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Access Sciences company history timeline

1985

Spiwak stayed on in a consulting role until 1985, by which time he had turned 60 and retired.

In 1985 IAC acquired Wards, which published a directory of companies uniquely strong in private company data.

1987

In 1987 IAC introduced a CD-ROM version of the InfoTrac system.

1989

IAC continued to publish the print directory under the Wards title for a few years by itself and later, starting in 1989, jointly with reference book publisher Gale Research Inc.

1991

Originally named the ACCESS Program for Women in Science and Mathematics, ACCESS was established in 1991, with a goal of priming undergraduate women for academic and career success in science disciplines.

In 1991 IAC began adding abstracts to most of the citations in most of its databases.

1993

NSF funding for the program ended in 1993, but through support from the University, our community, and private donors, ACCESS continues to thrive and evolve.

In late 1993 IAC began utilizing a central computer facility shared with other Ziff companies, called Ziff Information Services (ZIS), to offer libraries 24-hour access to its databases through a telnet connection over the Internet.

1994

In December 1994 IAC was acquired by The Thomson Corporation for $465 million.

1996

In fall 1996 Goldstein left IAC to take a newly created position in Thomson with the aim of fostering the sharing of resources among affiliated Thomson companies.

2018

The program was re-envisioned in 2018 in response to changing demographic demands and under new directorship.

2021

From 1 July 2021 on, all new submissions will undergo a two-stage publication process with the publication of an access-reviewed preprint as the first stage (HGSS Discussions) and a final-revised journal article publication in HGSS as the second stage.

The journal metrics 2021 were released and the current numbers are available from the journal metrics overview.

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