EBSCO Information Services and the American Association for the Advancement of Science Announce New, Expanded Agreement

IPSWICH, Mass., March 23, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) have reached an expanded distribution agreement allowing EBSCO to sell AAAS journals, including Science, via the AAAS platform. The arrangement will also allow libraries to purchase Science through Flipster^®, EBSCO's digital newsstand.

AAAS publishes the top multidisciplinary scientific publication in the world, Science, along with five other highly-respected peer-reviewed journals:

• Science
• Science Signaling
• Science Translational Medicine
• Science Advances (open access)
• Science Immunology
• Science Robotics

EBSCO Information Services' Executive Vice President Sam Brooks says EBSCO will be able to leverage its large, international sales team to increase access to these renowned titles. "AAAS publications are considered essential reading in their fields. By expanding the reach of these journals internationally, we believe researchers will be better-served and more institutions will be able to offer this valuable content including Science, one of the five most-cited journals in the world."

Science Publisher Bill Moran says the agreement is a natural extension of the AAAS's longstanding relationship with EBSCO.  "The agreement will increase the availability of our journal titles to institutions globally and provide more ways for libraries to access Science content. Offering such options is critical to AAAS's mission of communicating science broadly and advancing science for the benefit of all people."

This new agreement with EBSCO is one of the initiatives AAAS has taken on in recent months to expand access to its high-quality journal content. AAAS has also renewed its longstanding agreement with JSTOR, where Science journal content is available in several online collections.

About the American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science (www.sciencemag.org) as well as Science Translational Medicine, Science Signaling, a digital, open-access journal, Science Advances, Science Immunology, and Science Robotics. AAAS was founded in 1848 and includes nearly 250 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. Science has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world. The non-profit AAAS (www.aaas.org) is open to all and fulfills its mission to "advance science and serve society" through initiatives in science policy, international programs, science education, public engagement, and more. For the latest research news, log onto EurekAlert! (www.eurekalert.org), the premier science-news Web site, a service of AAAS. See www.aaas.org.

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is the leading discovery service provider for libraries worldwide with more than 11,000 discovery customers in over 100 countries. EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) provides each institution with a comprehensive, single search box for its entire collection, offering unparalleled relevance ranking quality and extensive customization. EBSCO is also the preeminent provider of online research content for libraries, including hundreds of research databases, historical archives, point-of-care medical reference, and corporate learning tools serving millions of end users at tens of thousands of institutions. EBSCO is the leading provider of electronic journals & books for libraries, with subscription management for more than 360,000 serials, including more than 57,000 e-journals, as well as online access to more than 1,000,000 e-books. For more information, visit the EBSCO website at: www.ebsco.com. EBSCO Information Services is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., a family owned company since 1944.

SOURCE AAAS

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