Infotrieve Acquires Assets of TheScientificWorld
Posted on January 29, 2003
Infotrieve has acquired the assets of TheScientificWorld (TSW), a Web-based publisher of scientific information which ceased business operations last year. Launched in 2000, TSW built a multidisciplinary editorial structure that moved beyond the constraints of traditional paper-based journals.
TSW created a unified online environment for peer-reviewed articles and proceedings that allowed one published paper to appear in multiple subject domains. Its scholarly articles were published on its network of websites and in its journal, TheScientificWorldJournal. TSW also provided online databases giving access to scientific, technical and medical articles, methods and protocols.
Infotrieve said it will reactivate TSW's publishing program, its alerts service (called scienceTracker), and two of its database products: sciBASE (scientific, technical and medical research literature) and methodsBASE (methods and protocols literature in the life sciences).
"We will integrate TSW through a phased approach," said Wes Crews, Infotrieve president and CEO. "Initially, our focus will be on rebuilding TSW, strengthening its content sources, depth of original research and overall quality. As we proceed, we will be looking for ways that TSW can add value to Infotrieve through enhanced editorial operations and its content pool."
