Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has re-launched Nature China to celebrate the publication of the Nature Publishing Index 2010 China. Nature China will seek to highlight the best research from Hong Kong and mainland China in science and clinical medicine.
The re-launch includes a new homepage design and expanded content. Launched in 2007, Nature China already provides research highlights: short summaries of the best recently published papers from the region, updated monthly. It will now include highlights from journals published by NPG with partners in China including Acta Pharmalogica Sinica, Asian Journal of Andrology and Cell Research. In addition, Nature China provides the lists of top 10 most read research highlights of 2009 and 2010.
Nature China also showcases the Nature Publishing Index China, which ranks Chinese institutions according to their output of papers in Nature primary research journals. The new index, updated monthly, gives an indication of where some of the best research in China is being carried out.
The recently published Nature Publishing Index 2010 China details a dramatic rise in the quality of research being produced by China. Published as a supplement to Nature, the 2010 Index for China ranks research institutions and cities in mainland China. The ranking is based on outputs in Nature research journals in 2010 with comparative data for 2009. The supplement also presents data from other leading journals – Science, Cell, NEJM and The Lancet – showing similar rises in quality output from China.
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