Royal Society of Chemistry titles post impressive Impact Factors - June 22, 2015
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced that its journals portfolio has performed well across the board with Chemical Science, Chemical Society Reviews and Energy and Environmental Science seeing substantial rises in their Impact Factors. Energy and Environmental Science, which launched in 2008, performed strongly… Read More
Emerging nations closing gap on established leaders, reveals Nature Index - June 18, 2015
China is stepping up its contribution to global high-quality research output year-on-year at the expense of the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom. This is according to the Nature Index 2015 Global supplement, published this week with Nature, that analyses data compiled by the
Methods and Applications in Fluorescence indexed in Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science - May 14, 2015
Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP) has announced that the journal Methods and Applications in Fluorescence will now be indexed in Thomson Reuters' Web of Science, and content will appear shortly. Coverage will begin with Volume 1 (2013) and the journal will be included in the… Read More
Nature Index 2015: Asia-Pacific region maintains reputation for high-quality scientific research - March 27, 2015
The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region has maintained its world-leading reputation for high-quality scientific research, according to the Nature Index APAC supplement 2015, published as a supplement of Nature. APAC nations contributed more than 25 percent of articles included in the Nature Index database in 2014. China… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing announces increase in rankings and title inclusion to Association of Business School (ABS) Academic Journal Quality Guide - March 12, 2015
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has announced a 50 percent increase in title inclusion following the release of the 2015 Association of Business School (ABS) Academic Journal Quality Guide, with over 100 titles now included. Higher average rankings across Emerald's portfolios demonstrate research quality and impact,… Read More
Semantic Web journal accepted for indexing in Journal Citation Reports - February 6, 2015
The Semantic Web journal (SWJ) has been accepted for coverage in Thomson Reuters' Science Citation Index Expanded and the Journal Citation Reports. Because of the timing of the journal's acceptance, it will be included in the 2015 JCR, to be published summer… Read More
Accessible Archives retains Scholarly iQ to upgrade COUNTER Usage reporting capabilities - January 23, 2015
Accessible Archives, Inc., a publisher of electronic full-text searchable historical databases, has announced that usage statistics for its collections will become available April 1, 2015 using the new COUNTER Release 4 (R4) standards. Scholarly iQ, a provider of eBusiness solutions to the academic publishing market,… Read More
Nature Index indicates China’s leading cities for high quality research and status of research collaboration - December 18, 2014
The diversity of Chinese institutions and their growing contribution to global scientific developments and collaborations with other countries have been highlighted in the Nature Index China 2014, published as a supplement in Nature. By 2013 weighted fractional count (WFC), China is currently the country with the… Read More
Citation exporting from EBSCO resources to EasyBib now possible - December 3, 2014
EBSCO information Services and EasyBib have made it possible to directly export citations from EBSCO resources to EasyBib. The integration creates an effortless way for students and researchers to ethically use their resources. EasyBib is an intuitive information literacy platform that provides citation, note taking and… Read More
Nature Index: A new global indicator for high quality science shows growing strength of China - November 13, 2014
The growing contribution to science of Chinese institutions such as Chinese Academy of Sciences is one striking pattern revealed in the recently launched Nature Index. High quality science outputs of 20,000 institutions worldwide can now be easily analysed with the new Nature… Read More
