ProQuest (through its affiliate Bowker) has acquired Palo Alto-based SIPX, creator of a unique digital course materials solution that addresses a variety of copyright and costs concerns for universities. SIPX eliminates duplicate spending on course packs (collections...

Springer Science+Business Media and Jisc have agreed on a new arrangement which takes into account UK scientists’ need to comply with multiple funders’ open access policies and to have access to the vast library of scientific articles published by Springer, while...

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region has maintained its world-leading reputation for high-quality scientific research, according to the Nature Index APAC supplement 2015, published today as a supplement of Nature. APAC nations contributed more than 25% of articles included...

Digital Science, a global technology company, which serves the scientific and academic research community, has completed the collation of more than 6,500 case study documents into the REF Impact Case Study database.  It is the first time universities have attempted to...

Around 260 researchers in the developing world will have the opportunity for free editorial services thanks to a new pilot partnership between academic communications company, Research Square, and AuthorAID, which is an international-development charity INASP’s...

France and Luxembourg cannot apply a reduced rate of VAT to the supply of electronic books, in contrast with paper books. In France and in Luxembourg, the supply of electronic books is subject to a reduced rate of VAT. Accordingly, since 1 January 2012, France has...