NEW YORK, November 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has signed an agreement with
Mexico's National Trust of
Scientific and Technological Information Resources (CONRICYT),
which provides researchers and students across the country site
license access to Nature. The agreement will provide access
to the weekly, international, interdisciplinary journal of science
to 72 members including universities, research centers and other
institutions of higher education.
This is the first agreement between CONRICYT, a public
initiative that serves over 500 institutions in Mexico in all areas of science, and NPG.
CONRICYT was founded in 2010 when the National Council for Science
and Technology, the Ministry of Education, and a network of
universities and research centers signed a collaboration
agreement.
"Nature is a very prestigious journal, and is highly
consulted by the research communities and the post degree students,
which makes it very important for the Universities and Higher
Education Institutions in Mexico,
says CONRICYT General Coordinator Margarita
Ontiveros."
"We're delighted to be providing access to Nature across
Mexico and supporting CONRICYT in
the dissemination and promotion of scientific knowledge," said
Juan Pablo Castro, Site License
Sales Manager for Latin America at
NPG. "We look forward to growing our relationship with CONRICYT and
hope to develop further agreements to provide access to other NPG
titles."
The mission of CONRICYT is to provide higher education
institutions and research centers with access to the best science
resources and to develop research in Mexico.
About Nature Publishing Group
(NPG):
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is a publisher of high impact
scientific and medical information in print and online. NPG
publishes journals, online databases and services across the life,
physical, chemical and applied sciences and clinical medicine.
Focusing on the needs of scientists,
Nature (founded in 1869) is the leading
weekly, international scientific journal. In addition, for this
audience, NPG publishes a range of Nature research journals
and Nature Reviews journals, plus a range of prestigious
academic journals including society-owned publications. Online,
nature.com provides over 5 million visitors per month with access
to NPG publications and online databases and services, including
Nature News and NatureJobs plus access to Nature
Network and Nature Education's Scitable.com.
Scientific American is at the heart of NPG's newly-formed
consumer media division, meeting the needs of the general public.
Founded in 1845, Scientific American is
the oldest continuously published magazine in the US and the
leading authoritative publication for science in the general media.
Together with scientificamerican.com and 16 local language editions
around the world it reaches over 3 million consumers and
scientists. Other titles include Scientific American Mind
and Spektrum der Wissenschaft in Germany.
Throughout all its businesses NPG is dedicated to serving the
scientific and medical communities and the wider scientifically
interested general public. Part of Macmillan Publishers Limited,
NPG is a global company with principal offices in London, New
York and Tokyo, and offices
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Aires, Delhi, Hong Kong, Madrid, Barcelona, Munich, Heidelberg, Basingstoke, Melbourne, Paris, San
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