Tools to assess research impact at the article level gaining ground - May 28, 2012
The impact of academic research has long been measured using citations, often with the Journal Impact Factor being used to assess individual publications within it, it has been observed. However, the Impact Factor is a journal level - not an article level - metric and, as academic publishing and the… Read More
China set to become global leader in science publishing, according to Nature index - May 24, 2012
China presently publishes more than 6 percent of the papers published in Nature journals, according to the Nature Publishing Index 2011 China. Published as a supplement to Nature, the index is seen to provide yet more evidence that China is fast becoming a global leader in… Read More
Thomson Reuters improves measurement of Universities’ performance with new data on faculty size, reputation, funding and citation measures - April 13, 2012
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the availability of 138 percent more performance indicators and nearly 20 percent more university data within Institutional Profiles, the company’s online resource covering more than 500 of the world’s leading academic research institutions. This new… Read More
Thomson Reuters names Hottest Scientific Researchers and Papers of the year - April 12, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced ‘The Hottest Research of 2011’, a ranking of the most influential scientific researchers and research papers of the year by Science Watch, its open Web resource for science metrics and analysis. Tracking researchers whose recent… Read More
Japan retains top rank in Nature Publishing Index 2011 Asia-Pacific - March 23, 2012
Japan retains its scientific leadership in the Asia-Pacific in 2011, according to the Nature Publishing Index 2011 Asia-Pacific. It is a strong performance, given the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which caused over $1 billion damage to science infrastructure in the nation. Japan is the most productive of the Asia-Pacific… Read More
Three BioMed Central journals accepted by Thomson Reuters for impact factor tracking - March 15, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced three of its journals have been recently accepted by Thomson Reuters for impact factor tracking. The journals are all due to receive their first impact factors in June 2013. The journals are: Health Research Policy and Systems,… Read More
Legenda book series included in Thomson Reuters’ Book Citation Index - February 24, 2012
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced that over 100 books in the Legenda imprint, published in partnership with the Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA), have been included in the newly-launched Book Citation Index of Thomson Reuters. The Book Citation Index, launched in October 2011,… Read More
Three BioMed Central journals accepted for indexing by Thomson Reuters - January 30, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its journals - BMC Biophysics, BMC Ecology and BMC Endocrine Disorders - have recently been accepted for indexing by Thomson Reuters. The journals are on course to receive their first Impact Factors. BMC Biophysics is an… Read More
Journal of Cheminformatics accepted for Impact Factor tracking - January 25, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the Journal of Cheminformatics has been accepted for tracking by Thomson Reuters. The journal is expected to receive its first Impact Factor later this year. This development comes after a year in which the journal published… Read More
BioMed Central notes expanded use of ‘Availability of supporting data section’ in journals - January 20, 2012
Open Access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that since it introduced additional data sharing resources for authors and editors last year, there have been a number of further developments in the field that have necessitated an update to its supporting data information. Eight more… Read More
