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8 November 2017

Open access academic books downloaded, discussed and cited far more than traditional books, says Springer Nature report Springer Nature has released a report, according to which, there is a tangible benefit to publishing academic books using immediate, or 'gold', open access (OA) models. The research found that such books are downloaded seven times more - on average, there are just under 30,000 chapter downloads per OA book within the first year of publication, which is 7 times more than for the average non-OA book; cited 50 percent more - citations are on average 50 percent higher for OA books than for non-OA books, over a four-year period; mentioned online ten times more - OA books receive an average of 10 times more online mentions than non-OA books, over a three-year period. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Elsevier and Seven Bridges awarded NIH Data Commons grant Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, and Seven Bridges Genomics have announced that The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded them a grant for the development of a comprehensive, open-source data analysis ecosystem as part of its Data Commons Pilot Phase. The project is designed to improve data efficiency and reliability for the over 70,000 biomedicine researchers in the US. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SAGE Publishing and Chegg announce textbook rental partnership Academic publisher SAGE Publishing and Chegg have announced a partnership to provide students with a new affordable option for accessing SAGE texts. Through this partnership, SAGE will provide Chegg with a selection of its print textbooks for students to rent through Chegg's online connected learning platform, beginning spring 2018. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Baton Rouge General to deploy Wolters Kluwer's POC Advisor to reduce sepsis Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Baton Rouge General will deploy POC AdvisorTM, leveraging its clinical surveillance and analytics to reduce sepsis mortality and morbidity rates. The clinical intelligence platform will be a central component of the 'Most Wired' hospital's overall clinical and technology strategy. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme DCL and ASTM International partner to make society and association content more discoverable Data Conversion Laboratory, Inc. (DCL) and ASTM International, a global standards organisation, have partnered to solve an ongoing challenge for professional societies and associations - making published content more discoverable. Discovery vendors and indexers, like Compendex/Scopus, EBSCO, and Thomson Reuters, each have precise requirements on how and when content and metadata should be delivered for maximum exposure. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Virginia's Community Colleges select Ex Libris Alma solution Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the Virginia's Community Colleges (VCCS) has chosen the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform and will integrate it with its statewide implementation of the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution. Alma will replace the Ex Libris Aleph® integrated library system. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Frontiers in Pharmacology announces its new Field Chief Editor Frontiers in Pharmacology has announced the appointment of Prof. Heike Wulff as the new Field Chief Editor. Prof. Wulff will share the position in a transitional phase with Prof. Théophile Godfraind until early 2018. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme   Brought to you by Scope e-Knowledge Center, a trusted global partner for digital content transformation solutions - Abstracting & Indexing (A&I), Knowledge Modeling (Taxonomies, Thesauri and Ontologies), and Metadata Enrichment & Entity Extraction.   Do you have relevant news articles to share with us? Click here to send a press release   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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