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AMBOSS Acquires NEJM Knowledge+ from NEJM Group, Setting a New Standard in Medical Education and Clinical Practice

AMBOSS, the leading clinical resource for residents, proudly announces its recent acquisition of NEJM Knowledge+, a learning and assessment tool for clinicians created by NEJM Group, publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine and other prominent medical resources for physicians and other health professionals. This marks a significant milestone for AMBOSS and for the practice of evidence-based medicine worldwide.

Integrating NEJM Knowledge+ with AMBOSS’s clinical decision support tool offers an unparalleled resource for modern healthcare professionals who expect easily accessible and actionable medical information to build their knowledge base and drive clinical decision-making throughout their career — from medical school through clinical practice.

Empowering the Next Generation of Healthcare Professionals

AMBOSS is renowned for its expert medical library, intuitive learning platform, and user interface designed to easily obtain and retain medical knowledge. Already an established leader of knowledge platforms in US medical schools and used by the majority of medical students, AMBOSS is now transforming residency, with 25% of first-year US residents relying on it to provide excellent patient care. The acquisition of NEJM Knowledge+ is a leap forward in realizing the vision of a fully integrated platform where board exam preparation and clinical practice converge seamlessly.

“We are really excited to bring NEJM Knowledge+ into the AMBOSS family,” said Dr. Madjid Salimi, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of AMBOSS. “It’s an honor to have the confidence of NEJM Group leadership in our ability to build on their success in providing exceptional educational resources for clinicians.”

A Unified Vision for the Future of Clinical Training

NEJM Group has been recognized as the global leader in the creation and distribution of the latest and highest quality medical information. In 2014, they released NEJM Knowledge+, an adaptive-learning board preparation question bank that is now trusted by over 500 residency programs in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, and Pediatrics.

“NEJM Group has always been at the forefront of disseminating medical knowledge and improving patient care,” said David Sampson, Vice President, Chief Publishing Officer of NEJM Group. “This new chapter is a natural progression of our mission, with AMBOSS being ideally positioned to expand the reach of NEJM Knowledge+.”

Looking Ahead

Through this acquisition, AMBOSS and NEJM Group reaffirm their commitment to enhancing medical education and clinical practice. Healthcare professionals and students can look forward to benefiting from an all-encompassing platform that offers personalized learning experiences and point-of-care clinical knowledge designed to support their journey at every stage.

For more information about AMBOSS and NEJM Knowledge+, please visit us here.

DIAMAS report investigating the financial sustainability of institutional publishers and service providers

The DIAMAS (Developing Institutional Open Access Publishing Models to Advance Scholarly Communication) project has published a report investigating the financial sustainability of institutional publishers and service providers. EIFL is a partner in the DIAMAS project, and Milica Ševkušić, Project Coordinator for the EIFL Open Access Programme, is one of the contributors to the report.

The report draws on the results of extensive research conducted across 18 months including a literature review of economic and financial aspects of institutional publishing, quantitative surveys, focus groups, and interviews. Ten EIFL partner countries (Albania, Estonia, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia and Ukraine) took part in the survey and one (Serbia) was also involved in focus groups.

The report shows that although institutional publishers and service providers are diverse – in terms of their missions, sizes, services they provide and tasks they perform, access to funding options and the choices they make – they face similar challenges, such as the need for more financial resources, the lack of stability and permanence in personnel and the dependence on parent organizations. Along with public national or regional funders, parent organizations, which provide significant in-kind support (personnel, services), are the main local supporters of Diamond open access (OA). 

The report reveals a clear need for stable and long-term funding that entails less administration, and the crucial role of large infrastructures, such as Diamond OA hosting platforms, and open source software. It particularly highlights the need to fund both national and international infrastructures used by many small to medium-size institutional publishers and service providers.

STM Trends 2028 is now live

Flourishing in a Machine-intermediated World: The STM Trends Report

When some of the leading technology minds in scholarly publishing gather each fall to polish their crystal orbs, the outcome has always been an invigorating and enlightening experience. This year, it has proved no different. At the STM Conference in Washington, DC today, the new STM Trends 2028 was released. Rather than focusing strictly on technology and its implications, the group took a slightly broader view, and included a more diverse pool of participants. Members not only of the STM Standards and Technology Committee, but also representatives from the Open Research, Research Integrity, and Social Responsibility committees, as well as a number of journal editors engaged in the process. The output is a vision of a world where humans and machines are integrated and engaged to support researchers as they navigate an increasingly complex world that is both analog and digital.

Prior to the start of the meeting in London in December, participants began with an exercise focused on envisioning headlines from the year 2028. In the meeting, the group dug deeper into the trends and issues that might face our community toward the end of the 2020s. As we think about where we are, how things will change and what might be of interest to those in the future, the resultant perspective adds value to the output, which is now available on the STM website. 

Read the full article

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Clarivate Acquires Global QMS, Inc., Expanding Life Sciences & Healthcare Segment into New Markets

Clarivate Plc a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced that it has acquired Global QMS, Inc., known as Global Q, a provider of cloud-based solutions that enable life sciences clients to automate regulatory reporting and compliance management. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Global Q supports leading pharma, medtech and biotech companies by providing comprehensive access to linked and standardized workflow-ready data via its SaaS platform, Optiqs360 Digital™. The platform includes MediGPT – WorkCenter™ and MediGPT – IntelliWriter™, solutions that provide clients with interconnected data visibility and common user interfaces, across internal and external sources of record. The tools support the complex workflows and reporting needs of clinical, regulatory, product lifecycle and quality management professionals, significantly streamlining annual product reviews, medical device reports and supply chain insights.

Clarivate brings together connected data, deep expertise and intelligence solutions to empower life sciences and healthcare companies to deliver safe, effective and commercially successful treatments to patients faster. The acquisition of Global Q bolsters a robust integrated platform of life science intelligence solutions from pre-clinical and clinical offerings and further expands Clarivate capabilities in manufacturing and supply chain management to include regulatory report authoring and compliance management. The workflow and reporting capabilities of Global Q complement the Clarivate Cortellis Generics Intelligence solution for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) tracking. The addition of these cloud-based solutions will serve to embed Clarivate into critical client workflows and enable the expansion of Clarivate services into new markets.

Henry Levy, President, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Clarivate, said: “Clarivate continues to explore, develop and integrate next-generation workflow automation software that streamlines and digitizes manual workflows. The acquisition of Global Q builds on our strategy to deliver solutions that empower our clients to advance treatments that improve patient lives. The combined expertise, data and technologies of Clarivate and Global Q will help to address the client need for connected data to support complex analyses and evidence-based decisions in the life sciences.”

Mitch Hayes, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Global QMS, Inc., said: “The acquisition of Global Q by Clarivate reinforces our joint missions to help global organizations obtain profound insights and efficiencies in bringing life-saving therapies to their patients worldwide. The combined business will further the vision of putting contextually aware intelligence directly into our customers’ workflows and facilitating their daily tasks in ways never before possible.”

Life sciences professionals responsible for new product development, manufacturing and regulatory compliance are looking to connect the dots across multiple data points to accelerate their treatment and prevention efforts and realize better patient health outcomes. Harmonized and connected data sources can address the industry need for content authoring automation spanning multiple systems and workflows. The acquisition of Global Q enables Clarivate to seamlessly tap into the digital thread market, allowing for proprietary data and insights gleaned from Clarivate solutions to frictionlessly be integrated into customer workflows.

Following the successful acquisition and integration of companies, including Decision Resources Group (DRG), Bioinfogate, Patient Connect, Dialog (part of ProQuest) and IP from MotionHall, the acquisition of Global Q further demonstrates the continuing investment by Clarivate in high-value data, analytics and innovative technology paired with deep subject matter and technical expertise within its Life Sciences and Healthcare segment.

As a trusted partner in shaping the future of healthcare, Clarivate proactively addresses industry demands through intelligence platforms that connect data and use AI and advanced analytics to revolutionize patient engagement, overcome access barriers and fulfill unmet needs. The complementary solutions of Clarivate and Global Q will better position the company in a market that favors innovative tech-enabled providers with end-to-end capabilities and unique market-leading data sets.

United Arab Emirates University and Taylor & Francis Announce Open Access Partnership

United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), the first and foremost comprehensive university in UAE, and international research publisher Taylor & Francis have announced a new three-year transformative agreement. Researchers at UAEU can now choose open access (OA) in over 2,500 journals, boosting the potential reach and impact of their work.

The new read and publish agreement, Taylor & Francis’ first in UAE, will support the University’s mission to provide impactful societal and research contributions, by ensuring everyone everywhere can access the latest UAEU research outcomes. Corresponding UAEU authors will be supported to publish open access articles in all Taylor & Francis and Routledge journals, both hybrid and full OA.

In addition, UAEU researchers and students will also have access to read the latest research published in every Taylor & Francis journal.

Carolyn Kirby, VP Commercial Lead EMEA at Taylor & Francis, outlined the impact this agreement will make: “UAEU is one of the top research institutions in the Middle East, with leading academic programs across a wide range of fields tackling today’s challenges. We’re therefore delighted that this open access partnership will enable everyone to read and apply the work of UAEU’s world-class researchers.”

Dr Naeema Alhosani, Acting Library Director at UAEU, said: “We are proud to partner with Taylor & Francis in this transformative open access agreement. As a leading research institution in the region, UAEU is dedicated to enhancing the reach and impact of our scholarly work. This partnership not only aligns with our mission to foster research excellence but also substantially enhances the accessibility of our research outputs worldwide. This agreement highlighted the strategic partnerships and the benefits derived from collaborative efforts involving publishers, library and research services, and facilitating agents like Knowledge E.”

Amina Itani, E Resources and Research Services Library Expert at UAEU Libraries, added: “Our partnership with Taylor & Francis represents a major milestone in our ongoing efforts to cultivate a flourishing ecosystem for academic research and scholarly communication. The read and publish, transformative agreement enables us to significantly improve the accessibility and dissemination of research produced at UAEU, as we actively navigate the landscape of open access. We are honored to be pioneers in the region, leading the charge towards greater academic openness and collaboration.”

cOAlition S welcomes the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information

Developed by a group of research information specialists, the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information is a community initiative to make research information – such as bibliographic metadata, including funding information and information on use and impact – open to all.

Too often this information is locked inside proprietary infrastructures, meaning that when assessing research and institutions, non-transparent/non-verifiable evidence is used. The Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information seeks to change this.

Organisations which sign this Declaration agree to support four overarching principles, including one that makes openness the default for the research information they use and produce.

cOAlition S has long been a supporter of open metadata.  The Implementation Guidelines of Plan S make it clear that articles published in line with Plan S must include high-quality article level metadata in a standard interoperable non-proprietary format, under a CC0 public domain dedication and that, as a minimum requirement, must include the name of the funder and the grant number/identifier. The Guidelines also specify that articles must include “machine-readable information on the Open Access status and the license embedded in the article, in standard non-proprietary format”. cOAlition S welcomes the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research and encourages funders and research performing organisations to consider signing this. We are delighted to see that some cOAlition S funders – including the Dutch Research Council (NWO), the French National Research Agency (ANR) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) – have already signed this declaration, and that others are actively considering this.

Research Solutions Unveils AI Platform for Automated Clinical Trial Landscape Reports

Research Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: RSSS), a trusted partner providing cloud-based workflow solutions to accelerate research for R&D-driven organizations, today launches their new Clinical Trial Landscape software solution, making clinical trial information more accessible, insightful, and actionable. Clinical trials are essential research studies that assess the efficacy and safety of medical interventions, informing regulatory decisions, guiding healthcare practices, and advancing medical knowledge and patient care.

This addition to Research Solutions’ product family uses AI to transform how medical science liaisons, medical affairs specialists, and clinical development teams explore, review, and synthesize multiple clinical trials and relevant data to map the overall landscape quickly.

Designed with precision, this new tool addresses the critical need for comprehensive, bias-free access to global clinical trial information and a streamlined process for identifying and summarizing available insights. Offering features such as adverse event filtering, detailed analytics, and guided search and refinement, the Clinical Trial Landscape solution ensures users can efficiently identify the most experienced Principal Investigators (PIs) and relevant publications for their specific research areas.

Key benefits include:

  • Enhanced PI Discovery: Utilizing sophisticated analytics, users can generate heatmaps of the most frequent PIs in their disease space, seamlessly connecting with the top experts and their publications.
  • Flexible Research Experience: With many field and filter options to tailor the search strategy (including, but not limited to, dates, sponsor type, and associated publications), researchers are then equipped to tailor their investigation process, focusing on the information that matters most.
  • Streamlined Access to Global Data Sources: Aggregating content from trusted registries and databases, such as ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed, ensures users have comprehensive access to current and relevant data without the bias of data curation.

“With our advanced AI and comprehensive data, we’re able to help teams and individuals navigate the vast landscape of clinical research, efficiently and effectively,” said Eléonore Dixon-Roche, Product Manager at Research Solutions.

The launch of the Clinical Trial Landscape solution represents another significant step forward in Research Solutions’ commitment to fostering progress in the scientific community. It is expected to solidify further their position as a leader in scientific data integration, as well as drive growth by attracting new users and strengthening relationships with existing customers.

With this software solution launch, their acquisitions of ResoluteAI and scite, and the recent introduction of their Technology Landscape solution, Research Solutions is building a robust ecosystem designed to fuel innovation and deliver strategic advantages to customers.

To learn more about the Clinical Trial Landscape, and to see firsthand how this solution advances innovations in the healthcare and medical sectors, join their upcoming webinar: https://bit.ly/3PE0ETB.

Wiley’s Latest Natural Products Database Release Empowers Drug Discovery and Research

Wiley, one of the world’s largest publishers and a global leader in research and learning, today announced the 2024 release of its Wiley Identifier of Natural Products (AntiBase Library + ChemWindow).

With an extensive collection of over 95,000 compounds, this growing natural products database serves as a powerful drug discovery screening tool to narrow down possible novel compounds having antimicrobial, antitumor, or other desired effects. Additionally, it finds applications in food and cosmetics, agriculture, pesticides, and other sectors where natural products are prevalent.

The latest release introduces 37,000 new compounds to the collection in addition to spectra computed using Wiley’s proprietary AI technologies.

Graeme Whitley, Director of Data Science Solutions at Wiley, expressed enthusiasm about the continued impact of this work. He stated, “We are committed to providing the scientific community with a resource that streamlines the discovery of compounds with significant therapeutic potential.”

In addition to the comprehensive AntiBase library, the Wiley Identifier of Natural Products includes ChemWindow software’s sophisticated high-performance datamining and chemical databasing tools to accelerate research by enabling users to build and leverage their internal knowledge alongside commercial libraries.

Libraries’ Read and Publish Agreement With Springer Allows Easier Open Access for Researchers

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Syracuse University Libraries recently signed its 12th ‘read and publish’ open access agreement, this time with major academic publisher Springer, expanding the reach of researchers’ scholarly contributions by enabling all University-affiliated authors the ability to publish their work open access in Springer’s more than 2,000 hybrid journals at no charge to them.

Syracuse University Libraries recently signed a ‘read and publish’ open access agreement with major academic publisher Springer to expand the reach of researchers’ scholarly contributions.

Open access allows anyone to use these scholarly works, free of charge and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions for further use. ‘Read and publish’ agreements allow University-affiliated authors to make their work immediately open access when they run in journals that are published by these organizations, at no cost to the author.

Springer journals constitute one of the largest publication venues for Syracuse University’s authors. Based on the strong publication history of University authors in Springer titles, Syracuse University Libraries expect this most recent three-year agreement to have a wide reach. Springer imprints covered by this agreement include Palgrave Macmillan journals, Adis Journals and academic journals. Excluded are gold open-access titles and nature-branded journal titles.

“This is a substantive agreement that the Libraries is supporting, and we believe it will have broad impact for our University-affiliated authors,” says David Seaman, dean of the Libraries and University Librarian. “Increasing the opportunities for open access publishing at no cost to the authors is an important goal in the Libraries’ academic strategic plan. We are committed to driving the open distribution of research data and scholarship to increase the University’s global impact and reputation.”

This agreement was negotiated through the NorthEAST Research Libraries consortium (NERL) for seven NERL member institutions. Scott Warren, the Libraries’ senior associate dean for research excellence, co-chaired the NERL negotiation team. More information on the NERL and Springer open publishing agreement is available on the Center for Research Libraries’ website.

For more information, including instructions on how authors can take advantage of these agreements, visit the Transformative Agreements and APC Coverage Research Guide.

ResearchGate and Trans Tech Publications announce Journal Home partnership

ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, and Trans Tech Publications, the creators of Scientific.Net and publisher of high-demand scientific content focused on materials science and engineering, have today announced a new partnership to enable a range of Trans Tech Publications’ journals be discoverable and accessible on ResearchGate through their innovative Journal Home offering.

In total, 7 Trans Tech Publications journals are included in the partnership, including all their fully open access titles and a leading hybrid title. All version-of-record article content, including archive content and new articles, will be available to ResearchGate’s 25m+ researcher members – boosting readership and engagement, and enabling Trans Tech Publications to connect with new audiences of highly relevant authors.

All participating journals benefit from the enhanced brand visibility Journal Home provides with readers and potential authors. Dedicated journal profiles will be activated on the ResearchGate platform, providing key information and content from the journals, as well as uniquely enabling ResearchGate members to explore how their network is connected to a journal. The journals are also prominently featured on all associated articles and relevant touchpoints throughout the ResearchGate network.  

Trans Tech Publications authors will additionally benefit from their articles being automatically added to their user profiles on ResearchGate – providing them with usage statistics and other insights and presenting a unique way to understand and connect with their readers.

“Trans Tech Publications, Scientific.Net, is committed to meeting the high expectations of our authors, ensuring the widest possible distribution of their work across the world”, said Anne Kristin Wohlbier, co-owner and CEO at Trans Tech Publications. “We’re pleased to partner with ResearchGate to benefit from the increased visibility, reach and impact that Journal Home delivers.”  

“Trans Tech Publications’ partnership with ResearchGate recognises the value of partnerships that bring content directly to the researcher ecosystem,” said Sören Hofmayer, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at ResearchGate. “By elevating their journals’ visibility in our highly engaged researcher community through Journal Home, we offer a unique opportunity to build a greater understanding of who is engaging with their content, and how the relevant academic communities connect with their journals.”

For more information about Journal Home, please visit researchgate.net/journal-home

For more information about Trans Tech Publications, please visit Scientific.Net

Launch of UPLOpen.com: Revolutionizing Access to Open Knowledge and Empowering Global Sustainability Goals

In an ambitious move to democratize access to scholarly knowledge and advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), the De Gruyter eBound Foundation is thrilled to unveil UPLOpen.com, a product of University Press Library Open (UPLO), an innovative website that curates high-quality, open access scholarship from the world’s leading university presses.

UPLOpen.com is a direct response to the growing demand for open access scholarship and the urgent need to address the global challenges identified in the UN SDGs. All books are free to read online or download, and UPLOpen.com’s emphasis on the SDGs underscores the distinctive dedication of university presses to integrate the SDGs’ expansive targets into their day-to-day operations and structure.

“Publishing books of global importance is central to the DNA of university presses,” said Peter Potter, Executive Director of De Gruyter eBound. “Finding those books, however, can be a challenge amidst the noise of the internet. Our goal with UPLOpen.com was to create a welcoming place on the web where people could go to find authoritative research from the world’s top university presses. This initiative is a testament to the collective power of the academic community’s commitment to fostering positive change, inclusivity, and sustainability worldwide.”

At launch, UPLOpen.com proudly hosts more than 350 open access books from over thirty university presses, including two landmark collections: Luminos, from the University of California Press, and TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem), a pilot project of the Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and Association of University Presses (AUPresses), which concluded in 2022 but continues to release new titles. By mid-2024, the number of titles hosted on UPLOpen.com is expected to exceed 2,500, with further plans for significant growth already in motion for 2025 and beyond.

UPLOpen.com platform is committed to open principles and practices; and is fully optimized to support digital-first, open content distribution. Developed in collaboration with Ubiquity, a trusted partner of researchers, universities, and academic societies, UPLOpen.com utilizes open-source infrastructure, which benefits the broader open-source community.

According to Ubiquity CEO Brian Hole, “UPLOpen.com is unique in its integration of the SDGs into the core of academic publishing, underscoring our commitment to both advancing scholarship and contributing to a sustainable and equitable world. UPLOpen.com is also designed to catalyze a shift to open access among traditional university presses by offering them not only a high-quality online platform but also a range of professional publishing services tailored to effective OA publishing.”

Open principles reaffirm Digital Science’s commitment to open research

Digital Science has today launched its Open Principles, a new initiative that commits its research information solutions to open science now and into the future.

The Principles are the first step in Digital Science’s journey to align more closely with the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information from a global research consortium headed by Leiden University, announced earlier today. They are also a concrete articulation of Digital Science’s long-held, core vision of a trusted, frictionless, collaborative research ecosystem that drives progress for all. 

Open research practices, and the development of open science tools and solutions, have been at the heart of Digital Science since its inception:

  • When Symplectic began over 20 years ago, it reported on all research outputs, including open access articles and preprints
  • One of Digital Science’s earliest investments, Figshare, has provided an open data repository for researchers for over a decade
  • Since its launch in 2018, Dimensions has had a free web app enabling users to search its industry-leading database of publications and to understand the full context of those publications. This free service has been enhanced in 2024 with the addition of summarization features in the free app, as well as the release of Dimensions Researcher GPT which is freely accessible with ChatGPT Plus 
  • Altmetric also has a range of free options for researchers, including badges and bookmarklets.

Commenting on the Barcelona Declaration – which calls on universities to utilize open research resources – Digital Science CEO Dr Daniel Hook says the company has always believed that research is the single most transformational force for the long-term improvement of society, and today’s announcement represents another step on that path.

“Digital Science welcomes the Barcelona Declaration and the global initiative to support open research,” Dr Hook says.

“Open research principles are part of our company’s DNA and they are always something we’re striving towards. When developing our technology, we prioritize open research and tools to make research easier to access. Our company was founded by researchers to help make the research mission easier, better, more open and more globally linked.

“Our new Open Principles are aligned with many of the issues highlighted in the Barcelona Declaration. They are a first step in reaffirming Digital Science’s commitment to open research and will guide our journey toward closer alignment with the community that we serve,” Dr Hook says.

The Principles have been developed by Digital Science’s VP of Open Research and Figshare founder, Dr Mark Hahnel, who believes the Barcelona Declaration will be transformative for researchers and institutions.

“I have always felt lucky to work at Digital Science, as it was formed at a time when the research world was desperate for openness and innovation. At Digital Science, we believe that all aspects of research should be shared as openly as possible,” says Dr Hahnel. “We’ve seen a maturing of the open research and open data movement over the past decade, and to a great extent our company and its solutions, such as Figshare, have played a critical role in helping to disrupt and transform research, making research more open.

“It’s my hope that our new Open Principles will help reflect to the research community just how important we feel open research is in creating benefits for society. These are not just internal principles, they represent our broader commitment to the entire research ecosystem,” Dr Hahnel says.

Digital Science has also recently launched its new Research Transformation campaign, an initiative to challenge the broader research community to think differently about how research should evolve and respond to the changing research landscape to meet societal needs for the benefit of all. 

See more about the Research Transformation campaign

Read Digital Science’s new Open Principles

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