Wiley and Instructure Partner to Build Next Generation of Higher Education Courseware
John Wiley and Sons Inc., (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) today announced plans to expand its partnership with Instructure, a leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology company that makes software that makes people smarter. Together, the companies will move beyond the current WileyPLUS integration and test prep courses to leverage the Canvas platform to build the next generation of higher education courseware.
Combining Wiley’s best-in-class content and robust assessment experience with the ease of use and customization capabilities of the Canvas platform, the next generation of Wiley courseware will help instructors persona...
Source: News from STM - July 26, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Source Type: news
American Society for Microbiology and Overleaf: a Partnership to Enhance the Author Experience
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and Overleaf announce a new partnership to expand the ASM author publishing tools to enhance the author experience. Authors submitting to ASM’s open-access journal mSystems® now have access to a custom mSystems LaTeX authoring template in Overleaf’s collaborative cloud-based writing and reviewing too. Authors also will be able to submit their manuscripts to mSystems directly from within the Overleaf template.
This template was developed by ASM and Overleaf to simplify the writing and submission process for mSystems authors. The template opens in the Overleaf platform, whe...
Source: News from STM - July 26, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Editorial Featured Source Type: news
New Jisc Report: Changing publishing ecologies – A landscape study of new university presses and academic-led publishing
The report, by Dr Janneke Adema (Coventry University) and Graham Stone (Jisc, formerly Collections and Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of Huddersfield), benchmarks the development of NUPs and ALPs and fills in knowledge gaps. It complements our previous research, such as OAPEN-UK, the National Monographs strategy, the Jisc/OAPEN Investigating OA monograph services project and the new Knowledge Exchange Landscape Study on Open Access Monographs which will be published in September 2017. Jisc is currently looking to take forward a number of the recommendations within the report.
A copy of the report may be d...
Source: News from STM - July 25, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Featured World Source Type: news
Elsevier announces seven new chemistry and chemical engineering titles
Elsevier, the information analytics company specializing in science and health, today announced the publication of the eighth edition of Bretherick’s Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, edited by Peter G. Urben. This expanded edition provides the latest updates to help prevent the explosion and loss of containment of chemicals. Also among the seven new chemistry and chemical engineering titles announced by Elsevier is the second edition of its major reference work, Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry II. This nine-volume set, edited by Jerry L. Atwood, George W. Gokel and Len Barbour, is a “one-stop sho...
Source: News from STM - July 25, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Editorial Featured Source Type: news
Peerwith Announces New Supervisory Board Of Industry Leaders
Today, technology company Peerwith has introduced its supervisory board with leaders in the digital / publishing industry that will contribute to the company going forward.
Peerwith is a platform for expert-led researcher services, connecting researchers to experts directly, through its own marketplace peerwith.com or branded partner solutions. Peerwith connects researchers with experts, giving them the opportunity to build lasting relationships and improve the quality of their academic work. Over 1000 experts connect with fellow researchers facilitating the exchange of fair fees for high-quality, tailored researcher se...
Source: News from STM - July 21, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Digital Featured Source Type: news
SAGE Publishing reports continued strong growth in 2017
SAGE Publishing, one of the world’s leading independent academic and professional publishers, today reported continued strong performance and growth across its journals portfolio in the 2017 Journal Citation Reports (Source: 2016 Web of Science Data).
SAGE continues to see consistent growth within the reports. This year 70% of SAGE journals received an increased ranking with 49% of SAGE journals now ranking within the top half of their subject category. 233 titles now place in the top 30% of the JCR and over 100 SAGE journals received a top 10-category rank. 566 titles are now listed totaling a 40% increase in SAGE journ...
Source: News from STM - July 21, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: European Featured Source Type: news
PubGrade GmbH is pleased to announce the release of the latest version of its fully integrated contextual advertising platform: PubGrade for Publishers.
This release provides Academic Publishers with a fully integrated solution that facilitates any Publisher to offer cutting edge digital advertising targeting solutions within its existing ad serving infrastructure in a plug-and-play fashion. Clients currently use the platform to match job, event, product and internal advertisements against highly relevant segments of their content. At sites where the platform is deployed, digital display revenues have seen a significant uplift, as Advertisers now have a way to target ads contextually, behaviourally and geographically.
PubGrade’s platform, while optimised for life and bio...
Source: News from STM - July 21, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Digital Featured Source Type: news
Climate change title to become first Emerald subscription journal to flip to exclusively Open Access
Emerald Publishing has announced the conversion of the Impact Factor-ranked International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management (IJCCSM) to a fully Open Access (OA) journal.
IJCCSM will be the first Emerald subscription journal to flip to a fully OA journal, effective from the 2018 volume.
IJCCSM is an international forum that addresses the need for disseminating scholarly research, projects and other initiatives aimed to facilitate a better understanding of the critical, emerging field of climate change.
Flipping this high quality journal to OA will help maximize the dissemination of climate change research,...
Source: News from STM - July 18, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Open Access Source Type: news
Anthony Cond named new Associate Editor for Learned Publishing
Learned Publishing, the leading scholarly publishing journal published by Wiley on behalf of the Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), is delighted to announce the appointment of Liverpool University Press’ Managing Director, Anthony Cond, as Associate Editor.
Anthony is the founder of the University Press Redux conference, and was a guest editor of the special (open access) issue of the journal devoted to university presses in 2016. Under Anthony’s leadership, LUP has received academic publisher of the year awards from The Bookseller and the IPG (Independent Publishers Guild).
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Source: News from STM - July 18, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Featured World Source Type: news
RedLink Partners with Publishers Communication Group (PCG)
RedLink, providers of the Library Dashboard data analysis and visualization tool for libraries and consortia and RedLink Network for maintaining and communicating credentials with publishers, is pleased to announce an exclusive representation agreement with Publisher Communication Group (PCG), an Ingenta company, for the North American region, inclusive of the US and Canada.
Launched late in 2016, Library Dashboard provides a complete, normalized overview of usage and turn-away statistics to help with collection decision-making, and offers easy to use data integration, analysis, and visualization tools. Library Dashboard...
Source: News from STM - July 17, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Digital Featured Source Type: news
Strong performance in Journal Citation Reports reaffirms Wiley as leading society publishing partner
Wiley’s performance in the 2017 release of Clarivate Analytics’ Journal Citation Reports (JCR) remains strong, maintaining its position as #3 in terms of the number of titles indexed, articles published and citations received. Overall, 1,214 Wiley journals were included in the reports (+9 from last year), of which 57% were society publications – strengthening Wiley’s position as the world’s leading society publishing partner.
Wiley journals were ranked #1 in 26 subject categories, and achieved 363 top-10 category rankings. Particular success stories include the continued high performance of CA-A Cancer Journal fo...
Source: News from STM - July 17, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Editorial Featured Source Type: news
London Info International in collaboration with Clarivate Analytics announces: What makes a world class university? Webinar
In this webinar Dr Jamil Salmi poses the question What makes a world class university?
The importance of tertiary education for economic growth and competitiveness is increasingly recognized not just for middle-income and advanced countries, but also for low-income ones. Access to a world-class curriculum helps develop a skilled and flexible labour force that can positively influence productive activities by creating, applying and spreading new ideas and technologies. Research universities are emerging as the central institutions of the 21st century knowledge economies.
In this context, the presentation will start by o...
Source: News from STM - July 17, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Training & Webinars Source Type: news
Thomson Reuters Launches Startup Incubator
Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of Thomson Reuters Labs™ – The Incubator. Located in Switzerland, the Incubator will host early-stage entrepreneurs building next-generation products in big data, advanced analytics, distributed ledgers, artificial intelligence, machine learning and other transformational technologies. As part of the official program, startups will receive access to Thomson Reuters world-class data and content sets, mentoring from experienced executives and networking opportunities for investment and commercialization.
The Incubator is the next horizon of the company’s significant inves...
Source: News from STM - July 7, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Digital Source Type: news
OUP growth driven by strong emerging market performance
Oxford University Press (OUP) today reported headline growth of 11% with a turnover of £847.4m, and a trading surplus headline growth of 24% to £124m. On a like for like basis at constant currency rates, turnover was up 3.3% and trading surplus was up by 14%.
OUP saw good underlying growth in both its academic and educational businesses. The academic division achieved a 2.4% turnover increase, with good performance from journals and other online products, where usage rose by 12% and 9% respectively; while the academic books business returned to growth. In OUP’s education divisions, overall turnover grew 3.7%, supported...
Source: News from STM - July 7, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Featured World Source Type: news
The Society for Leukocyte Biology and Wiley Announce Publishing Partnership
John Wiley and Sons, Inc. and The Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB) announced today a publishing partnership for SLB’s flagship scholarly publication, Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB). From January 2018, Wiley will assume publishing responsibility for JLB and move the journal to its online platform, Wiley Online Library.
For over 60 years, the SLB has been the leading scientific and professional organization in leukocyte biology through its impactful journal, scientific meetings, and educational outreach programs. In keeping with the SLB’s mission, the partnership will expand the global reach and visibility of the ...
Source: News from STM - July 6, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Editorial Featured Source Type: news
