ORCID, ISNI plan interoperability - April 24, 2013
ORCID and ISNI have issued a joint statement on the need for interoperation between the two organisations and about the first collaborative steps in defining system interoperability. While ORCID is an international, interdisciplinary, open and not-for-profit organisation, ISNI is a UK-based non-for-profit… Read More
China to overtake Japan in research output, says Nature Publishing Index - March 22, 2013
Nature Publishing Group has released the lead conclusions of the 2012 Nature Publishing Index (NPI) 2012 Asia-Pacific, published in the journal Nature. According to the supplement, Japan continues to lead the Asia-Pacific in research output, but it could be overtaken by China in the coming years.… Read More
MRS Communications covered in Thomson Reuters Science Citation Index - March 5, 2013
MRS Communications, a journal that seeks to publish high-impact materials research with timeliness and scientific quality, has been selected for Thomas Reuters' Journal Citation Reports Science Edition and Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences. The Citation Index recognises journals of key importance in their subject areas… Read More
Carbon Management accepted for coverage by ISI - March 1, 2013
Future Science Ltd, part of Future Science Group, UK, has announced that its journal Carbon Management has been selected for coverage by ISI. Beginning with volume 1 (2010), Carbon Management will be indexed and abstracted in Science Citation Index Expanded (also known as SciSearch®); Journal Citation… Read More
JISC welcomes launch of ORCID as tool to identify researchers - January 10, 2013
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that it joins organisations from across the UK higher education network to welcome the launch of the Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID). It has been observed that there are more academic articles being published than ever… Read More
CCT introduces digital object identifiers to all ISRCTN records - December 20, 2012
Current Controlled Trials (CCT) has introduced digital object identifiers (DOIs) to all ISRCTN records. DOIs issued by the organisation CrossRef are unique alphanumeric ID assigned to a digital object, such as an electronic journal, article, report, thesis or a clinical trial record. A DOI serves… Read More
IOP Publishing launches article level metrics on its journal platform IOPscience - October 30, 2012
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced the launch of article level metrics on its journal platform IOPscience. Article level metrics are increasingly being used by authors and readers to view the wider impact of an article beyond traditional citations. The… Read More
Article level metrics now available on twenty journals on nature.com - October 26, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that Article level metrics are now available on twenty journals on nature.com. Nature.com users can now view an article's citation data, page views, news mentions, blog posts and social shares including Facebook and Twitter. This enhanced… Read More
Thomson Reuters’ Data Citation Index connects researchers to data repositories worldwide - October 17, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of the Data Citation IndexTM, a research resource within the Web of KnowledgeSM, to facilitate the discovery, use and attribution of data sets and data studies that also link to peer-reviewed literature. … Read More
Maney Publishing journals accepted into Thomson Reuters (ISI) Web of Knowledge - October 3, 2012
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced that three humanities journals have been accepted into Thomson Reuters (ISI) Web of Knowledge. The journals War & Society, Public Archaeology and Levant will be indexed and abstracted in the Arts and Humanities Citation Index and Current Contents/Arts… Read More
