million loans of books over the course of the year. Although the 2010 to 2013 level of around 710 million loans has not…

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Survey reveals need for good guidance about trustworthy places to publish research

eJournals, Publishers, Research SupportDecember 20, 2018

(19 December 2018) A survey carried out by the Think. Check. Submit. initiative has revealed a strong demand from both researchers and librarians for guidance about where to publish and an appreciation of the services that the initiative offers. However, it also revealed a need for further educational resources and wider reach for the initiative.…

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