SPARC Europe releases updated analysis of Open Data and Open Science policies - December 24, 2018
SPARC Europe has released the updated analysis of Open Data and Open Science policies across Europe. It reports a continued increase in the growth of related policies and an increase in uptake in countries where no such policy previously existed. The report is the latest… Read More
New Editage report highlights geographic patterns in author attitudes toward OA publishing - December 20, 2018
Global scholarly communications company Editage has released a report highlighting geographic patterns in author attitudes toward open access publishing. In September this year, Editage had released a comprehensive report based on a global author survey capturing the views of almost 7000 researchers (mostly non-Western, non–English-speaking researchers)… Read More
Nature Index 2018 reviews China’s scientific performance over the past five years - December 13, 2018
The Nature Index 2018 supplement on China reveals that China's contribution to the Nature Index rose by 75% between 2012 and 2017, much more than a selection of leading countries in the Index, such as the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and Japan. China's share… Read More
OCLC Research and euroCRIS publish report on international research information management practices - December 5, 2018
OCLC Research and euroCRIS, the international organisation for research information, have published a joint research report, Practices and Patterns in Research Information Management: Findings from a Global Survey, which examines how research institutions worldwide are applying research information management (RIM) practices. … Read More
ARL, Wikimedia, and Linked Open Data – Draft white paper open for comments through November 30 - November 19, 2018
In June 2018, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) charged a task force to look at Wikidata. The task force emerged from several years of discussion between ARL and the Wikimedia Foundation on where the two communities can effectively collaborate. The focus on Wikidata and Wikibase… Read More
Frontier Economics’ new report outlines integral role of academic publishing in the UK - November 13, 2018
Frontier Economics has released an independent research that sets out publishing's contribution to the innovation cycle, incorporating existing research with stakeholder views. The report finds that without the highly specialised and time-intensive tasks carried out by UK academic publishers, innovation may be less effective. It also… Read More
CCC co-funded Resource Access for the 21st Century (RA21) Corporate Pilot Report published - November 7, 2018
The International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers (STM) and the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have released their RA21 Corporate Pilot Report, co-funded by Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC). The report identifies best practices for adopting… Read More
New RLUK, The National Archives and Jisc report to initiate a discussion about citation practices - November 2, 2018
Research Libraries UK (RLUK), The National Archives (TNA) and Jisc have published a report to kickstart a discussion about citation practices, and how to standardise references to unique and distinct collections (UDC's) held in repositories across the UK.… Read More
Nature Index unveils first global science city ranking, Beijing is the top science city globally - November 1, 2018
The Nature Index 2018 Science Cities supplement, published in Nature, includes the first Nature Index global science city ranking. The ranking confirms dominance of China and the United States in research output. Beijing is the top science city globally, followed by New York, Boston, San Francisco… Read More
Clarivate Analytics and Malaysia’s Ministry of Education jointly produce research and innovation landscape report - October 26, 2018
Clarivate Analytics and Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (KPM), Malaysia's Ministry of Education (MOE), have jointly produced a research and innovation landscape report that describes Malaysia's research and innovation output for the period 2013 - 2017. Powered by Clarivate Analytics Web of Science… Read More
