Macmillan Science and Education to merge with Springer Science+Business Media
Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (Holtzbrinck) and BC Partners (BCP) announced today that they have reached an agreement to merge Springer Science+Business Media (owned by funds...
Elsevier Adds Polymer Matrix Composites Database to Knovel
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of the Knovel Polymer Matrix Composites Database....
Elsevier and ISTE Press Announce Publishing Alliance
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, and ISTE Press Ltd, a London-based international publisher of scientific and...
Wellcome Trust appoints new head of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Wellcome Trust has announced that John Isaac has been appointed the new head of Neuroscience and Mental Health. John joins the Trust from Eli...
New trustees to join Jisc’s board
Jisc is pleased to announce two new representatives on our board of trustees, who will help determine our strategic direction and priorities to reflect...
UK science strategy leaves many questions unanswered
The government has published its long awaited science and innovation strategy, but many of the questions asked by the science community won’t be answered...
IOP Publishing is now CrossMark and FundRef compliant
IOP Publishing promotes the development of new and innovative technologies to speed and facilitate scholarly research and is now compliant with two CrossRef initiatives,...
IET and key publishers address need to improve conference content quality
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) together with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Elsevier has created draft recommendations for...
Wellcome Trust partners with other European foundations to fund research
The Wellcome Trust has entered into a partnership with the Volkswagen Foundation in Germany and the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond in Sweden to support the Europe...
Jisc Digital Festival 2015 opens for registration
Today sees Jisc launch registration for the Jisc Digital Festival 2015.
Simon Nelson, chief executive of FutureLearn, the social learning platform set up by The Open University as the...
Elsevier Expands Engineering Content Available on Knovel
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the addition of ten content providers who will offer...
Informa Healthcare journals to move to Taylor & Francis Group
Publishing firm Informa Plc has announced that Informa Healthcare's portfolio of 180 journals will be managed within its academic publishing division, Taylor & Francis...