Jisc works with universities and researchers to reap benefits offered from OA practice - August 3, 2015
Jisc is working to help universities and researchers reap the benefits offered from OA practice in response to the recent OA policy review by Research Councils UK (RCUK) and the release of the Higher Education and Funding Council's (HEFCE) updated requirements for next year's Research Excellence… Read More
ACMG announces increase in impact factor of its medical genetics and genomics journal, Genetics in Medicine - August 3, 2015
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has announced an increase in the impact factor of its peer-reviewed medical genetics and genomics journal, Genetics in Medicine (GIM) to 7.329 in 2014, up from 6.435 in 2013. GIM is currently ranked 15 of 167… Read More
Lynn Silipigni Connaway elected President-elect of ASIS&T - August 3, 2015
OCLC Senior Research Scientist Lynn Silipigni Connaway has been elected President-elect of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) for the 2016 administrative year, and President for 2017. Connaway has been a member of ASIS&T for 25 years. She has served in a variety… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - August 3, 2015
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Roger C. Schonfeld (A Single User Account); Dr. Randy Paterson (Should Physicians Read Journals? Given Current Standards, Maybe Not); Jane Tinkler (Rather than narrow our definition of impact, we should use metrics to explore richness and diversity of outcomes); Alice… Read More
Elsevier launches new article metrics module in abstract and citation database Scopus - July 31, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has launched a new Scopus module that will provide metrics for articles indexed in Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. The Article Metrics Module enhances the value of Scopus for researchers by enabling them to make quick decisions around… Read More
SAGE launches OA journal Translational Research in Oral Oncology - July 31, 2015
Academic publisher SAGE has today announced the launch of a new open access (OA) journal -Translational Research in Oral Oncology. This international, peer reviewed publication will provide a forum for the dissemination of high- quality oncology research concerning neoplasms in the head and neck. As… Read More
