ConTech 2018 videos and ConTech 2019 launched
The first ever ConTech Conference in London in 2018 boasted first class keynotes, ground-breaking insights, discoveries, revelations and technological advances. The founding ConTech community reacted very positively to the arrival of this new event in the conference calendar. The feedback has been universally positive with 100% rating the event good to excellent.
De Gruyter and Rutgers University Press enter partnership
Rutgers University Press and De Gruyter are pleased to announce a commercial partnership for the global distribution of 2,500 Rutgers University Press frontlist and backlist e-book titles on degruyter.com.
Digital Science welcomes Glasgow-based grants management system provider to DS family
Digital Science, a technology company serving stakeholders across the research ecosystem, welcomes CC Technology (CCT) to the Digital Science family of companies. The Glasgow-based company, which was founded in 1988 but did not come to support funders until 2006, has become a world-leader in the area of grants management.
DeepMatter to acquire InfoChem GmbH from Springer Nature
DeepMatter, the AIM-listed company focusing on digitizing chemistry, announce that it has agreed to acquire from global publisher Springer Nature the entire issued share capital of Infochem GmbH, a specialist in cheminformatics, for a total consideration of approximately €2.0 million to be satisfied as to €0.36 million in cash and 68,400,000 new ordinary shares in the capital of the Company.
De Gruyter and Iowa State University sign landmark “read and publish” agreement
The Iowa State University (ISU) University Library and De Gruyter have signed a landmark “read and publish” agreement which represents the first of its kind for De Gruyter in North America.
Jisc and Eduserv to merge and form UK public sector tech powerhouse
Two of the UK’s leading technology not-for-profit organisations in the field of education, government and charities catering for both the public and private sector have agreed to merge, bringing together expertise in digital and data technology solutions.
Springer Nature and DEAL: Considerable progress in negotiations
Springer Nature and Project DEAL of the Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany have made considerable progress in their negotiations on a groundbreaking model for publishing and reading scientific literature.
SAGE Publishing supports better recognition for researchers through extended ORCID mandate
As part of SAGE Publishing’s commitment to ethical, transparent and fair peer review SAGE has signed the ORCID open letter along with other stakeholders. Committing to mandating ORCID in accordance with the best practice for publishers, this step ensures better recognition and accreditation for researchers as well as supporting author and researcher compliance with funding mandates.
ConTech 2018 closes on a high
The first ever ConTech conference took place last week at the Chelsea Harbour Hotel, London, UK. Attendees witnessed three first class and completely different keynotes, ground breaking speaker sessions as well as a pharma focused special session.
Kudos raises £2.2 million to help optimize research communication and accelerate impact
Kudos (www.growkudos.com), the award-winning service for maximizing the reach and impact of research, will develop and launch a new communications management system for researchers, after securing £2.2m investment in a round led by Mobeus Equity Partners.
Cambridge University Press signs major Open Access deal in Sweden
Cambridge University Press has reached a major Open Access deal with higher education and research institutions in Sweden.
European research consortium teams up with PaperHive to boost visibility of new publications
The European research project ROMSOC partners with PaperHive, a copyright-compliant scholarly collaboration network, to facilitate research collaboration and boost the visibility of research results. All articles emerging from the project will be available for discussion within PaperHive.