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3 August 2015

Annual Outsell STM Market Size and Share Report indicates strong industry performance Research and advisory firm Outsell, Inc. has announced publication of its annual Scientific, Technical & Medical Information: 2015 Marsket Size, Share, Forecast, and Trend Report. Growing at a rate of 3.6% over 2013, the $33.7 billion STM market comprises an impressive 4.4% of the total information market. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Elsevier set to publish official journal of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing STM publisher Elsevier and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) have announced that Elsevier will publish NCSBN's flagship journal, Journal of Nursing Regulation. Maryann Alexander, Chief Officer, Nursing Regulation, National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois, USA, serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Springer Nature acquires Stuttgart-based publishing house J.B. Metzler, expands humanities portfolio Springer Nature and the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group have agreed that, effective immediately, the Stuttgart-based publishing house J.B. Metzler will become part of Springer Nature. The acquisition follows the recent combination of the majority of Macmillan Science and Education (owned by the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group) with Springer Science+Business Media, to form the new publishing group, Springer Nature. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Wiley announces strong performance in 2015 Journal Citation Reports release Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced a strong performance in Thomson Reuters® 2015 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) release. A total of 1,200 Wiley titles (approximately 70%) were indexed, with 11 titles indexed for the first time. Over 73% of society titles at Wiley achieved an Impact Factor. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Jisc works with universities and researchers to reap benefits offered from OA practice Jisc is working to help universities and researchers reap the benefits offered from OA practice in response to the recent OA policy review by Research Councils UK (RCUK) and the release of the Higher Education and Funding Council's (HEFCE) updated requirements for next year's Research Excellence Framework (REF). There are many benefits offered from an OA model, increased author visibility and improved accessibility to research outputs to name a few. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ACMG announces increase in impact factor of its medical genetics and genomics journal, Genetics in Medicine The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has announced an increase in the impact factor of its peer-reviewed medical genetics and genomics journal, Genetics in Medicine (GIM) to 7.329 in 2014, up from 6.435 in 2013. GIM is currently ranked 15 of 167 titles in the Genetics & Heredity category and in the very top echelon of genetic journals that have a primarily clinical focus. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Lynn Silipigni Connaway elected President-elect of ASIS&T OCLC Senior Research Scientist Lynn Silipigni Connaway has been elected President-elect of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) for the 2016 administrative year, and President for 2017. Becoming President-elect at the conclusion of the 2015 Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, Connaway will support 2016 President Nadia Caidi, University of Toronto, with planning and developing programs and structure. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Latest edition of Blogspeak now online The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Roger C. Schonfeld (A Single User Account); Dr. Randy Paterson (Should Physicians Read Journals? Given Current Standards, Maybe Not); Jane Tinkler (Rather than narrow our definition of impact, we should use metrics to explore richness and diversity of outcomes); Alice Meadows (Words of Wisdom: Advice for our Younger Selves from Six Women in Publishing); and Alice Meadows (ORCID's Early Adopter Peer Review Program - A Progress Report). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here. You are receiving this email newsletter as part of your Knowledgespeak membership. You can unsubscribe instantly from any of our email newsletters by clicking here.

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