Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems accepted into Science Citation Index Expanded - May 31, 2017
The Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS), published by the not-for-profit SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, is now included in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), part of the Web of Science. The Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems,… Read More
Clarivate Analytics’ citation data and analytics predict what’s hot in research - May 25, 2017
Times Higher Education's (THE) May 25 issue features 19 hot topics in current research that have the potential to change the world. These hot topics were identified using Web of Science citation data and Essential Science IndicatorsSM insights from Clarivate Analytics. Times Higher Education (THE) chose… Read More
Inspec to index articles from 154 Wiley journals - May 25, 2017
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced that articles from 154 Wiley journals will be indexed by Inspec, its market-leading abstract and indexing research tool. This includes the respected journal, Chemical and Engineering Technology. The indexing of these titles will… Read More
The 2017 CWTS Leiden Ranking uses Web of Science data from Clarivate Analytics - May 22, 2017
The CWTS Leiden Ranking 2017 has shared insights into the scientific performance of over 900 worldwide universities from 54 different countries. The ranking looks at all universities worldwide with more than 1,000 fractionally counted Web of Science indexed core publications between 2012 and 2015. The ranking provides statistics on… Read More
James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry, John Libbey Eurotext and Dedicated Juncture Researcher’s Association to preserve e-journals with Portico - May 22, 2017
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry will preserve e-journals with Portico, ensuring that they will be secure and available into the future. The College of Medicine and Dentistry is a constituent body of James Cook University.… Read More
The UK Medical Heritage Library now available online for free - May 10, 2017
A £1m project to digitise more than 15 million pages of 19th century medical texts has been completed and the material is now available online for free. It has taken three years to convert these historic published works for use in the 21st century by learners, teachers and researchers. … Read More
CARL and OCUL in deal to enhance data management and digital preservation in Canada - May 5, 2017
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) have signed an agreement to work together to identify and advance regional and national issues relating to the data discovery, management and digital preservation needs of the… Read More
Five additional publishers working with CLOCKSS to preserve publications for future generations - April 26, 2017
CLOCKSS, a not-for-profit joint venture between the world's leading academic publishers and research libraries, has announced that five additional publishers are working with the archive to preserve their publications for future generations of researchers. CLOCKSS, the decentralized preservation archive that ensures that the digital assets… Read More
Synchro Publishing and Ergon Creación in deal with Portico to preserve e-journals - April 18, 2017
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that Synchro Publishing will preserve e-journals with Portico, ensuring that they will be secure and available into the future. Synchro is a domain of emerging researchers who aspire to get their papers published. The journals published by Synchro enclose… Read More
Lakehead University Library and Scholars Portal collaborate on hosted digital preservation pilot - April 7, 2017
Scholars Portal and Lakehead University Library have announced their collaboration on the development of Permafrost, a new preservation service to help protect the unique digital collections held by Ontario's university libraries and archives. Permafrost is a proposed cloud-hosted digital preservation service for members of the Read More
