18th May 2016 05:42
LONDON (Alliance News) - Anglo-Dutch business information and analytics group RELX PLC on Tuesday agreed to acquire the Social Science Research Network, an online repository of draft papers shared by academics which have not yet been published in peer-reviewed journals.
RELX's Elsevier medical information business has acquired the business, based in the US, for an undisclosed amount. The group said SSRN will be further developed alongside Mendeley, RELX's London-based free reference manager and scholarly collaboration network.
RELX said SSRN members will benefit from integration with the Mendeley technology platform, which will provide researcher professional profile capabilities, person-to-person network communications and "follow" functions for users.
By Sam Unsted; [email protected]; @SamUAtAlliance
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