As the Open Access publication service F1000Research announced on January 10th it was acquired by one of the largest publishers of scientific content: Taylor & Francis (part of Informa plc). As F1000Research comments this will…
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Elsevier acquires the profiling service Parity
Elsevier acquires the profiling service Parity. It is thus further expanding its existing portfolio of science management services. Elsevier acquires the profiling service Parity According to Elsevier’s press release Parity provides “high-accuracy entity resolution, profiling…
Wiley acquires the Collaborative Writing Tool Authorea
On August 17, it was announced that the collaborative writing tool Authorea had been acquired by Atypon that is in turn a part of Wiley Publishing. The posting in the Authorea blog informs that “Atypon…
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Microsoft acquires GitHub
As The Verge reports Microsoft acquires GitHub. According to The Verge GitHub was “last valued at $2 billion back in 2015, but it’s not clear exactly how much Microsoft has paid to acquire GitHub.” The…
Clarivate Analytics acquires Kopernio
Clarivate Analytics, owner of the database Web of Science and services as publons, acquired Kopernio. Kopernio facilitates the search for Open Access documents. For pay-walled articles to which you have no access, Kopernio is looking…
Springer Nature acquires E-Learning Platform Iversity
nnAfter Iversity‘s insolvency in 2016 the Holtzbrinck Group invested in Iversity. Some days ago Springer Nature‘s acquisition of the e-learning startup was reported.nnIversity’s news on the acquisition (in German language) provides some more information, here…
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Web Of Science wird ab 2017 von Clarivate Analytics vertrieben
Bereits im Sommer wurde bekannt, dass Thomson Reuters sich von seinem Angebot Web Of Science (WoS) trennt. Die Zitationsdatenbank sowie einige andere Produkte der Intellectual-Property-Sparte des Konzerns gehen in den Besitz der ONEX Group über,…
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