Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group has announced that its website, www.nature.com, is one of five websites shortlisted for Best Science Website of 2008 in the 12th Annual Webby Awards.
Hailed as the 'Oscars of the Internet' by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is a leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including websites, interactive advertising, online film & video, and mobile websites. The 12th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from over 60 countries.
Nature.com is eligible for two awards in the science category - The Webby Award and The People's Voice Award. The Webby Award winners are chosen by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), a global organisation of industry experts and technology innovators. The People's Voice Award is decided by a popular vote. Voting is open to the public until May 1st at http://pv.webbyawards.com. The winners will be announced on May 6, 2008.
Nature.com serves almost 12 million visitors a month with over a million registered users, and is the gateway to NPG's broad offering of publications and services. The website provides access to all NPG publications including its flagship title Nature, the Nature research, Nature Reviews, and Nature Clinical Practice journals and a range of prestigious academic journals including society-owned publications.
Through Nature.com, users can access news and features from Nature News and visit Naturejobs, NPG's careers information and science recruitment website. NPG launched Connotea, the document tagging and social bookmarking web site in 2003. Nature Network, NPG's social networking service connects scientists at a global and local level. The success of the weekly Nature Podcast has led to the construction of NPG's own in-house podcast studio. The site also hosts a number of NPG blogs, the preprint service Nature Precedings, and country-focussed portals such as Nature China and Nature India.
