Free access does not ensure more citations, says FASEB Journal report - March 31, 2011
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) has published a new research paper in the FASEB Journal that reportedly shows that free access to scientific journal articles leads to increases in downloads, but not to increases in citations. The number… Read More
RSC welcomes report on a low carbon nuclear future - March 30, 2011
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has welcomed the publication of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment report 'A low carbon nuclear future: Economic assessment of nuclear materials and spent nuclear fuel management in the UK'. Nuclear energy has been identified by the… Read More
China set to surpass the US as biggest publisher of scientific papers - March 29, 2011
The Royal Society, the UK's national academy of science, has released a new report according to which, a new group of countries, lead by China and followed by others including Brazil and India, are emerging as major scientific powers to rival the traditional 'scientific superpowers' of… Read More
Just a fraction of Twitter users attract significant attention, says Yahoo study - March 29, 2011
Yahoo! Research, the central advanced research organisation of global Internet brand Yahoo! Inc., has released a study report on Twitter usage across the world. According to the study, a mere 20,000 Twitter users steal almost half of the… Read More
Annual Reviews new white paper explores how researchers are coping with information overload - March 28, 2011
Annual Reviews, a US-based nonprofit publisher that synthesises critical research literature, has released a new white paper that explores how today's researchers are coping with information overload. The paper titled 'The Role of the Critical Review Article in Alleviating Information Overload' shares the results of research… Read More
2012 to be revenue tipping point for e-books, says Publishing Technology report - March 24, 2011
Publishing Technology plc, a UK-based provider of software and services to the publishing industry, has released a new research at BML's annual Books & Consumers Conference. A third of UK trade publishers surveyed predict that over 10 percent of their total book revenue will come from… Read More
ARL publishes report on digital curation for preservation under new series - March 18, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published 'Digital Curation for Preservation', the first report in its new series, New Roles, for New Times. Authored by Tyler Walters and Katherine Skinner, the report looks at how libraries are developing new roles and services in the arena… Read More
75 percent of PreK-12 students use mobile technology in the classroom, says Simba survey - March 17, 2011
Media industry and forecast analysis firm Simba Information, US, together with MCH Data, recently conducted a nationwide survey of PreK-12 information technology coordinators and administrators. The survey reveals that 75 percent of students are using mobile technology for educational purposes in school. The primary driver for… Read More
Forrester Research report examines possible challengers to iPad - March 14, 2011
Independent research company Forrester Research, US, recently published a new report saying that the iPad challengers that have been announced so far are solid products with fatally flawed product strategies. These include Android Honeycomb tablets from Motorola, Toshiba and others, as well as the BlackBerry PlayBook… Read More
eReader shipments quadrupled to over 12 million, says IDC report - March 11, 2011
More than 10 million media tablets were shipped in the fourth quarter of 2010 (4Q10), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Media Tablet and eReader Tracker. This is more than double the 4.5 million shipped in the third quarter. Apple's share came down… Read More
