John Wiley & Sons Inc. (NYSE: JWa and JWb), announced today the launch
of ReadCube Connect on Wiley
Online Library. ReadCube Connect brings a new,
innovative online reading experience, offering readers a wealth of
information and article enhancements to the standard PDF. ReadCube’s
reading platforms, used by over 8 million readers worldwide, brings to
the Wiley Online Library popular features including: hyperlinked in-line
citations, annotation tools, clickable author names, and direct access
to supplemental content. With this information at their fingertips, it’s
easier than ever for researchers to discover, interact and connect with
scientific literature.
As part of Wiley’s partnership with ReadCube, the majority of journal
articles on Wiley Online Library will be available in Enhanced PDF
format. Features will include:
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Hyperlinked in-line references for easy linking to related articles
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Clickable author names, providing information on the author's other
works,
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All available article supplements and related materials available for
instant viewing
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An expandable information panel with article details, a summary, a
figure browser, social sharing options, altmetrics, and a full
reference list
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Annotation and highlighting tools
“One of Wiley’s goals is to ensure that our high impact content is
connected in ways that add to the productivity of researchers. Our
partnership with ReadCube helps us transform the flat PDF into an
innovative, next generation content experience on Wiley Online Library,” said
Todd Toler, Vice President, Digital Product Management, Wiley.
While reading an Enhanced PDF, readers can save the enhanced article and
any annotations made to the ReadCube Cloud Library, which enables
offline access from ReadCube’s free desktop and mobile applications.
ReadCube Desktop offers additional features to help researchers organize
their academic literature, rapidly discover and access articles,
discover new research via personalized recommendations and build
manuscripts with the SmartCite citation tool.
“Since ReadCube’s beginnings, our mission has been to help scientists
easily access content, critically analyze their research, and accelerate
the dissemination of scientific knowledge,” said Robert McGrath,
co-founder and CEO of Labtiva. “Wiley shares this vision, so together we
have a unique opportunity to change the way researchers interact with
scholarly literature at a global scale.”
About Wiley
Wiley is a global provider of knowledge and knowledge-enabled services
that improve outcomes in areas of research, professional practice and
education. Through the Research segment, the Company provides digital
and print scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals,
reference works, books, database services, and advertising. The
Professional Development segment provides digital and print books,
online assessment and training services, and test prep and
certification. In Education, Wiley provides print and digital content,
and education solutions including online program management services for
higher education institutions and course management tools for
instructors and students.
About ReadCube
ReadCube develops software to make the world of research more accessible
and connected. The free ReadCube desktop application for PC and Mac
helps researchers in any discipline easily organize and manage existing
article libraries, and discover new literature through searches and
daily personalized recommendations. ReadCube offers a suite of
innovative services to publishers, including Readcube Discover,
ReadCube Connect and ReadCube Checkout.
ReadCube’s publisher technologies have been adopted by partners such as
Nature Publishing Group, Frontiers, Wiley, Palgrave, and SciELO. Harvard
researchers Robert McGrath and Siniša Hrvatin founded Labtiva in 2007,
which now has offices in Cambridge, MA and Zagreb, Croatia, and is
supported by Digital Science, a technology division of Macmillan Science
and Education. To find out more about ReadCube, visit: http://www.readcube.com.
For publisher inquiries, contact publishers@readcube.com
Evelyn Martinez
(201) 748-6358
sciencenewsroom@wiley.com
or
Labtiva ReadCube
Alex Hodgson
alex@labtiva.com