China set to become world’s largest producer of research papers, says Thomson study - November 3, 2009
A study conducted by information services firm Thomson Reuters, US, has revealed that China has witnessed significant growth in research output, well above the rest of the world. If the pace continues, China is likely to overtake the US within 10 years. Titled Global Research Report:… Read More
India likely to become publishing BPO hub amid challenges - November 3, 2009
India is all set to become an international hub for outsourced publishing services, it was reportedly stated at the recent Confederation of Indian Industry’s conference, ‘Sustaining India to be the Global Publishing BPO Services Hub’. It has been estimated that offshoring of publishing is likely to cross $1.2 billion. Last… Read More
Dear Subscriber - November 3, 2009
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Key initiatives, good response seen at International Open Access Week, says SPARC - November 2, 2009
Open access (OA) to research will play a central role in research and scholarship for years to come, going by the response to the first International Open Access Week (October 19 – 23), SPARC has stated. The event was organised by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and… Read More
BioMed Central launches new OA journal – Automated Experimentation - November 2, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of a new journal - Automated Experimentation. Siu-wai Leung of the University of Macau, David Robertson of the University of Edinburgh, and Dietlind Gerloff of the University of California will serve as the Editors-in-chief of the… Read More
Dutch Universities gain access to Taylor & Francis Group’s Library - November 2, 2009
Publisher Taylor & Francis Group (T&F), UK, has announced a new partnership with UKB, the Dutch consortium of the 13 university libraries and the National Library of the Netherlands. The deal is to provide University researchers in the Netherlands access to academic research via the Taylor… Read More
