Clarivate Analytics and the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ joint annual report highlights 100 hot research areas and 38 emerging specialties in global scientific research - October 24, 2018
Clarivate Analytics, the global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to enable researchers to accelerate discovery, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have released 'Research Fronts 2018', their joint annual report identifying 138 prominent subspecialties of scientific research from 2012 until… Read More
Figshare launches its annual report – The State of Open Data 2018 - October 24, 2018
Figshare, an online digital repository for academic research, has launched its annual report, The State of Open Data 2018, to coincide with global celebrations around Open Access Week. The report is the third in the series and includes survey results and a collection of articles from… Read More
Growth in Open Access showing signs of slowing down, says Delta Think’s updated Open Access Market Sizing analysis - October 23, 2018
Delta Think, a consulting and advisory firm focused on innovation and growth in scholarly communications, has announced the release of a new Open Access Market Sizing analysis as part of the continually updated Delta Think Open Access Data & Analytics Tool (OA… Read More
OCLC and Ithaka S+R publish new report on aligning library strategies with university directions - October 19, 2018
Non-profit global library cooperative OCLC and Ithaka S+R have published a new report, ‘University Futures, Library Futures: Aligning library strategies with institutional directions,’ which establishes a new framework for understanding the fit between emerging library service paradigms and university types. The report is available on the… Read More
Clarivate Analytics data powers annual Reuters’ ranking of the world’s most innovative universities - October 11, 2018
Reuters has released its fourth annual ranking of the world’s most innovative universities, compiled in partnership with Clarivate Analytics. The fourth annual list is based on empirical data including patent filings from Derwent Innovation and research paper citations from the Web of Science to identify the… Read More
OCLC Research and CAUL partner to gauge innovation trends, priorities in research libraries - October 9, 2018
OCLC Research has announced that it is conducting a survey to gauge innovation trends and priorities in research libraries, in partnership with the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL). The survey is being sent to library directors at 47 institutions in Australia… Read More
Adoption of blockchain on the rise, lack of skilled staff hampering its development in the life science industry, says new Pistoia Alliance survey - September 27, 2018
The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences R&D, has announced the results of a survey on the adoption of blockchain in the pharmaceutical and life science industries. According to the survey, 60 percent of pharmaceutical and… Read More
EBSCO Information Services releases Serials Price Projection Report for 2019 - September 21, 2018
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has released the 2019 Serials Price Projection Report. The report projects that the overall effective publisher price increases for academic and academic medical libraries are expected to be in the range of five to six percent (before currency impact). EBSCO releases the… Read More
China is consolidating position as scientific powerhouse, reveals Nature Index 2018 Rising Stars supplement - September 20, 2018
The Nature Index 2018 Rising Stars supplement reveals that Chinese institutions are leading the world in rapidly increasing high-quality research outputs. 51 of the top 100 most improved institutions across the globe are from this scientific powerhouse, with 28 of those showing growth above 50 percent… Read More
OCLC Research and CARL partner to gauge innovation trends, priorities in research libraries - September 14, 2018
OCLC Research has announced that it is conducting a survey on innovation trends and priorities in research libraries, in partnership with the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL). The survey is being sent to library directors at 31 institutions in Canada. … Read More
