Nano Research listed in Thomson Reuters’ Science Citation Index-Expanded - March 17, 2010
Nano Research, an English-language journal jointly published by STM publisher Springer and Tsinghua University Press is now listed in Thomson Reuters’ Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E). The academic journal has been covered in the index from Volume 1, Issue 1. Nano Research is part of Springer’s Chinese… Read More
Nature launches Nature Asia-Pacific Publishing Index - March 11, 2010
NPG Nature Asia-Pacific, the Asia-Pacific wing of Nature Publishing Group (NPG), has launched Nature Asia-Pacific Publishing Index, a website which measures the annual output of research articles in Nature-branded journals from countries and institutions in the Asia-Pacific region. The online service is available at Read More
BioMed Central journal ranked highly by new ‘SNIP’ citation metric - March 9, 2010
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases is its highest-ranking journal based on the SNIP metric, with a value of 1.31 (the median SNIP for the ~17,000 journals in Scopus is 0.52). This places the journal in the top… Read More
RSNA journal receives top rating from the Australian Research Council - February 24, 2010
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has announced that its journal Radiology has been awarded the highest rating from the Australian Research Council. The journal ranking tool is part of the Council's mission to assess research quality within Australia's higher education institutions. Experts evaluated 20,712… Read More
Thomson Reuters launches Japanese interface of Web Of Knowledge and EndNote Web - February 19, 2010
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that Web of Knowledge and EndNote Web are now available in Japanese. The interface provides every step, from research and analysis to submission and publishing, in the local language to suit Japanese users. Web of Knowledge is also… Read More
New LibQUAL+ website with LibQUAL+ Lite customisation feature - February 9, 2010
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that the LibQUAL+ now operates on a new and improved platform with major enhancements to the protocol, including a customisation feature called LibQUAL+ Lite. The ARL recently launched the second generation of the LibQUAL+ interface. The new interface… Read More
BioMed Central journals accepted for inclusion by Thomson Reuters - January 28, 2010
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that two of its journals - Harm Reduction Journal and International Journal for Equity in Health - have been accepted for inclusion by Thomson Reuters. These journals are due to receive their first impact factors in June 2011.… Read More
International Journal of Astrobiology accepted into Thomson Reuters Citation Index - January 14, 2010
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press, US, has announced that the International Journal of Astrobiology has been accepted into the Thomson Reuters Citation Index. Coverage started with the first issue of 2009, and the first (2011) Impact Factor will be published in 2012. The journal is included… Read More
Scopus selected as the sole citation provider for ARC’s ERA initiative - November 26, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its flagship product Scopus has been selected as the sole citation provider by the Australian Research Council (ARC) for its Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative. Scopus claims to be the largest abstract and citation (A&C) database of… Read More
EDP Sciences announce impressive growth in Impact Factors of its journals - August 18, 2009
Society publisher EDP Sciences, France, has announced that more than 20 publications produced and distributed by the company have an Impact Factor (IF), and the combined efforts of the editorial offices and the resources made available to them over the past several years have yielded excellent… Read More
