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
SPIE journal selected for inclusion in Web of Science and Scopus - October 1, 2012
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced that the Journal of Photonics for Energy has been selected for inclusion in Web of Science and Scopus. The journal is published by SPIE with Zakya Kafafi (United States National Science Foundation) serving as Editor-in-Chief. … Read More
Emerald Group Publishing announces increased impact factors - August 16, 2012
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing, UK, has highest ever number of appearances in the 2011 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Thomson Reuters, with 53 titles and 84 rankings. Eight new titles received their first impact factor, which amounts to a 17.7 percent increase in ranked… Read More
Taylor & Francis bags top rank in JCR Social Science category - August 8, 2012
Publisher Taylor & Francis Group, UK, has reportedly been named the largest global publisher in the Social Science Edition of the recently-released 2011 Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports (JCR). Taylor & Francis publishes the top ranked title in 12 subject areas with a further 65 titles… Read More
Universities adopting Mendeley’s data dashboard to accelerate research analytics - August 7, 2012
Various academic institutions in North America, Europe and Asia have signed up to Institutional Edition, a new data dashboard from Mendeley, a UK-based startup. The dashboard analyses the research activity and impact on the global research community in real time - down from the 3-5 year… Read More
