The announcement, last month, of a blockbuster merger in scientific, technical and medical (STM) publishing is the first major industry consolidation since John Wiley & Sons bought Blackwell Publishing prior to the Great Recession of 2008. Holtzbrinck Publishing...

The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and UKSG announce that the Transfer Code of Practice will now be supported and maintained by NISO. The Code provides voluntary guidelines for publishers to follow when transferring journal titles between parties...

Springer Publishing are pleased to announce the merger of two independent and rapidly growing publishing companies, both owned by Mannheim Media LLC. As of January 1, 2015 the Springer Publishing Company and Demos Medical Publishing have been combined into one company...

Altmetric LLP announce today that over 20 world-leading research institutions have now adopted the Altmetric for Institutions analytics platform to monitor and report on the engagement and attention surrounding their research outputs. First launched in June 2014, the...

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced the appointment of Mark Allin as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective May 1, 2015. In this new role, Mr. Allin will continue to report to Steve Smith, President and CEO, and have strategic and...

Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (Holtzbrinck) and BC Partners (BCP) announced today that they have reached an agreement to merge Springer Science+Business Media (owned by funds advised by BCP) in its entirety with the majority of Holtzbrinck-owned Macmillan Science and...